Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Disease, 1917.
Year. | All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia (origin uncertain) | Diarrhœa | |||||||||||
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No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. Rate. | No. Rate. | No. | Rate | ||||
1907 | 2338 | 18.3 | 1.74 | - | - | 51 | .40 | 36 | .28 | .17 | 5? | .41 | — | — | 7 | .09 | — | — | 55 | .43 | ||
1908 | 2444 | 18.8 | 300 | 2.31 | _ | _ | 105 | .81 | 26 | .70 | 26 | .20 | IS | .14 | — | — | 12 | .09 | — | —_ | 113 | .87 |
1909 | 2387 | 18.8 | 368 | 2.89 | _ | _ | 106 | 1.54 | 17 | .13 | 12 | .09 | 54 | .42 | 1 | .00 | .01 | — | —_ | 86 | .68 | |
1910 | 2229 | 17.6 | 310 | 2.44 | — | — | 143 | 1.12 | 14 | .11 | 18 | .14 | 44 | .34 | — | — | 4 | .03 | — | — | 87 | .68 |
1911 | 2320 | 18.4 | 352 | 2.79 | — | — | 51 | .41 | 6 | .05 | 15 | .12 | 48 | .38 | — | — | 6 | .05 | — | —_ | 226 | 1.80 |
1912 | 2119 | 16 .9 | 252 | 1.21 | — | — | 101 | .81 | 8 | .06 | 17 | .14 | 36 | .29 | 1 | .00 | 5 | .04 | — | — | 84 | .67 |
1913 | 2243 | 17.9 | 320 | 2.56 | — | — | 88 | .70 | 5 | .04 | 16 | .13 | 47 | .38 | —. | — | 2 | .02 | — | — | 162 | 1.30 |
1914 | 2184 | 17.6 | 262 | 2.11 | — | — | 79 | .64 | 9 | .07 | 17 | .14 | 14 | .11 | — | — | 2 | .02 | — | — | 141 | 1.14 |
1915 | 2514 | 21.4 | 367 | 3.13 | — | — | 110 | .93 | 9 | .07 | 20 | .17 | 79 | .67 | — | '— | 3 | .03 | — | — | 146 | 1.24 |
1916 | 1960 | 17.2 | 155 | 1.36 | — | — | 42 | .36 | 5 | .04 | 29 | .25 | 16 | .14 | — | 2 | .01 | — | — | 61 | .53 | |
Average for years 1907 to 1916 | 2274 | 18.3 | 291 | 2.25 | — | — | 97 | .77 | 14 | .11 | 19 | .15 | 41 | .33 | — | — | 3 | .03 | — | — | 116 | 93 |
1917 | 2032 | 18.8 | 218 | 2.02 | — | — | 72 | .66 .48 | 1 85 | .01 | 18 | .16 32 | .29 | — | — | 6 | .05 | _ | — | 89 | 82 | |
London 1917 | 63276 | 15 .0 | 4836 | 1.14 | — | — | 1935 | .02 | 551 | .14 549 | .13 | — | — | 85 | .02 | — | — | 1681 |