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Bermondsey 1863
Report and accounts of the Vestry of the Parish of Bermondsey, Surrey, for the year ending Lady-Day 1864 and report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1863
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TABLE II.
Seven Zymotic Diseases registered in the Parish of Bermondsey during the
years 1860-61-62 and 63.
1860.
1863.
1862.
1861.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
3rd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
Total.
Total.
Total.
Total.
Smal-pox
7
23
9
6
45
24
3
25
Measles
29
26
9
2
66
73
22
80
Scarlatina
14
32
22
39
107
57
55
50
Diptheria
3
2
1
3
9
20
8
Whooping-cough
14
37
17
10
78
37
121
85
Typhus
8
15
16
25
64
58
32
22
Diarrhœa
3
6
53
11
73
43
72
20
78
141
127
96
442
312
305
290
TABLE III.
Seven Zymotic Diseases registered in all London during the
years 1860 - 61 - 62 and 63.
1863.
1862.
1861.
1860.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
3rd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
Total.
Total.
Total.
Total.
Small-pox
422
788
512
290
2,012
345
215
877
Measles
576
606
221
295
1,698
2,281
1,070
2,054
Scarlatina
880
1,055
1,519
1,621
5,075
3,457
2,358
2,457
2,457
Diptheria
178
175
192
179
724
734
697
Whooping-cough
795
647
358
429
2,229
2,150
3,497
2,023
Typhus
735
624
652
881
2,892
3,635
1,754
1,392
Diarrhœa
161
225
1,799
263
2,448
1,735
2,625
1,383
3,747
4,120
5,253
3,958
17,078
14,337
12,216
10,186
TABLE II. Seven Zymotic Diseases registered in the Parish of Bermondsey during the years 1860-61-62 and 63.
| 1863. | 1862. | 1861. | 1860. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | |
| Smal-pox | 7 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 25 |
| Measles | 29 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 66 | 73 | 22 | 80 |
| Scarlatina | 14 | 32 | 22 | 39 | 107 | 57 | 55 | 50 |
| Diptheria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 8 | |
| Whooping-cough | 14 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 78 | 37 | 121 | 85 |
| Typhus | 8 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 64 | 58 | 32 | 22 |
| Diarrhœa | 3 | 6 | 53 | 11 | 73 | 43 | 72 | 20 |
| 78 | 141 | 127 | 96 | 442 | 312 | 305 | 290 | |
TABLE III. Seven Zymotic Diseases registered in all London during the years 1860 – 61 – 62 and 63.
| 1863. | 1862. | 1861. | 1860. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | Total. | Total. | Total. | |
| Small-pox | 422 | 788 | 512 | 290 | 2,012 | 345 | 215 | 877 |
| Measles | 576 | 606 | 221 | 295 | 1,698 | 2,281 | 1,070 | 2,054 |
| Scarlatina | 880 | 1,055 | 1,519 | 1,621 | 5,075 | 3,457 | 2,358 | 2,457 |
| Diptheria | 178 | 175 | 192 | 179 | 724 | 734 | 697 | 2,457 |
| Whooping-cough | 795 | 647 | 358 | 429 | 2,229 | 2,150 | 3,497 | 2,023 |
| Typhus | 735 | 624 | 652 | 881 | 2,892 | 3,635 | 1,754 | 1,392 |
| Diarrhœa | 161 | 225 | 1,799 | 263 | 2,448 | 1,735 | 2,625 | 1,383 |
| 3,747 | 4,120 | 5,253 | 3,958 | 17,078 | 14,337 | 12,216 | 10,186 | |