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Clerkenwell 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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So that Clerkenwell is still at the head of its own group of the
crowded Central Districts, and of the East Districts with their
sparse population; and, as I have said before, the crowding of
an ordinary population in an acre, always exerts a powerful
influence upon the mortality of a district.

Table: The number of deaths arising from the principal zymotic diseases in the parish in 1886, was 172 ; being 57 loss than in the preceding year. The number and the causes of the zymotic (infectious and contagious diseases) occurring in Clerkenwell during the last 10 years, are exhibited in the following table :—

The number of deaths arising from the principal zymotic diseases in the parish in 1886, was 172 ; being 57 loss than in the preceding year. The number and the causes of the zymotic (infectious and contagious diseases) occurring in Clerkenwell during the last 10 years, are exhibited in the following table :—

small pox.measles.scarlet fever.hooping cough.typhoid fever.diarrhoea.totals.
1877157382362553284
187813941562573235
187917444611136237
188022651871465245
1881103954532658240
188206160811840260
188306146331659215
18846482769779236
18856872152558229
18860181242793172