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Camberwell 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Table III. —Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London
for 10 Years.
Hooping
Cough.
Measles.
Diphtheria.
Small
Pox.
Fever.
Scarlet
Fever.
Influenza.
1885
2,479
896
-
2,928
707
899
695
2,834
2,078
688
846
701
24
1886
-
2,928
1887
2,894
1,467
961
672
9
-
2,987
1,209
720
9
1888
2,401
1,301
-
1889
1,749
2,314
784
1,588
596
1
-
3,227
3,285
1,387
636
3
1890
861
652
2,876
1,807
1,361
597
8
1891
589
2,338
2,447
1,174
467
2,264
1892
3,393
1,885
41
2,330
1,661
1,596
719
1893
1,526
3,265
206
1894
2,097
3,293
962
2,670
653
89
750
326
125
418
-
West D.
564
117
1
828
-
454
263
4
North D.
624
158
128
118
6
49
1894
104
Central D.
-
-
East D.
769
78
366
98
-
433
-
756
359
219
3
South D.
1,214
950
-
Metropolitan
Hospitals outside
London.
131
4
12
81
-
-
4
Table IV. gives the population of Camberwell and
of its sub-districts, as enumerated at the censuses of 1881
and 1891, and also the populations calculated for the middle
of 1894 on the hypothesis that the rates of increase which
had ruled between 1881 and 1891 have been maintained
since. It will probably be observed that according to this
Table III.—Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London for 10 Years.
| Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Influenza. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 2,479 | 2,928 | 707 | 896 | 695 | 899 | – | |
| 1886 | 2,834 | 2,078 | 688 | 846 | 701 | 24 | – | |
| 1887 | 2,928 | 2,894 | 1,467 | 961 | 672 | 9 | – | |
| 1888 | 2,987 | 2,401 | 1,209 | 1,301 | 720 | 9 | – | |
| 1889 | 1,749 | 2,314 | 784 | 1,588 | 596 | 1 | – | |
| 1890 | 3,227 | 3,285 | 861 | 1,387 | 636 | 3 | 652 | |
| 1891 | 2,876 | 1,807 | 589 | 1,361 | 597 | 8 | 2,338 | |
| 1892 | 2,447 | 3,393 | 1,174 | 1,885 | 467 | 41 | 2,264 | |
| 1893 | 2,330 | 1,661 | 1,596 | 3,265 | 719 | 206 | 1,526 | |
| 1894 | 2,097 | 3,293 | 962 | 2,670 | 653 | 89 | 750 | |
| 1894 | West D. | 326 | 564 | 125 | 418 | 117 | 1 | – |
| North D. | 454 | 624 | 263 | 828 | 158 | 4 | – | |
| Central D. | 128 | 118 | 6 | 104 | 49 | – | – | |
| East D. | 433 | 769 | 78 | 366 | 98 | – | – | |
| South D. | 756 | 1,214 | 359 | 950 | 219 | 3 | – | |
| Metropolitan Hospitals outside London. | – | 4 | 131 | 4 | 12 | 81 | – | |