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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 1884

[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 years1874to1883,and in the year1884.

TABLE V.

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the ten years1874to1883,and in the year1884.

Disease.1874.1875.1876.1877.1578.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.Annual Average of 10 years, 1574—1883.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1874-1883.1884.Proportion of Deaths to 1.000 Deaths in 1884.
Smallpox221533070000.0
Measles1191392729412071373117.2
Scarlet Fever10835324267402322392011.1
Diphtheria99111626151115372815.5
Whooping Cough6360697461495372464826.6
Fever221911261916232016179.4
Diarrhœa6870505238676641486435.5
Total283286227240243228206241223208115.4
London11,23013,41112,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,.81113,55310,80112,833158.613,629161.1
England & Wales88,20082,33275,50666,55884,62462,02082,53758,23969,73458,97272,872139.971,762131.9