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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
Newington 1892
Thirty-seventh annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...
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Sickness Records. Out-Door Poor—1892.
| No. 3. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | |||||||
| Chicken-pox | 1 | i | 1 | 3 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | l | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | ||||||
| Measles | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 78 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 26 | 39 | 9 | i9 | 105 | |
| Dysentery | |||||||
| Cholera | |||||||
| Febricula | 8 | 8 | 71 | 87 | |||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Carbuncle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ague | |||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Chronic ,, | 0 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 42 | 56 | 158 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 60 |
| Delirium Tremens | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Insanity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Bronchitis | 20 | 86 | 92 | 140 | 130 | 153 | 621 |
| Phthisis | 8 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 54 | 5 | 101 |
| Influenza | 3 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 208 | |
| Other Diseases | 59 | 191 | 220 | 501 | 318 | 266 | 1555 |
| Total | 107 | 382 | 410 | 801 | 663 | 739 | 3102 |
The figures refer to Newington cases only — Districts 3, 5, and 6
comprise large portions of St. George's Parish.