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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 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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Table: The deaths from Zymotic Diseases occurring in the Parish numbered 180 and were caused as follows. tor comparison the number of deaths during the last ten years are also given:-*The difference between these Returns and those of the Vestry in Table at end of Report is due to duplication.B 2

The deaths from Zymotic Diseases occurring in the Parish numbered 180 and were caused as follows. tor comparison the number of deaths during the last ten years are also given:-

*The difference between these Returns and those of the Vestry in Table at end of Report is due to duplication.

B 2

Year.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
18900335264662172
189101074751450223
18920403639928125
1893070112541650203
18940400738327115
189508191234940185
189605041438991206
189704731643269180
1898056010342115217
189902908274112180
Total055339107409546441,806

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To these deaths in the Parish must be added those which
occurred at the various hospitals, etc., outside the district, of
persons belonging to it. They were as follows: Measles, 7;
Scarlet Fever, 11; Diphtheria, 19; Whooping Cough, 1; Enteric
Fever, 19; Diarrhoea, 14; Total, 71; making in all 251 deaths,
and therefore giving a zymotic death-rate of 3.79. This number
is somewhat higher than that credited to us by the RegistrarGeneral,
viz.: 3.04. The difference is caused by the inclusion of
deaths from gastro-enteritis under the head of Diarrhoea in our
returns. These two conditions, though registered under a different
name, are undoubtedly identical diseases. Hence they have been
classified together.
The amount paid to medical practitioners for furnishing
Notification Certificates amounted to £72 16s. 0d., as compared
with £73 5s. 0d. in 1898. The Vestry is recouped for this
expenditure by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Smallpox.—It is satisfactory to report that there have been no
cases of smallpox recorded in this district. The continuance of
freedom from an outbreak of this disease depends mainly upon
the following three factors:—
1. The amount of Smallpox in other districts of London.
(Only three deaths occurred in London during 1899.)