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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 1893
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1893
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TABLE II.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN
1893, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
1893.
Per
centage of
Total
Deaths.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
Total for
the Year
1893.
Rate per
1000
living.
2nd
Qurater.
3rd
Qurater.
4th
Quarter.
1st
Qurater.
...
...
...
...
...
Small Pox
...
...
4
22
2
36
0.42
2.25
Measles
8
4
6
0
14
0.16
0.87
Scarlet Fever
4
60
13
16
21
0.71
3.76
Diphtheria
10
5
27
41
0.48
2.57
Whooping Cough
0
9
1
3
1
5
0.06
Fever
0
0.31
13
38
64
0.75
4.01
Diarrhœa
7
6
0
0
2
2
English Cholera
0
29
49
88
56
222
13.8
2.62
Total
TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN 1893, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1893. | Total for the Year 1893. | Rate per 1000 living. | Per centage of Total Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qurater. | 2nd Qurater. | 3rd Qurater. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 4 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 36 | 0.42 | 2.25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0.16 | 0.87 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 60 | 0.71 | 3.76 |
| Whooping Cough | 0 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 0.48 | 2.57 |
| Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.31 |
| Diarrhœa | 7 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 64 | 0.75 | 4.01 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | 29 | 49 | 88 | 56 | 222 | 2.62 | 13.8 |