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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Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the Parish and the Asylums Board and other Hospitals is 102.
In 1893 the number was 142. In 1891 the number was 126. The diminution of deaths
from Zymotic Diseases is worthy of notice.
The complete enumeration of deaths from Zymotic Diseases is as follows :—
Smallpox, one; Scarlet Fever, nine; Enteric Fever, eight; Typhus Fever, n none:
Puerperal Fever, none; Continued Fever, none; Relapsing Fever, none, Diphtheria,
twenty-nine; Diarrhoea, twenty-seven; Measles, eighteen; Whooping Cough, live;
Ecysipelas, four; Membranous Croup, one; English Cholera, none.
Smallpox. One.
Scarlet Fever. Nine. Fifteen last year.
Fevers. None.
Enteric Fever. Eight. Two last year.
Typhus Fever. None.
Diphtheria. Twenty-nine. Twenty-eight last year.
Erysipelas. Four. One last year.
Whooping Cough. Five. Twelve last year.
Measles. Eighteen. Thirty-seven last year.
Diarrhoea. Twenty-seven. Twenty-six last year.
Membranous Croup. One.
Puerperal Fever. None.
Influenza. Four. Not notifiable, and therefore not included in the summary.
English Cholera. None.