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Clerkenwell 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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Districts, 24.1; of the East Districts, 20.2; and of the South
Districts, 16.6.
The number of deaths arising from the principal zymotic (infectious
and contagious) diseases in the Parish in 1889, was 181;
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. | WHPING. COUGH. | TYPHOID FEVER. | DIARRHÆA. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1889 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 54 | 144 |
Thirty-seven deaths occurred from zymotic diseases in extraparochial
hospitals; viz.:—3 from measles; 5 from scarlet fever;
18 from diphtheria; 6 from typhoid fever; and 5 from diarrhoea.
The average number of deaths occurring in the Parish from the
principal zymotic diseases during the past ten years was 218, so
that the number for 1889 was 74 below the average.
No case of Small Pox occurred during the year.