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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 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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Table: The following tabular form shows the number of deaths from the principal infectious and zymotic diseases of parishioners, whether in the Parish or outlying institutions, during the last four years; and of the deaths from the same complaints during the previous four years. In the four years (1885-8) the deaths in outlying institutions had not been ascertained. The death rate per thousand per annum is also added.

The following tabular form shows the number of deaths from the principal infectious and zymotic diseases of parishioners, whether in the Parish or outlying institutions, during the last four years; and of the deaths from the same complaints during the previous four years. In the four years (1885-8) the deaths in outlying institutions had not been ascertained. The death rate per thousand per annum is also added.

18921891189018891888-91887-81886-71885-6
Typhus Fever2.04nonenonenone1(?)nonenonenone
Enteric „8.17510.246.1414.0946.1396.145.127.175
Scarlet „6.1453.077.1642.0477.14814.36.1428.198
Puerperal „1.024.095.117...............
Fever (not defined)nonenonenone1.0231.024nonenonenone
Small Poxnone1.02nonenonenonenonenone7.175
Measles42.1066.1437.7919.4117.3627.1524.5415.37
Diphtheria10.252.049.29.21.0246.142.0471.025
Whooping Cough23.5821.4247.9323.487.1473.07......
Diarrhœa27.6821.4733.724.530.69537.8444.10422.69
Erysipelas6.142.041.021.023............
Membrancus Croup3.07none2.04...............