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St James's 1883

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

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TABLE OF ZYMOTIC DEATHS FOR THE 25 YEARS—1859-83.
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
Small Pox
4
4
1
1
21
...
2
1
3
2
. . .
3
18
6
1
...
...
1
3
1
...
...
3
• • •
...
Measles
38
8
17
9
24
29
17
19
17
11
14
13
6
24
20
1
4
21
8
19
6
26
10
17
2
Scarlet Fever
and Diphtheria
31
16
32
66
31
13
20
30
9
31
39
75
14
6
...
13
19
14
7
20
15
20
10
11
3
Whpng. Cough.
22
34
47
33
22
29
17
21
34
21
43
12
19
30
18
14
28
14
7
19
14
18
8
12
...
Diarrhoea
20
5
10
13
20
15
15
19
18
17
13
26
28
28
29
11
21
19
13
21
9
23
15
12
12
Typhus and
Typhoid Fever
6
13
2
13
8
14
10
7
7
6
10
7
4
8
9
6
3
7
12
9
4
6
5
5
1
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
••
Total
121
80
109
135
126
100
81
105
88
88
119
136
90
102
77
45
75
76
50
89
48
93
51
57
18
During the 24 years, 1859—1882 inclusive, the deaths from Zymotics were 2,102, being an average yearly mortality of 84'08. The Zymotic
deaths registered in the Parish during the year 1883 were 18.
The Table on page 133 shows the Zymotic and some other deaths in each quarter of the year 1883.
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