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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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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 eight years; and of the deaths from the same complaints during the previous three
years. In the three years (1886-8) the deaths in outlying institutions had not been
The death rate per thousand per annum is also added.
| 1896 | 1895 | 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | 1891 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhus Fever | none | none | none | none | 2 | .04 | none | |||||
| Enteric | 11 | .26 | 9 | .21 | 2 | .05 | 7 | .17 | 8 | .175 | 10 | .24 |
| Scarlet „ | 10 | .24 | 8 | .2 | 15 | .35 | 14 | .34 | 6 | 14 | 3 | .07 |
| Puerperal „ | 3 | .7 | none | none | 3 | .07 | 1 | .02 | 4 | .09 | ||
| Fever (not defined) | none | none | none | none | none | |||||||
| Small Pox | none | 1 | 0.25 | none | 13 | .3 | none | 1 | .02 | |||
| Measles | 1.07 | 18 | 37 | .9 | 8 | .179 | 42 | 1.06 | 6 | .14 | ||
| Diphtheria | 25 | .62 | 29 | .7 | 28 | .7 | 27 | .68 | 10 | .25 | 2 | .04 |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | .8 | 5 | .12 | 12 | .3 | 31 | .79 | 23 | .58 | 21 | .42 |
| Diarrhœa | 27 | .67 | 25 | .6 | 26 | .69 | 31 | .79 | 27 | .68 | 21 | .47 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .025 | 3 | .08 | 1 | .025 | 3 | .07 | 6 | .14 | 2 | .04 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .025 | 1 | .025 | 1 | .025 | 4 | .1 | 3 | .07 | none | |
| English Cholera | none | none | none | 1 | .025 | none | none | |||||