Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | 11 | 5.9 |
| Measles | 11 | 91 | 39 | 27 | 29 | 41 | 20 | 71 | 37 | 31 | 40 | 22.4 | 63 | 33.6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 108 | 35 | 32 | 42 | 67 | 40 | 23 | 22 | 39 | 20 | 43 | 24.2 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 10.2 | 25 | 13.3 |
| Whooping Cough... | 63 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 61 | 49 | 53 | 72 | 46 | 48 | 60 | 33.7 | 59 | 31.4 |
| Fever | 22 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 10.7 | 21 | 11.2 |
| Diarrhoea | 68 | 70 | 50 | 52 | 38 | 67 | 66 | 41 | 48 | 64 | 56 | 31.9 | 65 | 34.6 |
| Total | 283 | 286 | 227 | 240 | 243 | 228 | 206 | 241 | 223 | 208 | 239 | 135 | 252 | 134.3 |
| London | 13,411 | 12,565 | 12,292 | 14,734 | 12,256 | 13,681 | 13,811 | 13,553 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 13,083 | 159 | 11,261 | 141 |
| England & Wales | 82,332 | 75,506 | 66,558 | 84,624 | 62,020 | 82,537 | 58,239 | 69,734 | 58,972 | 71,762 | 71,228 | 136 | 57,726 | 110 |