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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 1890
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1890
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TABLE II.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 1890, AND IN EACH QUARTER
OF THE YEAR.
Total for
the Year
1890.
Rate per
1000
living.
Per
centage of
Total
Deaths.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
3 rd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
Small Pox
4.46
Measles
17
23
22
12
74
0.87
3
3
12
0.72
Scarlet Fever
2
4
0.14
3
2
8
0.09
0.48
Diphtheria
1
2
22
Whooping Cough
16
18
17
73
0.86
4.40
4
Fever
1
1
1
7
0.08
0.42
Diarrhœa
1
2
50
63
0.74
3.79
10
...
0.02
Simple Cholera
1
1
2
...
0.12
96
38
51
54
239
2.81
14.4
Total
...
..
...
...
...
..
...
1890.
TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN 1890, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1890. | Total for the Year 1890. | Rate per 1000 living. | Per centage of Total Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... |
| Measles | 17 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 74 | 0.87 | 4.46 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.14 | 0.72 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.09 | 0.48 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 73 | 0.86 | 4.40 |
| Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.42 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 63 | 0.74 | 3.79 |
| Simple Cholera | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 0.02 | 0.12 |
| Total | 38 | 51 | 96 | 54 | 239 | 2.81 | 14.4 |