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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camden) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE V.
Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years , 1889 to 1898, from the Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases, and the Number in 1899, etc.
| Disease. | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | Annual average of ten years 1889 to 1898. | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1889 to 1898. | 1899 | Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1899. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 06 | 0.6 | — | — |
| Measles | 41 | 17 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 41 | 9 | 26 | 26.7 | 30.9 | 16 | 21.3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 4 | 5.3 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 17.1 | 19.8 | 1 | 7.3 |
| Fever | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 4 | 5.3 |
| Diarrhœa | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 209 | 24.2 | 30 | 40.1 |
| Totals, St. Giles District | 114 | 85 | 113 | 104 | 101 | 80 | 77 | 87 | 63 | 70 | 89.4 | 103.6 | 55 | 73.5 |
| Totals, London | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,544 | 11,544 | 14,100 | 11,525 | 12,565 | 11,638 | 137.9 | ||
| Totals, England and Wales | 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 56,032 | 73,499 | 52,771 | 64,901 | 66,936 | 67,051 | 69,714 | 60,582 | 111.3 |