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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) 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.—i88j—8.
TABLE No. 6
| 1878-9 | 1879-80 | 1880-1 | 1881 -12 | 1882-3 | 1883-4 | 1884-5 | 1885-6. | 1886-7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | l | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | ||||
| Measles | 28 | 31 | 33 | 58 | 64 | 43 | 53 | 51 | 34 |
| Scarlatina | 53 | 83 | 54 | 51 | 35 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 8 | |
| Whooping-cough | 91 | 75 | 36 | 79 | 79 | 44 | 71 | 52 | 49 |
| Diarrhœa | 102 | 87 | 96 | 44 | 45 | 52 | 62 | 50 | 54 |
| Fever | 22 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| 1883-4 | 1884-5 | 1885-6 | 1886-7 | 1887-8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabes | 15 | 10 | |||
| 95 | 124 | 76 | |||
| 9 | 3 |