London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE V.

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years 1875 to 1884, and in the year 1885.

Disease.1875.1876.1877.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.Annual Average of 10 years, 1875—1884.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1875-1884.1885.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1885.
Smallpox2215330700031.8115.9
Measles119139272941207137314022.46333.6
Scarlet Fever1083532426740232239204324.284.3
Diphtheria9911162615141537281810.22513.3
Whooping Cough...636069746149537246486033.75931.4
Fever221911261916232016171910.72111.2
Diarrhoea687050523867664148645631.96534.6
Total283286227240243228206241223208239135252134.3
London13,41112,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,81113,55310,80113,62913,08315911,261141
England & Wales82,33275,50666,55884,62462,02082,53758,23969,73458,97271,76271,22813657,726110