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 1895
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TABLE II.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY [1885-1895] AND
IN HOSPITALS [1894—1895].
Deaths in the Parish.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
1885
1886
1888
1889
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1894
1895
1887
1890
1
...
Smallpox
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
61
89
22
69
10
5
Measles
74
51
66
36
109
70
95
23
45
19
12
11
7
14
8
5
15
Searlet Fever
11
16
11
15
10
8
10
42
15
9
7
60
24
Diphtheria
12
14
14
61
87
73
67
19
4
1
Whooping Cough
60
41
47
76
50
49
10
9
18
7
10
7
10
7
Fever
7
7
13
6
4
49
39
61
101
65
34
8
4
Diarrhœa and Cholera
98
64
39
64
76
185
245
279
341
177
177
189
90
Total
239
222
43
227
244
TABLE II. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES REGISTERED IN BERMONDSEY [1885-1895] AND IN HOSPITALS [1894—1895].
Deaths in the Parish. | Deaths in Outlying Institutions. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1894 | 1895 | |
Smallpox | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Measles | 61 | 70 | 89 | 22 | 95 | 74 | 51 | 66 | 36 | 69 | 109 | 10 | 5 |
Searlet Fever | 23 | 16 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 11 |
Diphtheria | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 24 | 14 | 42 | 15 |
Whooping Cough | 61 | 76 | 87 | 60 | 50 | 73 | 67 | 49 | 41 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
Fever | 10 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
Diarrhœa and Cholera | 61 | 98 | 101 | 49 | 64 | 65 | 39 | 39 | 64 | 34 | 76 | 8 | 4 |
Total | 245 | 279 | 341 | 177 | 244 | 239 | 185 | 177 | 222 | 189 | 227 | 90 | 43 |