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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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a death-rate of 4.28 per thousand. This number is somewhat
higher than that which we are debited with by the RegistrarGeneral,
which is only 8.76 per thousand, the difference being
caused by the inclusion of deaths from gastro-enteritis under the
head of diarrhoea; these, though registered under a different
name, are undoubtedly identical diseases with a probable
bacterial origin.
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. | SCARLETFEVEK. | DIPHTHERIA. | WHPING COUGH. | TYPHOID FEVER. | DIARRHŒA. | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1898 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 115 | 217 |
| Extra Parochial, 1898 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 67 |
No deaths from smallpox were registered in the district—a
satisfactory condition, the continuance of which, in the future, is