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

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Paddington 1886

[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

1876 to 1885, and in the year 1886.

Disease.18761877.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.Annual Average of 10 years, 1876—1885.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1876-1885.1886.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1886.
Smallpox21533070001142.300.0
Measles913927294120713731634525.46634.5
Scarlet Fever35324267402322392083318.5115.7
Diphtheria91116261514153728252011.12814.6
Whooping Cough606974614953724648595933.45529.1
Fever191126191623201617211910.6170.9
Diarrhœa705052386766414864655631.79248.2
Total Deaths in Paddington286227240243228206241223208252236133.0269140.9
London12,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,81113,55310,80113,62911,26112,858158.011,121135.0
England & Wales75,50666,55884,62462,02082,53758,23969,73458,97271,76257,72668,768132.062,859117.0