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St James's 1879

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

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THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASE FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS.

1855185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867186818691870187118721873187118751876187718781879
Small Pox35....441121..2132..31861....131..
Measles75131038817924291719171114136242014218196
Scarlet Fever2716132931163266311320309313975146• •13191472015
Whpg. Cough6026261822344733222917213421431219301814281471914
Diarrhœa111531122051013201515191817132628282911211913219
Typhus and Typhoid Fev.2212101613218814107761074896371294
Cholera......................8........1................
Total130799370121801091351261008110588881191369010277457576508948

Tables of the causes of death and of the incidence
of Zymotic disease for the year 1879 are appended.
I have the honour to remain,
Rev. Sir and Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
JAMES EDMUNDS.
8, Grafton Street, Piccadilly.