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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
St George (Southwark) 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
TABLE No. 6.
| 1877-8 | 1878-9 | 1879-80 | 1880-1 | 1881-2 | 1882-3 | 1883-4 | 1884-5 | 1885-6 | 1886-7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | ... | 5 | 8 | ... |
| Measles | 48 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 58 | 64 | 42 | 53 | 51 | 34 |
| ???rlatina | 18 | 53 | 85 | 54 | 51 | 35 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| ???hooping-cough | 95 | 91 | 75 | 36 | 79 | 79 | 44 | 71 | 52 | 49 |
| ???arrhœa | 54 | 102 | 27 | 96 | 44 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 50 | 54 |
| ???rer | 14 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
TABLE No. 7.
| 1882-3 | 1883-4 | 1884-5 | 1885-6 | 1886-7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabes | 31 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 28 |
| Phthisis | 113 | 115 | 95 | 124 | 80 |
| Hydrocephalus | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 |