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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1894
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TABLE II.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN
1894, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
ZYMOTIC
DISEASES.
1894.
Deaths
in the
Parish.
Deaths
in
Outlying
Institutions.
Total
Deaths.
1st
Quarter.
2nd
Quarter.
4th
Quarter.
3rd.
Quarter.
Small Pox
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
Measles
22
40
...
69
10
79
7
2
2
2
2
8
15
23
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
5
11
3
5
24
42
66
Whooping Cough
11
4
2
47
4
51
30
2
...
2
3
7
10
17
Fever
Diarrhœa
34
8
42
3
19
8
4
English Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
65
67
37
20
189
90
279
Total
TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY IN 1894, AND IN EACH QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
| ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | 1894. | Deaths in the Parish. | Deaths in Outlying Institutions. | Total Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd. Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | ||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 22 | 40 | 7 | ... | 69 | 10 | 79 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 42 | 66 |
| Whooping Cough | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 51 |
| Fever | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Diarrhœa | 4 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 42 |
| English Cholera | ... ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 65 | 67 | 37 | 20 | 189 | 90 | 279 |