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St James's 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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TABLE OF ZYMOTIC DEATHS FOR TEE 25 YEARS—1865.89 INCLUSIVE.
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
Smallpox
2
1
3
2
..
3
18
6
1
..
..
1
3
1
..
..
3
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
Measles
17
19
17
11
14
13
6
24
20
1
4
21
8
19
6
26
10
17
2
10
8
10
8
4
18
Scarlet Fever
& Diphtheria
20
30
9
31
39
75
14
6
••
13
19
14
7
20
15
20
10
11
3
7
2
2
5
4
5
Whooping Cough
17
21
34
21
43
12
19
30
18
14
28
14
7
19
14
18
8
12
..
1
3
2
6
5
••
Diarrhoea
15
19
18
17
13
26
28
28
29
11
21
19
13
21
9
23
15
12
12
16
19
15
10
8
7
Typhus and
Typhoid Fever
10
7
7
6
10
7
4
8
9
6
3
7
12
9
4
6
5
5
1
4
3
••
• •
5
1
Cholera
* i
8
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Total
81
105
88
.
88
119
136
90
102
77
45
75
76
so
89
48
93
51
57
18
38
36
29
29
26
31
During the 25 years, 1865—1889 inclusive, the deaths from these Zymotics were 1,746, being an average yearly mortality of 69.84.
The Zymotic deaths registered in the Parish during the year 1889 were 31.
The Table on page 187 shows the Zymotic and some oilier deaths in each quarter of the year 1889.