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St James's 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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184
TABLE OF ZYMOTIC DEATHS FOR THE 25 YEARS—1866-90 INCLUSIVE.
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
Smallpox
1
3
2
• •
3
18
6
1
..
..
1
3
1
• •
..
3
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
19
17
11
14
13
6
24
20
1
4
21
8
19
6
26
10
17
2
10
8
10
8
4
18
7
Scarlet Fever
& Diphtheria
30
9
31
39
75
14
6
..
13
19
14
7
20
15
20
10
11
3
7
2
2
5
4
5
3
Whooping Cough
21
34
21
43
12
19
30
18
14
28
14
7
19
14
18
8
12
• •
1
3
2
6
5
3
Diarrhoea
19
18
17
13
26
28
28
29
11
21
19
13
21
9
23
15
12
12
16
19
15
10
8
7
11
Typhus and
Typhoid Fever
7
7
6
10
7
4
8
9
6
3
7
12
9
4
6
5
5
1
4
3
•• .
• •
5
1
2
Cholera
8
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Total
105
88
88
119
136
90
102
77
45
75
76
50
89
48
93
51
57
18
38
36
29
29
26
31
26
During the 25 years, 1866—1890 inclusive, the deaths from these Zymotics were 1,691, being an average yearly mortality of 67'64.
The Zymotic deaths registered in the Parish during the year 1890 were 26.
The Table on page 185 shows the Zymotic and some other deaths in each quarter of the year 1889,