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 Chiswick]
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The following Table gives the average births, birth rates, deaths, and death rates; also the deaths from diseases of the zymotic class, together with the average for the past ten years.
1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | Average of last 10 years. | |
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Births during the year | 678 | 639 | 654 | 679 | 675 | 708 | 692 | 724 | 789 | 856 | 709.4 |
Birth rate per thousand | 32.64 | 29.89 | 29.48 | 29.80 | 28.86 | 29.52 | 28.15 | 28.55 | 30.37 | 31.97 | 29.92 |
Deaths from all causes | 271 | 358 | 345 | 392 | 338 | 313 | 382 | 360 | 348 | 452 | 355.9 |
Death rate per thousand | 13.04 | 16.75 | 15.55 | 17.20 | 14.45 | 13.05 | 15.37 | 14.29 | 13.39 | 16.80 | 14.98 |
Deaths from Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ Measles | 3 | 16 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 13.1 |
„ Scarlet Fever | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.7 |
„ Diphtheria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3.8 |
,, Whooping Cough | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 9.9 |
,, Typhoid and other Fevers | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.8 |
„ Diarrhoea | 8 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 45 | 22 |
„ Croup (Membranous and Diphtheritic) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.8 |
,, Erysipelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.7 |
,, principal zymotic diseases | 26 | 50 | 43 | 89 | 49 | 40 | 50 | 77 | 57 | 93 | 57.4 |
Death rate from ditto | 1.20 | 2.38 | 1.93 | 3.90 | 2.09 | 1.66 | 2.4 | 3.05 | 2.23 | 3.47 | 2.39 |