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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 1886
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1886
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TABLE III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 10 YEARS, 1876—85.
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
Average of
10 Years.
9
Small Pox ... ...
39
8
3
8
5
0
5
14
10.9
18
Measles ... ... ...
46
46
46
56
109
67
81
61
63.9
75
52
47
23
Scarlet Fever ... ...
97
21
102
102
101
48
64.0
43
56
5
19
13
9
13.0
Diphtheria ... ...
31
15
3
9
16
10
94.0
75
225
98
39
178
61
Whooping Cough ...
94
25
82
63
21
12
18
25
16
21
20
13
16
Fever ... ... ...
10
16.2
113
137
45
126
74
97
Diarrhœa and Cholera
80
67
59
85.9
61
351
420
411
287
344
335
292
245
Total ... ... ...
522
290
349.7
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 10 YEARS, 1876-85.
| 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | Average of 10 Years. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox ... ... | 9 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10.9 |
| Measles ... ... ... | 46 | 46 | 75 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 109 | 67 | 81 | 61 | 63.9 |
| Scarlet Fever ... ... | 97 | 21 | 43 | 102 | 102 | 56 | 47 | 101 | 48 | 23 | 64 |
| Diphtheria ... ... | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 |
| Whooping Cough ... | 63 | 75 | 225 | 98 | 94 | 39 | 178 | 25 | 82 | 61 | 94 |
| Fever ... ... ... | 18 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 16.2 |
| Diarrhœa and Cholera | 113 | 80 | 137 | 45 | 126 | 74 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 61 | 85.9 |
| Total ... ... ... | 351 | 287 | 522 | 344 | 411 | 290 | 420 | 292 | 335 | 245 | 349.7 |