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 1882 to 1891, and in the year 1892.
| DISEASE. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1882—1891. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1882-1891. | 1892. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1892. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | — | — | |
| Measles | 71 | 37 | 31 | 63 | 66 | 33 | 66 | 11 | 77 | 7 | 46 | 24.7 | 81 | 37.8 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9.1 | 17 | 7.9 | |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 37 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 75 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 18.5 | 32 | 14.9 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 72 | 46 | 48 | 59 | 55 | 19 | 74 | 26 | 82 | 67 | 55 | 29.3 | 29 | 13.5 | |
| Fever | 20 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 8.6 | 7 | 3.3 | |
| Diarrhœa | 41 | 48 | 64 | 65 | 92 | 63 | 38 | 63 | 62 | 76 | 61 | 32.7 | 82 | 38.3 | |
| TOTALS | Paddington | 241 | 223 | 208 | 252 | 269 | 187 | 283 | 163 | 283 | 201 | 231 | 123..6 | 248 | 115.8 |
| London | 13,553 | 10,801 | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,552 | 139.8 | 11,983 | 136. | |
| England & Wales | 69,734 | 58,972 | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 | 50,684 | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 61,036 | 114.3 | — | — | |
* Died in North Western Fever Hospital.
† Died in Western Fever Hospital.
|| Died in St. Mary's Hospital.
¶ Died in King's College Hospital.