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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cipal zymotic diseases, of which 46 occurred in St.
Mary's and 10 in St. John's sub-district.
TABLE IV. —
St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | Total Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases, 79. |
Measles | 12 | .. | 12 | |
Scarlet Fever | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
Diphthoria | 14 | 11 | 25 | |
Whooping Cough | 12 | .. | 12 | |
Fever (Typhoid) | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Diarrhœa | 8 | .. | 8 | |
Influenza | 28 | 8 | 36 | |
Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 117 | 38 | 155 | |
Phthisis | 35 | 12 | 47 | |
Heart Diseases | 41 | 8 | 49 | |
Cancer | 15 | 12 | 27 | |
Violent Deaths | 9 | 9 | 18 |
The number of deaths from the seven principal
preventable (zymotic) diseases was 79, as compared
with 37 in the corresponding quarter of last year, and
was equivalent to an annual rate of 2.6 per 1,000 inhabitants,
as compared with 1.2 in the corresponding
quarter of last year. In London the zymotic deathrate
was equivalent to an annual rate of 2.96 per
1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 1.89 in the corresponding
quarter of last year. In the 33 great towns