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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 1895

[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 seven 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 seven 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.

189518941893189218911890
Typhus Fevernonenonenone2.04nonenone
Enteric ,,9.212.057.178.17510.246.141
Scarlet ,,8.215.3514.346.1453.077.164
Puerperal ,,nonenone3.071.024.095.117
Fever (not defined)nonenonenonenonenonenone
Small Pox1.025none13.3none1.02none
Measles18.4437.98.179421.066.1437.79
Diphtheria29.728.727.6810.252.049.2
Whooping Cough5.1212.331.7923.5821.4247.93
Diarrhoea25.6.26.6931.7927.6821.4733.7
Erysipelas3.081.0253.076.142.041.02
Membranous Croup1.0251.0254.13.07none2.04
English Choleranonenone1.025nonenonenone