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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

St Giles (Camberwell) 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: Table III.—Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London for 10 Years.

Table III.—Mortality of chief Zymotic Diseases in London for 10 Years.

Hooping Cough.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Fever.Small Pox.
18803,4381,5013,073561886475
18811,9612,5332,1086541,1962,371
18824,6472,3292,0048631,117431
18831,5822,4201,9899511,081134
18843,1882,2851,4449731,045913
1S852,4792,928707896695899
18862,8342,07868884670124
18872,9282,8941,4479616729
18882,9872.4011,2091,3017209
18891,7492,3147841,5885961
1889West D.2933071212971090
North D.3684022174141680
Central D,7215027132460
East D.240370128268940
South D.7761,0852774761651
Metropolitan Asylum Hospitals outside London.15014100

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It may be well to point out that the relatively heavy
mortality from zymotic diseases in the south of London is
largely apparent only, and due to the fact that the population
of the Southern districts is much larger than that of