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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
Clerkenwell 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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The number of deaths which took place from the principal Zymotic diseases, was 269; the separate diseases and numbers are indicated in the subjoined table:
| Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Hooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Typhus. (In Fever Hospital) | Totals. | Deaths from all causes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 6 | 51 | 42 | 84 | 65 | 47 + 9 | 295 | 1406 |
| 1858 | 5 | 69 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 31 + 8 | 285 | 1477 |
| 1859 | 9 | 24 | 82 | 87 | 68 | 31 + 6 | 301 | 1374 |
| 1860 | 10 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 38 | 27 + 5 | 226 | 1383 |
| 1861 | 0 | 22 | 95 | 107 | 72 | 44 + 17 | 340 | 1494 |
| 1862 | 1 | 76 | 133 | 53 | 42 | 70 + 9 | 375 | 1572 |
| 1863 | 26 | 44 | 136 | 66 | 52 | 42 + 8 | 376 | 1509 |
| 1864 | 73 | 94 | 71 | 87 | 46 + 9 | 378 | 1735 | |
| 1865 | 12 | 27 | 57 | 88 | 84 | 48 + 5 | 316 | 1613 |
| 1866 | 6 | 42 | 59 | 95 | 93 | 47 + 4 | 342 | 1661 |
| 1867 | 20 | 44 | 49 | 35 | 71 | 50 | 269 | 1497 |
It will be noticed, that this is the smallest number of deaths which
has occurred from these diseases (excluding 1860), since the existence
of the Vestry.
The number of deaths which took place from all causes in infants
and children under the age of five years, was 663; the numbers for each
of the last ten years having been 663, 656, 628, 624, 707. 724, 728,
789, 700, and 736; the average being 695.
331 deaths occurred at and above 60, including 44 at and above 80.
289 deaths arose from pulmonary diseases, the number for the
preceding year being 295.