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The number and causes of death from zymotic diseases
occurring in Clerkenwell during the last ten years are exhibited
in the following table :—
small pox.
measles.
scarlet fever.
diphtheria.
whping cough.
typhoid fever.
diarrhœa.
totals.
1888
0
62
8
10
63
4
65
212
1889
0
47
10
6
23
4
54
144
1890
0
33
5
2
64
6
62
172
1891
0
107
4
7
51
4
50
223
1892
0
40
3
6
39
9
28
119
1893
0
70
11
25
41
6
50
203
1894
0
40
0
7
38
3
27
115
1895
0
81
9
12
34
9
40
185
1896
0
50
4
14
38
9
91
206
1897
0
47
3
16
43
2
69
180
Extra Parochial,1897
1
3
10
31
7
11
6
69
To the number of zymotic deaths occurring in the district must
be added 69 deaths, which occurred in extra parochial hospitals,
mainly those of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, making a total
of 249 deaths from zymotic diseases during the year. This
gives a death rate of 3.7 per 1,000, while the rate for London as
a whole is only 2.5. The death from small pox was a very
doubtful one. The case was that of a child, the parents of
which had just moved into Clerkenwell, indeed the child had
been in Clerkenwell less than an hour, when it was taken to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital. It was dead on arrival at the hospital,
but an examination discovered some spots which resembled those