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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 1887
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1887
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TABLE III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE TEN YEARS, 1877 — 86.
1883
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1884
1885
1886
Average of
10 Years.
39
8
8
5
0
5
14
18
Small Pox
3
...
46
46
56
52
109
67
81
61
70
Measles
75
Scarlet Fever
21
43
102
102
56
47
101
23
16
55.9
48
Diphtheria
5
9
19
13
31
9
16
10
15
12
Whooping Congh
75
225
98
39
25
76
94
178
82
61
Fever
21
25
16
21
20
13
16
12
10
7
Diarrhoea and Cholera
80
137
45
126
74
59
67
97
61
84.4
98
Total
287
522
344
411
420
292
335
245
279
342.5
290
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE TEN YEARS, 1877 — 86.
| 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | Average of 10 Years. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 39 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | ... | 10.0 |
| Measles | 46 | 75 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 109 | 67 | 81 | 61 | 70 | 66.3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 43 | 102 | 102 | 56 | 47 | 101 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 55.9 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 13.9 |
| Whooping Congh | 75 | 225 | 98 | 94 | 39 | 178 | 25 | 82 | 61 | 76 | 95.3 |
| Fever | 21 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 15.1 |
| Diarrhoea and Cholera | 80 | 137 | 45 | 126 | 74 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 61 | 98 | 84.4 |
| Total | 287 | 522 | 344 | 411 | 290 | 420 | 292 | 335 | 245 | 279 | 342.5 |