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There are countries in the world where small pox,
scarlet fever, measles, and other Zymotic Diseases
have never been known to occur; and just as we
have exterminated plague I believe it possible with
ordinary foresight and care on the part of the community
to exterminate the group of plagues which
annually carry off a fourth of those who die in the
great cities of the world.
In order that you may see exactly the mortality
from these Zymotic Diseases in your Parish, I
reproduce here the tables which I have published
for the last eight years, that you may see the
numbers who have died, the nature of the disease,
and the districts in which death have occurred.
1855.
Names of Diseases.
St James's
Square.
Golden
Square.
Berwick
Street
Total.
Small Pox
1
1
1
3
Measles
2
5
0
7
Scarlet Fever
13
8
6
27
Hooping Cough
24
29
7
60
Diarrhœa
3
5
3
11
Typhus
7
6
9
22
Total
50
54
26
130
1856.
Small Pox
1
3
1
5
Measles
9
1
1
11
Scarlet Fever
10
3
3
16
Hooping Cough
12
7
7
26
Diarrhœa,
5
7
3
15
Typhus
1
7
4
12
Total
38
28
19
85