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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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The deaths from Scarlet Fever were nearly the same as in the
previous year. Most of the deaths occurred in the Hospitals of the
Asylums Board, to which 145 cases were sent from Clerkenwell.
The accompanying table exhibits the number of deaths which have taken place in the Parish in each of the last ten years, the births in each year being placed opposite:—
DEATHS. | BIRTHS. | |
---|---|---|
1879 | 1,456 | 2,667 |
1880 | 1,313 | 2,430 |
1881 | 1,254 | 2,414 |
1882 | 1,261 | 2,420 |
1883 | 1,172 | 2,402 |
1884 | 1,303 | 2,448 |
1885 | 1,195 | 2,390 |
1886 | 1,170 | 2,279 |
1887 | 1,216 | 2,363 |
1888 | 1,168 | 2,311 |