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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

Rotherhithe 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: The following table will show the number of deaths which have occurred and the fluctuation observed, in some of the more important zymotic diseases during the last ten years.

The following table will show the number of deaths which have occurred and the fluctuation observed, in some of the more important zymotic diseases during the last ten years.

Diseases1860187018711872187318741875187018771878Total
Fever1513912491348693
Small Pox352331301012785
Scarlatina101242151321558127267
Measles1979124226141331137
Whooping Cough29221513212026332059258
Diarrhoea29252222332730242617255
Diphtheria1..231...18101238
Varicella........1...............1
106196101997980109143921291134