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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE V.TABLE showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the ten years 1871 to 1880, and in the year 1881

TABLE V.

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the ten years 1871 to 1880, and in the year 1881

Disease1871.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.Annual Average of 10 years.1871-1880Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 Years 1871-18801881Proportion of Deaths to 1,000
Smallpox221533074.2
Measles1191392729412011.9
Scarlet Fever10835324267402313.7
Diphtheria9911162615148.3
Whooping Cough6360697461495331.6
Fever2219112619162313.7
Diarrhoea6870505238676639.3
Total283286227240243228206122.7
London19,45512,69911,38511,23013,41112,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,371169013,811170.4
England & Wales103,80191,74370,40288,20082,33275,50666,55884,62462,02082,53780,772155.958,239118.4