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St James's 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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57
During the year the deaths from Zymotic diseases
were as follows:
Cholera, 8
Diarrhœa, 19
Hooping Cough 21
Measles, 19
Scarlet Fever, 30
'typhus Fever, 7
Small Pox, 1
105
The average deaths from Zymotic diseases during
the past ten years has been 114, so that it will be
seen thai the actual deaths from these preventable
The Sanitary Inspector's report of nuisances
of them was discharged when Cholera and Diarrhœa
ceased, hut the services of the other hate been
retained and the benefit of his labour is teen in
the increased number of nuisances detected and
removed. I hope to shew next year, that where
nuisanees are removed, there health is maintained