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St James's 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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143
TABLE OF ZYMOTIC DEATHS FOR THE 25 YEARS—1862-86 INCLUSIVE.
1862
1863
1864
1815
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1881
1885
1886
Smallpox
1
21
..
2
1
3
2
..
3
18
6
1
• •
• •
1
3
1
..
..
3
..
..
..
1
..
Measles
9
24
29
17
19
17
11
14
13
6
24
20
1
4
21
8
19
6
26
10
17
2
10
8
10
Scarlet Fever
& Diphtheria
66
31
13
20
30
9
31
39
75
14
6
..
13
19
14
7
20
15
20
10
11
3
7
2
2
Whooping Cough
33
22
29
17
21
34
21
43
12
19
30
18
14
23
14
7
19
14
18
8
12
..
1
8
2
Diarrhœa
13
20
15
15
19
18
17
13
26
28
23
29
11
21
19
13
21
9
23
15
12
12
16
19
15
Typhus and
Typhoid Fever
13
6
14
10
7
7
6
10
7
4
8
9
6
3
7
12
9
4
6
5
5
1
4
3
..
Cholera
..
..
..
..
8
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Total
135
126
100
81
105
88
88
119
136
90
102
77
45
75
76
50
89
48
93
51
57
18
38
36
29
During the 25 years, 1861—1885 including, the deaths from Zymotics were 2,032, being an average yearly mortality of 81.28. The Zymotic
deaths regestered in the Pariah during the year 1886 were 29.
The Table on page 144 shows the Zymotic and some other deaths in each quarter of the year 1886.