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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 1882

[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 1872 to 1881, and in the year 1882.

TABLE V.

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the ten years 1872 to 1881, and in the year 1882.

Disease.1872.1873.1874.1875.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.Annual Average of 10 years, 1872-1881.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1872-1881.1882.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1882.
Smallpox2215330700.0
Measles119139272941207140.2
Scarlet Fever1083532426740232212.5
Diphtheria991116261514158.5
Whooping Cough636069746149537240.8
Fever221911261916232011.3
Diarrhœa687050523867664123.2
Total283286227240243228206241136.5
London12,69911,38511,23013,41112,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,81112,806161.813,553163.5
England & Wales91,74370,40288,20082,33275,50666,55884,62462,02082,53758,23976,21669,734134.9