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 1890
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TABLE III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE TEN YEARS, 1880—1889.
Smal Pox
1880
1881
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
Average of
10 Years.
...
5.0
8
18
5
...
...
5
...
56
52
109
67
81
70.2
Measles
61
70
22
95
89
11
Scarlet Fever
102
56
47
101
4 8
23
46.8
16
19
45
Diphtheria
13
31
9
16
10
15
12
14
13.9
10
9
Whooping Cough
94
39
178
25
82
76
75.2
61
60
50
87
13
12
13
Fever
21
20
16
10
7
18
13.9
9
Diarrhœa and Cholera
126
74
98
59
67
97
61
49
64
79.8
101
4 20
245
4 11
290
304.8
Total
335
177
244
279
14
1882
341
292
...
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE TEN YEARS, 1880—1889.
1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | Average of 10 Years. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smal Pox | 8 | 18 | 5 | ... | 5 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.0 |
Measles | 56 | 52 | 109 | 67 | 81 | 61 | 70 | 89 | 22 | 95 | 70.2 |
Scarlet Fever | 102 | 56 | 47 | 101 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 46.8 |
Diphtheria | 13 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13.9 |
Whooping Cough | 94 | 39 | 178 | 25 | 82 | 61 | 76 | 87 | 60 | 50 | 75.2 |
Fever | 21 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 13.9 |
Diarrhœa and Cholera | 126 | 74 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 61 | 98 | 101 | 49 | 64 | 79.8 |
Total | 411 | 290 | 420 | 292 | 335 | 245 | 279 | 341 | 177 | 244 | 304.8 |