Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1883
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TABLE III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE 10 YEARS, 1873-82.
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
Average
of 10 Yrs.
Small Pox
2
0
0
9
39
8
3
8
18
9.2
5
109
46
45
101
56
68.5
Measles
46
75
46
52
109
25
130
21
43
102
Scarlet Fever
51
56
67.4
102
97
47
Diphtheria
3
5
9
19
13
7
3
31
16
11.5
9
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE 10 YEARS, 1873-82.
1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | Average of 10 Yrs. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 9.2 |
Measles | 109 | 45 | 101 | 46 | 46 | 75 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 109 | 68.5 |
Scarlet Fever | 25 | 51 | 130 | 97 | 21 | 43 | 102 | 102 | 56 | 47 | 67.4 |
Diphtheria | 7 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 11.5 |
Whooping Cough | 92 | 57 | 111 | 63 | 75 | 225 | 98 | 94 | 39 | 178 | 103.2 |
Fever | 48 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 23.2 |
Diarrhœa and Cholera | 109 | 83 | 73 | 113 | 80 | 137 | 45 | 126 | 74 | 59 | 89.9 |
Total | 392 | 268 | 452 | 351 | 287 | 522 | 344 | 411 | 290 | 420 | 372.9 |