Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE V.
Table shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877.
and in the Year 1878.
| Disease. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1868—1877. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1868—1877. | 1878. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1878. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1.7 | |||||||||
| Measles | 11 | 91 | 39 | 27 | 15.3 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 108 | 35 | 32 | 42 | 23.8 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 42.0 | |||||||||
| Fever | 22 | 19 | 11 | 26* | 15.3 | |||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 68 | 70 | 50 | 52 | 29.5 | |||||||||
| Total, Paddington. | 283 | 286 | 227 | 240 | 136.8 | |||||||||
| London | 14,797 | 17,476 | 16,489 | 19,454 | 12,722 | 11,226 | 11,327 | 13,411 | 12,565 | 12,292 | 14,176 | 14,734 | 176.0 | |
| England & Wales | 97,352 | 91,379 | 100,527 | 103,801 | 91,743 | 70,402 | 88,200 | 82,333 | 75,506 | 66,558 | 86,780 | 84,624 |