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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
Bermondsey 1884
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1884
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TABLE II.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 1884.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
1884.
Total for
the Year.
Rate per
1000
living.
Percentage
of Total
Deaths.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
3rd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
0.28
5
Small Pox
3
...
1
0.06
1
18
13
81
0.91
4.55
Measles
8
42
2.70
17
8
19
4
48
0.54
Scarlet Fever
0.56
4
1
3
2
10
0.11
Diphtheria
6
21
14
4.61
41
82
0.32
Whooping Cough
3
0.67
4
3
2
0.13
12
Fever
5.45
4
6
77
10
97
1.09
Diarrhœa
335
3.78
Total
110
125
41
18.82
59
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TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 1884.
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1884. | Total for the Year. | Rate per 1000 living. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.28 |
| Measles | 8 | 42 | 18 | 13 | 81 | 0.91 | 4.55 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 0.54 | 2.70 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0.11 | 0.56 |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 82 | 0.32 | 4.61 |
| Fever | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0.13 | 0.67 |
| Diarrhœa | 4 | 6 | 77 | 10 | 97 | 1.09 | 5.45 |
| Total | 59 | 110 | 125 | 41 | 335 | 3.78 | 18.82 |