Showing the number of Deaths in the 10 years 1864–1873, from the seven
principal Zymotic Diseases, and the number in 1874, &c.
Disease. 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 Annual Proportion 1874 Proportion
Average 10 of Deaths of Deaths
years, to 1000 to 1000
1864–1873. Deaths in Deaths in
10 years, 1874.
1864–1873.
Smallpox 5 18 10 29 4 6 8 120 68 1 26.9 12.5 121 45
Measles 100 52 40 19 84 27 70 64 43 38 53.7 25.3 32 11.8
Scarlet 90 31 28 35 170 106 198 95 29 10 79.2 37.1 26 9.6
Fever
Diphtheria Not separately registered. 9 14 11 14 11 5.9 2.7
Whooping 56 37 28 68 34 71 55 72 77 44 54.2 25.3 45 16.7
Cough
Fever 60 77 33 46 52 42 46 48 42 41 48.7 22.8 52 19.3
Diarrhœa 63 104 112 78 113 108 154 129 110 145 111.6 52.3 112 41.6
TOTAL, 374 319 251 275 457 369 545 539 383 290 380.2 178.0 388 144
KENSINGTON
TOTAL, 16,029 14,272 14,761 11,660 14,925 17,413 16,476 19,455 12,699 11,385 14,907 198 11,230 147
London.
TOTAL. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1862–71 1872 1872 1872
England &
Wales
1862–1871
{60}
73,220 98,490 96,279 92,030 82,692 72,587 97,352 90,380 100,497 103,801 90,732 188 91,743 188