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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ANNUAL RATE PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING. DEATHS FROM | ||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births registered. | |
Registration London | 19.3 | 2.46 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 1.82 | 1.66 |
West London | 18.0 | 1.91 | — | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 1.65 | 173 |
North „ | 17.8 | 2.16 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.15 | — | 0.78 | 1.64 | 154 |
Central „ | 23.0 | 2.21 | — | 0.44 | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.22 | — | 0.90 | 2.75 | 168 |
East „ | 22.9 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.24 | — | 1.23 | 2.19 | 179 |
South „ | 18.8 | 2.62 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.15 | — | 0.94 | 1.74 | 164 |
Holborn | 24.9 | 2.23 | - | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.44 | 0.24 | — | 0.88 | 3.08 | 226 |
St. Pancras | 20.3 | 2.69 | — | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 0.59 | 0.17 | — | 0.95 | 2.01 | 178 |
Islington | 18.1 | 2.30 | — | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.14 | — | 0.74 | 1.59 | 160 |
St. Luke's | 28.4 | 3.03 | — | 0.64 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 0.15 | — | 1.45 | 3.53 | 149 |
Hampstead | 11.6 | 1.16 | — | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.05 | - | 0.44 | 0.84 | 129 |
In this table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no deaths occurred the space is left blank.
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