[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of] page 20

City of London 1869

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registered deaths from the disease. It is very likely,
therefore, that the timely warning of its approach
enabled the guardians to apply successful preventive
measures, as the disease is essentially duo to poverty
and want.
The chief facts connected with the meteorology of
the year have been deduced, as usual, from the observations
at Guildhall and at Greenwich— the former
being under tho superintendance of Mr. Haywood,
and the latter of Mr. Glaisher.

Table: Classification of Deaths according to Zymotic Causes during the last Sixteen Years.

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Classification of Deaths according to Zymotic Causes during the last Sixteen Years.

Years.	Alvine Disorders.	Continued Fevers.	Scarlet Fever.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Croup and Diphtheria.	Erysipelas.	Total.
1855	181	129	196	58	46	106	52	31	699
1856	100	159	130	33	76	61	39	20	618
1857	133	109	65	14	48	114	50	20	553
1858	92	88	50	6	102	131	44	19	532
1859	113	107	127	47	88	121	52	10	665
1860	64	74	85	60	75	74	37	5	474
1861	97	70	66	4	119	125	77	19	577
1862	63	174	95	4	92	127	71	14	640
1863	79	113	204	44	70	80	63	20	673
1864	105	105	122	22	130	69	54	17	624
1865	86	106	69	8	24	114	63	18	488
1866	177	124	65	29	82	83	35	17	612
1867	103	70	30	31	13	39	31	12	329
1868	106	80	40	18	58	49	35	9	395
1869	59	85	123	2	46	82	33	5	435
1870	58	54	127	3	48	44	30	11	395
Average	101	103	100	24	70	88	48	15	549

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Table: Classification of Deaths according to Zymotic Causes during the last Sixteen Years.