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 1893
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TABLE III.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY
IN THE TEN YEARS, 1883—1892.
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
Small Pox
...
5
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
67
81
61
70
89
22
95
74
51
66
Scarlet Fever
101
23
16
45
11
48
19
12
11
7
Diphtheria
16
10
15
12
10
9
14
8
7
10
61
Whooping Cough
25
82
76
87
60
50
73
67
49
Fever
16
12
10
7
9
18
13
10
6
7
49
65
39
39
Diarrhœa and Cholera
67
97
61
98
101
64
Total
292
335
245
279
341
177
244
239
185
177
TABLE III. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN THE TEN YEARS, 1883—1892.
1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | ... | 5 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 67 | 81 | 61 | 70 | 89 | 22 | 95 | 74 | 51 | 66 |
Scarlet Fever | 101 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
Diphtheria | 16 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 82 | 61 | 76 | 87 | 60 | 50 | 73 | 67 | 49 |
Fever | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Diarrhœa and Cholera | 67 | 97 | 61 | 98 | 101 | 49 | 64 | 65 | 39 | 39 |
Total | 292 | 335 | 245 | 279 | 341 | 177 | 244 | 239 | 185 | 177 |