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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) 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1886—7.
TABLE No. 4.
| 1886—7. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. |
|---|---|---|
| Ouarter ending June | 589 | 309 |
| Quarter ending September | 535 | 307 |
| Quarter ending December | 558 | 305 |
| Quarter ending March | 592 | 332 |
TABLE No. 5.
| 1882—3 | 1883—4 | 1884—5 | 1885—6 | 1886—7 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 9 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Scarlatina | 4 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 52 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Diarrhœa | 5 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 1 | .. | 52 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 4 |
| Typhus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... |