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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TO THE VESTRY OF BERMONDSEY.
Mr. Chairman And Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure of submitting my Eighteenth
Annual Report on the state of the Public Health in
the Parish of Bermondsey. It includes the registration
year of 52 weeks that ended on the 30th
day of December, 1893.
Small-pox reappeared in several parts of th
Parish, but did not spread to any extent. It was
generally of a mild form. Fifty-five cases were
notified during the first three quarters of the year.
There were no cases during the last quarter. There
were no deaths from small-pox in the Parish, but 4
deaths took place in hospitals. Scarlet fever was
prevalent throughout the year. The number of cases
reported was 563. There were 14 deaths in the
Parish and 16 in hospitals. Diphtheria was more fatal
than in any previous year. There were 201 cases
reported; 46 deaths in the Parish, and 19 in