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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
St George (Southwark) 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Annual Report of theMedical Officer of Health—1885—6.
TABLE No. 5.
| 1881—2 | 1882—3 | 1883—4 | 1884—5 | 1885—6 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter | |
| Small Pox | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Measles | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| Scarlatina | 9 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 5 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| Diarrhoea | ... | 40 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 1 | .. | 52 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 2 |
| Typhus | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
TABLE No. 6.
| 1876-7 | 1877-8 | 1878-9 | 1879-80 | 1880-1 | 1881-2 | 1882-3 | 1883-4 | 1884-5 | 185-86 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 26 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | ... | 5 | 8 |
| Measles | 32 | 48 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 58 | 64 | 42 | 53 | 51 |
| Scarlatina | 36 | 18 | 53 | 85 | 54 | 51 | 35 | 44 | 12 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 39 | 95 | 91 | 75 | 36 | 79 | 79 | 44 | 71 | 53 |
| Diarrhoea | 63 | 54 | 102 | 27 | 96 | 44 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 50 |
| Typhus | 13 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 1 |