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

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Paddington 1888

[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

1878 to 1887, and in the year 1888.

Disease.1878.1879.1880.1881.1882.1883.1884.1885.1886.1887.Annual Average of 10 years, 1878—1887.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1878—1887.1888.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1888.
Smallpox3307000110021.310.5
Measles272941207137316366334223.36634.4
Scarlet Fever42674023223920811353117.1147.3
Diphtheria162615141537282528272312.97539.1
Whooping Cough746149537246485955195429.97438.6
Fever261916232016172117101910.4157.8
Diarrhœa523867664148646592636033.23819.8
TOTALS.Paddington240243228206241223208252269187230128.0283147.7
London14,73412,25613,68113,81113,55310,80113,62911,26111,12112,68412,753152.710,803137.0
England & Wales84,62462,02082,53758,23969,73458,97271,76257,72662,85064,67667,315128.250,68499.2