Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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TABLE
DISEASE. | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | Annual average of 10 years, 1872-1881. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1872-1881. | 1882 | Proportion of Deaths' to 1,000 deaths in 1882. |
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Smallpox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ... | ... |
Measles | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5.4 | 10.9 | 7 | 14.8 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | ... | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 7.7 | 15.5 | 3 | 6.3 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 14 | 29.5 |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 11.7 | 23.6 | 13 | 27.4 |
Fever | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 8.3 | 16.7 | 5 | 10.5 |
Diarrhœa | 23 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 13.7 | 27.6 | 7 | 14.8 |
Total | 50 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 43 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 60 | 49.7 | 100.1 | 49 | 103.3 |