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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 III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE 10 YEAR. 1874-83.
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
Average
of 10 Yrs.
3
0
Small Pox
9.0
8
0
39
5
9
8
18
0
46
46
46
67
64.3
Measles
75
109
45
101
56
52
130
21
43
102
101
75.0
97
Scarlet Fever
51
102
56
47
3
19
16
5
Diphtheria
9
12.4
3
16
13
31
9
63
111
75
225
25
96.5
Whooping Cough
57
94
39
98
178
18
20.0
Fever
21
29
21
25
16
21
20
13
16
Diarrhœa and Cholera
73
113
85.7
67
83
80
137
45
126
74
59
452
351
Total
362.9
292
268
287
522
344
411
290
420
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TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE 10 YEAR. 1874-83.
| 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | Average of 10 Yrs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Measles | 45 | 101 | 46 | 46 | 75 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 109 | 67 | 64.3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 51 | 130 | 97 | 21 | 43 | 102 | 102 | 56 | 47 | 101 | 75.0 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 12.4 |
| Whooping Cough | 57 | 111 | 63 | 75 | 225 | 98 | 94 | 39 | 178 | 25 | 96.5 |
| Fever | 29 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 20.0 |
| Diarrhœa and Cholera | 83 | 73 | 113 | 80 | 137 | 45 | 126 | 74 | 59 | 67 | 85.7 |
| Total | 268 | 452 | 351 | 287 | 522 | 344 | 411 | 290 | 420 | 292 | 362.9 |