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Credit: Premature death : its promotion or prevention. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![trar-General for the twenty-five years 1850-74,* the following result is obtained :— Class I.—Diseases of Lungs, &c. Annual Mortality to 1,000,000 during 25 years 1850-74. Phthisis 2567-2 Bronchitis 1596-5 Pneumonia 1163-1 Other lungdiseases 512-4 Class II.—Infectious Diseases. Scarlet-fever and Diphtherial ' 1038*0 Continued fevers (Typhus, Enteric fever, &c.) 866' 2 Whooping-cough 514-0 Measles . 428*0 Small-pox 250-0 Erysipelas 97*0 . [Malignant cholera - . 81-o] Other infectious diseases 206 #o Class III.—Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System. Convulsions 1265-8 Paralysis 486*0 Apoplexy 477'o Hydrocephalus 370 *o Other brain diseases, &>c 577'5 * The 37th Annual Report of Registrar-General, p. 237. f Diphtheria was not distinguished from scarlet-fever in the Registers for much of this period.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21072991_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
