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

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St James's 1877

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

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T he following is a T able of Zy motic D isease fob the last 23 Y ears.

18551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871187218731874187518761877
Small Pox35• •• •441121• •2132• •31861..• •13
Measles75131038817924291719171114136242014218
Scarlet Fever and Dipth.2716132931163266311320309313975146• •1319147
Whpg. Cough .602626182234473322291721342143121930181428147
Diarrhoea .111531122051013201515191817132628282911211913
Typhus and Typhoid Fev.22121016132138141077610748963712
Cholera .......................8........1............
Total13079937011780109135126100811058888119136901027145757650
During the 22 years, 1855—76, inclusive, the deaths from Zymotics were 2,049, being an average yearly mortality of 90.3, in population estimated at 33,500. The mortality from Zymotics in the year 1877 was 50. The Table on the page which follows shows the Zymotic and some other deaths in each quarter of the year 1877.