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 1892
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TABLE 111.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY
IN THE TEN YEARS, 1882—1891.
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
Average of
10 Years.
Small Pox
5
...
5
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
2.4
89
Measles
109
67
81
70
95
74
71.9
61
51
22
47
101
48
23
16
19
11
12
8
11
33.3
scarlet Fever
45
Diphtheria
9
15
10
9
14
7
11.0
16
10
12
75.9
25
61
76
87
60
73
67
82
50
Whooping Cough
178
18
10
11.8
13
13
16
12
10
7
7
Fever
9
39
Diarrhœa and Cholera
61
67
97
98
101
64
65
70.1
49
59
239
244
185
420
245
177
Total
292
335
279
341
277.1
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN THE TEN YEARS, 1882—1891.
1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | Average of 10 Years. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 5 | ... | 5 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.4 |
Measles | 109 | 67 | 81 | 61 | 70 | 89 | 22 | 95 | 74 | 51 | 71.9 |
scarlet Fever | 47 | 101 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 33.3 |
Diphtheria | 9 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 11.0 |
Whooping Cough | 178 | 25 | 82 | 61 | 76 | 87 | 60 | 50 | 73 | 67 | 75.9 |
Fever | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11.8 |
Diarrhœa and Cholera | 59 | 67 | 97 | 61 | 98 | 101 | 49 | 64 | 65 | 39 | 70.1 |
Total | 420 | 292 | 335 | 245 | 279 | 341 | 177 | 244 | 239 | 185 | 277.1 |