Municipal hygiene and demography.
- International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
- Date:
- 1892
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Municipal hygiene and demography. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![Sanitation. Health. 1870- 77. 1872. 1873-77. 1871- 79. 1877. 1878. 1878-84. Improvement Trust de- molitions and recon- structions. Reception House opened. Streets Improvement Acts passed. Model lodging-houses erected. Small - ])ox hospital, Belvidere, opened. Public Parks Act. Public baths and wash- houses erected. 10 years, 1871-80. V Death-rate, chief z}'inotic diseases, 4-3. Total death-rate, 28 • 6. 1881. First refuse despatch work opened. 1883. Hew municipal washing and disinfecting estab- lishment opened at Bel- videre. 1884. -Second refuse despatch work opened. 1887. Belvidere Fever Hospital completed. 1889. Improvement Trust re- sumes reconstruction. 1890. Police (Amendment) Act. 1890. Infectious Disease (Noti- fication) Act adopted 1st January. „ Third refuse despatch work opened. 10 years, 1881-90. Death-rate, chief zymotic diseases, 3-1. Total death-rate, 24*4. The following table gives fuller mortality statistics for each of these periods of sanitary development since registration was instituted in Scotland in 1855. The figures are the annual mean for the period specified:— — Mean Popula- tion. Mean Annual Deaths, all Causes. Typhus and Enteric. ! Small-pox. 1 Scarlet Pever. O fvi oO W u 3. s 6 years, 1855-60 373,133 11,176 457 232 462 366 618 152 10 „ 1861-70 430,082 13,226 872 100 567 341 647 285 10 „ 1871-80 519,680 14,425 94 215 81 510 365 649 297 10 „ 1881-90 589,588 13,132 25 124 2-6* 264 367 609 287 * 26 deaths in 10 years.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28045506_0082.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
