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 Surbiton]
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Table I.—
| 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zymotic Diseases | 18 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Total Deaths | 118 | 111 | 125 | 104 | 123 | 108 | 137 | 100 | 110 | 136 | 121 | 122 | 116 |
| Death Rate | 11.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 9.09 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.24 |
| Mortality from Phthisis | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| „ „ other Lung Diseases | 9 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 15 |
| „ „ Heart Diseases | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 |
| „ „ Cancer | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| „ „ Violence | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Total Births | 246 | 236 | 221 | 222 | 206 | 200 | 209 | 192 | 166 | 210 | 218 | 186 | 210 |
| Birth Rate | 24.6 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 1509 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 18.2 | 20.3 |
Table II.—
| 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Fever, Typhus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Enteric | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Deaths from 7 chief Zymotic Diseases | 18 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Death Rate from 7 chief Zymotic Diseases | 1.8 | .3 | 1.4 | .46 | .74 | 0.5 | 0.92 | 0.18 | 0.54 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.97 |
| Total Death Rate | 11.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 9.09 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 11.94 | 11.87 | 11.24 |
| „ „ „ England and Wales | 19.6 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 188 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 20.2 | 19. | 19.2 | 16.6 | |
| ,, „ „ Birth Rate | 33.7 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 32.5 | 32.4 | 31.4 | 30.8 |