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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 1883

[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 tent/ears1873to1882,and in the year1883.

TABLE V.

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the tent/ears1873to1882,and in the year1883.

Disease.1873.1874.! 1875.I 1876.1877.1678.1879.1880.1881.1882.Animal Average of 10 years, 1873.1882.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1873.1882.1883.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1883.
Smallpox22153307000.0
Measles11913927294120713721.0
Scarlet Fever108353242674023223922.1
Diphtheria991116261514153721.0
Whooping Cough63636974614953724626.1
Fever•2219112619162320169.1
Diarrhœa68705052386766414828.9
Total28328G227240243228206241 |223126.6
London11,38511,23013,411 |12,56512,29214,73112,256,13,68113,81113,ooo12,892160.410,801134.0
England & Wales70,40288,20082,33275,50666,55884,624,62,02082,53758,23969,73474,015142.953,972112.8