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. Giles District]
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TABLE XII.
Comparative Analysis of the Vital Statistics in Registration London and in St. Giles District, for 1899.
Population, 1899. | Births. | Deaths from all Causes. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Annual rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births. | |||||||||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | ||||||
London (estimated) | 4,546,752 | 133,120 | 89,689 | 11,147 | 29.4 | 19.8 | 2.46 | 3 | 2,143 | 398 | 1,720 | 1,964 | 804 | 4,196 | 167 |
St. Giles District | 38,237 | 1,132 | 748 | 55 | 296 | 195 | 1.4 | — | 16 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 120 |