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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

Bermondsey 1880

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1880

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TABLE 1 . — continued.
CLASS.
ORDER.
1880.
AGES.
0-1
1-5
5-20
20-40
40-60
60-80
80-100
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
TOTAL.
Male.
Female.
V.
1
Accident or Negligence
25
16
9
10
7
1
2
5
..
...
2
Homicide
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Suicide
5
3
2
...
1
1
2
1
...
...
-I
(Diseases, &c.)
(Class I.)
I.
1
Order I.
Smallpox
3
...
3
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
46
26
20
7
31
8
...
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
102
57
45
8
60
34
...
...
...
Diphtheria
13
6
7
2
5
6
..
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
Quinsy
...
..
24
2
...
...
Croup
26
12
14
...
...
...
54
3
...
...
Whooping Cough
94
46
48
37
...
...
2
1
1
...
Typhus
5
3
2
1
...
...
3
2
...
Enteric Fever
14
12
2
...
4
5
...
...
Simple Fever
2
...
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
Erysipelas
7
6
1
3
1
...
...
Puerperal Fever
1
...
1
..
...
1
...
...
...
...
Carbuncle
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Influenza
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Dysentery
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
9
Diarrhœa
125
60
65
84
26
4
...
...
1
Simple Cholera
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ague
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Remittent Fever
3
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
2
Rheumatism
4
4
...
...
...
...
1
Other Zymotic diseases
2
1
...
1
1
..
...
...
...
I.
2
(Order 2.)
2
Syphilis
5
3
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Stricture of Urethra
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
Hydrophobia
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Glanders
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I
(Order 3.)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I.
3
Privation
...
...
...

Table: TABLE 1.—continued.

TABLE 1.—continued.

CLASS.ORDER.CAUSES OF DEATH.1880.AGES.
TOTAL.Male.Female.0-11-55-2020-4040-6060-8080-100
V.1Accident or Negligence2516910712...5..
2Homicide.............................
3Suicide532......1121...
(Diseases, &c.) (Class I.)
11Order I.
Smallpox3...32...1............
Measles4626207318............
Scarlet Fever102574586034............
Diphtheria1367256...........
Quinsy............................
Croup261214...242............
Whooping Cough94464837543............
Typhus5321211.........
Enteric Fever14122...3452......
Simple Fever2...2...11............
Erysipelas7613......112...
Puerperal Fever1...1........1.........
Carbuncle..............................
Influenza..............................
Dysentery11..................1...
Diarrhœa125606584264...29...
Simple Cholera11..................1...
Ague.............................
Remittent Fever31212...............
Rheumatism4...4......22.........
Other Zymotic diseases211...11...........
12(Order 2.)
Syphilis53241...............
Stricture of Urethra.............................
Hydrophobia..............................
Glanders..............................
(Order 3.)...I
13Privation..............................