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Clerkenwell 1887

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

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Hence the mortality of the year has been somewhat above that of
the preceding years.
The mortality of all London during the year was 19.6— That of
the West Districts, 19; the North Districts, 17.8; of the Central
Districts, 25; of the East Districts, 22.5; and of the South Districts,
18.6.
So that Clerkenwell is again well ahead of it own group of the
crowded central districts, and of the east districts, with their sparse
population; and as I have so often said, the crowding of an ordinary
population in an acre always exerts a powerful influence upon the
mortality of a district.
The number of deaths arising from the principal zymotic
diseases in the parish, in 1887, were 234; being 62 more than in
the preceding year.

Table: The number and the causes of the deaths from zymotic (infectious and contagious) diseases occurring in Clerkenwell during the last ten years are exhibited in the following table:—

The number and the causes of the deaths from zymotic (infectious and contagious) diseases occurring in Clerkenwell during the last ten years are exhibited in the following table:—

SMALL POX.MEASLES.SCARLET FEVER.HOOPING COUGH.TYPHOID FEVER.DIARRHCEA.TOTALS.
187813941562573235
187917444611136227
188022651871465245
1881103954532658240
188206160811840260
188306146331659215
18846482769779236
18856872152558229
18860181242793172
18870681755688234