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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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In these four years (1885-8) the deaths in outlying institutions were not ascertained. The death rate per thousand per annum is likewise added.
| 1891 | 1890 | 1889 | 1888-9 | 1887-8 | 1886-7 | 1885-6 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus Fever | none | none | none | 1 | none | none | none | |||||||
| Enteric ,, | 10 | .24 | 6 | .141 | 4 | .094 | 6 | .139 | 6 | .14 | 5 | .12 | 7 | .175 |
| Scarlet ,, | 3 | .07 | 7 | .164 | 2 | .047 | 7 | .148 | 14 | .3 | 6 | .142 | 8 | .198 |
| Puerperal ,, | 4 | .09 | 5 | .117 | ||||||||||
| Fever (not defined) | none | none | 1 | .023 | 1 | .024 | none | none | none | |||||
| Small Pox | 1 | .02 | none | none | none | none | none | 7 | .175 | |||||
| Measles ... | 6 | .14 | 87 | .79 | 19 | .41 | 17 | .362 | 7 | .15 | 24 | .54 | 15 | .37 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | .01 | 9 | .2 | 9 | .2 | 1 | .024 | 6 | .14 | 2 | .047 | 1 | .025 |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | .42 | 47 | .93 | 23 | .48 | 7 | .147 | 3 | .07 | ||||
| Diarrhoea... | 21 | .47 | 83 | .7 | 24 | .5 | 30 | .095 | 37 | .84 | 44 | .104 | 22 | .69 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | .04 | 1 | .02 | 1 | .023 | ||||||||
| Membranous Croup | none | 2 | .04 | |||||||||||