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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Table showing Births and Birth Rates; Deaths and Death Rates ; Deaths from Zymotic Diseases,
also Death Rates during the past ten years.
| 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | Average of last 10 years. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births during the year | 818 | 826 | 844 | 870 | 907 | 889 | 947 | 852 | 915 | 898 | 8766 |
| Birth rate per thousand | 29.45 | 27.74 | 28.12 | 28.42 | 28.90 | 27.62 | 28.55 | 25.15 | 25.43 | 24.68 | 27.40 |
| Deaths from all causes | 408 | 392 | 352 | 394 | 328 | 424 | 437 | 441 | 414 | 443 | 403.3 |
| Death rate per thousand | 14.69 | 12.83 | 11.73 | 12.51 | 10.46 | 13.17 | 12.96 | 10.65 | 11.50 | 12.17 | 12.26 |
| Deaths from Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| ,, Measles | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8.3 |
| ,, Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.2 |
| „ Diphtheria | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3.4 |
| ,, Whooping Cough | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7.6 |
| ,, Enteric & other Fevers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| „ Diarrhoea | 54 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 22.3 |
| ,, Enteritis | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9.3 |
| „ Croup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| ,, Erysipelas | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | |
| ,, Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.6 |
| ,, principal zymotic diseases | 67 | 34 | 59 | 67 | 46 | 99 | 58 | 55 | 59 | 37 | 58.1 |
| Death rate from ditto | 2.4 | 1.14 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.07 | 1.7 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 1.01 | 1.76 |