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 Rotherhithe]
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T able shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Diseases, in the 10 Years 1868 to 1877 and in the Year 1878.
Measles | 12 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 31 | 14.3 | 7.7 | 19 | 52.6 |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | 10 | 124 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 12 | 7 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 6 | 166.4 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 500.0 | 4 | 250.0 |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 33 | 20 | 59 | 24.4 | 4.5 | 58 | 17.0 |
Fever | 12 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 8 | 125.0 |
Diarrhœa | 20 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 26.0 | 3.8 | 54 | 18.5 |
Total | 67 | 108 | 196 | 101 | 100 | 84 | 82 | 148 | 92 | 130 | 110.0 | 0.911552 | 155 | 6.4 |
London | 15645 | 17630 | 16701 | 19576 | 12853 | 11529 | 11252 | 13418 | 12696 | 12380 | 15515.0 | .064453 | 10857 | 0.090201 |