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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 1892
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1892
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TABLE 11.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN
1892, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
1892.
Per
centage of
Total
Deaths.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
Total for
the Year
1892.
Rate per
1000
living.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
3rd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
...
...
...
...
...
...
Small Pox
...
Measles
66
0.78
4.30
10
40
14
2
0.08
Scarlet Fever
1
3
2
1
7
0.45
Diphtheria
2
1
3
10
0.11
0.65
4
Whooping Cough
26
6
0.58
3.19
17
0
49
0.38
Fever
1
2
1
2
0.07
Diarrhoea
26
0.46
2.55
4
4
5
39
11.56
Total
44
67
53
13
177
2.08
TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN 1892, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1892. | Total for the Year 1892. | Rate per 1000 living. | Per centage of Total Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 10 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 66 | 0.78 | 4.30 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.45 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0.11 | 0.65 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 0.58 | 3.19 |
| Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.38 | |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 39 | 0.46 | 2.55 |
| Total | 44 | 67 | 53 | 13 | 177 | 2.08 | 11.56 |