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The number of deaths arising from the principal zymotic (infectious
and contagious) diseases in the Parish in 1888, was 212
being 22 less than in the preceding year.
The number and the
causes of the deaths from zymotic diseases occurring in Clerkenwell
during the last 10 years are exhibited in the following table:—
SMALL POX.
MEASLES.
SCARLET FEVER.
DIPHTHERIA.
HOOPING COUGH.
TYPHOID FEVER.
DIARRHŒE.
TOTALS.
1879
1
74
39
5
61
11
36
227
1880
2
26
45
6
87
14
65
245
1881
10
39
46
8
53
26
58
240
1882
0
61
50
10
81
18
40
260
1883
0
61
36
10
33
16
59
215
1884
6
48
15
12
69
7
79
236
1885
6
87
14
7
52
5
58
229
1886
0
18
8
4
42
7
93
172
1887
0
68
14
3
55
6
88
234
1888
0
62
8
10
63
4
65
212
Forty-three deaths occurred from zymotic diseases in extraparochial
hospitals; viz.:—2 from measles; 10 from scarlet fever;
16 from diphtheria; 8 from typhoid fever; and 7 from diarrhoea.
The average number of deaths arising in the Parish from the
principal zymotic diseases during the past ten years was 227, so
that the number for 1888 was 15 below the average.
One case of Small Pox was brought into the Parish during the year.
The number of deaths from Measles was high, although not quite
so high as in the preceding year.
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