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St James's 1880

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

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Table: THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASE FOR THE LAST 26 YEARS.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASE FOR THE LAST 26 YEARS.

18551856185718581859186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871187218731874187518761877187818791880
Small Pox35......441121..2132...31861......131......
Measles7513103881792429171917111413624201421819626
Scarlet Fever& Diphtheria2716132931163266311320309313975146• •1319147201520
Whpg. Cough602626182234473322291721342143121930181428147191418
Diarrhœa11153112205101320151519181713262828291121191321923
Typhus and Typhoid Fev.22121016132138141077610748963712946
Cholera......................8........1..................
Total130799370121801091351261008110588881191369010277457576 150894893

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Tables of the causes of Death and of the incidence of
Zymotic disease for the year 1880 are appended.
I have the honour to remain,
Rev. Sir and Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
JAMES EDMUNDS
8, Grafton Street, Piccadilly.