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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 1882
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1882
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TABLE II.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 1882.
1882.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
Total for
the
Year.
Rate per
1000
living.
Percentage
of Total
Deaths.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
3rd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
Small Pox
...
...
0.26
2
5
0.05
3
Measles
48
109
18
21
22
1.25
5.69
Scarlet Fever
5
18
47
10
14
0.54
2.45
Diphtheria
1
3
9
0.47
2
3
0.10
74
178
3
Whooping Cough
84
17
2.03
9.30
3
Fever
1
13
5
4
0.15
0.67
5
8
59
Diarrhœa
6
40
0.67
3.08
99
420
Total
136
57
128
4.79
21.92
TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 1882.
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1882. | Total for the Year. | Rate per 1000 living. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Small Pox | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 0.05 | 0.26 |
| Measles | 18 | 48 | 21 | 22 | 109 | 1.25 | 5.69 |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 47 | 0.54 | 2.45 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0.10 | 0.47 |
| Whooping Cough | 84 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 178 | 2.03 | 9.30 |
| Fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0.15 | 0.67 |
| Diarrhœa | 6 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 59 | 0.67 | 3.08 |
| Total | 128 | 136 | 99 | 57 | 420 | 4.79 | 21.92 |