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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 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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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.
| 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | 1891 | 1890 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus Fever | none | none | 2 | .04 | none | none | ||||
| Enteric ,, | 2 | .05 | 7 | .17 | 8 | .175 | 10 | .24 | 6 | .141 |
| Scarlet „ | 15 | .35 | 14 | .34 | 6 | .145 | 3 | .07 | 7 | .164 |
| Puerperal ,, | none | 3 | .07 | 1 | .02 | 4 | .09 | 5 | .117 | |
| Fever (not defined) | none | none | none | none | none | |||||
| Small Pox | none | 13 | .3 | none | 1 | .02 | none | |||
| Measles | 37 | .9 | 8 | .179 | 42 | 1-C6 | 6 | .14 | 37 | .79 |
| Diphtheria | 28 | .7 | 27 | .68 | 10 | .25 | 2 | .04 | 9 | .2 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | .3 | 31 | .79 | 23 | .58 | 21 | .42 | 47 | .93 |
| Diarrhoea | 26 | .69 | 31 | .79 | 27 | .68 | 21 | .47 | 33 | .7 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .025 | 3 | .07 | 6 | .14 | 2 | .04 | 1 | .02 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .025 | 4 | .1 | 3 | .07 | 1 none | 2 | .04 | |
| English Cholera | none | 1 | .025 | none | none | none | ||||