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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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38 RATE ACCOUNT OF THE VESTRY OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 25TH MARCH, 1882. 39

Table: TABLEShowing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years, 1871to1880,and in the year1881.

TABLE

Showing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in the ten years, 1871to1880,and in the year1881.

DISEASE.1871187218731874187518761877187818791880Annual average of 10 years, 1871.1880.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1871.1880.1881Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1881.
Smallpox141.........1............1.63 212.2
Measles631182553555.310.5715.5
Scarlet Fever81214134...514127.31451226*6
Diphtheria51212......1842.44.8715.5
Whooping Cough131215101311512122012.324.47155
Fever891197487757.514.91635.5
Diarrhœa19231211191881271714.628.91022.2
Total7350535356432640536351.0101.260133.0