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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 III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE 10 YEARS, 1872-81.
Average
of 10 Yrs.
1872
1880
1881
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
11.0
Small Pox
0
9
8
3
18
23
2
0
39
8
20
46
52
Measles
109
45
101
46
46
75
56
59.6
65.7
30
102
Scarlet Fever
51
130
97
21
43
102
56
25
11.3
7
13
31
Diphtheria
16
3
5
9
19
7
3
98.2
94
128
111
63
75
225
98
39
Whooping Cough
92
57
24.8
Fever
21
18
21
25
16
21
20
29
48
29
94.7
107
73
80
137
45
126
74
Diarrhœa and Cholera
109
83
113
290
351
287
522
411
344
392
268
452
344
365.3
Total
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE 10 YEARS, 1872-81.
| 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | Average of 10 Yrs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11.0 |
| Measles | 20 | 109 | 45 | 101 | 46 | 46 | 75 | 56 | 46 | 52 | 59.6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 25 | 51 | 130 | 97 | 21 | 43 | 102 | 102 | 56 | 65.7 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 11.3 |
| Whooping Cough | 128 | 92 | 57 | 111 | 63 | 75 | 225 | 98 | 94 | 39 | 98.2 |
| Fever | 29 | 48 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 24.8 |
| Diarrhœa and Cholera | 107 | 109 | 83 | 73 | 113 | 80 | 137 | 45 | 126 | 74 | 94.7 |
| Total | 344 | 392 | 268 | 452 | 351 | 287 | 522 | 344 | 411 | 290 | 365.3 |