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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 . —continuad.
CLASS.
ORDER.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
1880.
AGES.
0-1
1-5
5-20
20-40
40-60
60-80
80-1 00
Total.
Female.
Male.
;
—
Want of Breast Milk
2
2
...
2
..
...
...
...
...
...
Purpura and Scurvy
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rickets
4
3
1
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
Delirium Tremens
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Intemperance
1
1
...
...
..
...
1
...
...
...
(Order 4.)
I.
4
Thrush
3
2
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
Worms, &c.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
(Class II.)
(Order 1.)
II.
1
Gout
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Dropsy
12
5
7
..
1
5
...
2
4
...
11
Cancer
27
9
18
...
...
1
4
11
...
Cancrum Oris
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Mortification
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
(Order 2.)
J
J
...
...
2
8
5
3
3
1
3
1
...
Scrofula
...
...
Tabes Mesenterica
41
25
16
17
21
3
...
...
...
...
Phthisis
152
66
86
1
1
14
84
46
6
...
...
Hydrocephalus
65
27
27
29
...
...
38
9
...
(Class III.)
--
...
...
(Order 1.)
III.
1
Cephalitis
3
2
1
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
3
Apoplexy
36
11
25
...
...
1
3
11
18
3
9
11
2
Paralysis
25
13
12
...
...
...
1
Insanity
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chorea
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Epilepsy
6
5
1
...
1
...
...
2
3
...
27
Convulsions
83
44
39
56
...
...
...
...
...
7
Brain Diseases, &c.
25
15
10
3
3
2
...
9
1
(Order 2.)
2
Pericarditis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Aneurism
2
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
Heart Disease, &c.
55
27
28
...
4
6
25
19
...
1

Table: TABLE 1 .—continuad.

TABLE 1 .—continuad.

CLASS.ORDER.CAUSES OF DEATH.1880.AGES.
Total.Male.Female.0-11-55-2020-4040-6060-8080-100
;—Want of Breast Milk22...2.................
Purpura and Scurvy11...1..................
Rickets431...4...............
Delirium Tremens..............................
Intemperance11..............1......
(Order 4.)
I.4Thrush3213..................
Worms, &c...............................
(Class II.)
(Order 1.)
II.1Gout111...............1...
Dropsy1257..15...24...
Cancer27918......141111...
Cancrum Oris..............................
Mortification1...1...............1...
(Order 2.)JJ......
2Scrofula8533131.........
Tabes Mesenterica41251617213............
Phthisis1526686111484466...
Hydrocephalus65382727299............
(Class III.)--......
(Order 1.)
III.1Cephalitis321...21............
Apoplexy361125......1311183
Paralysis251312.........39112
Insanity1...1............1......
Chorea..............................
Epilepsy651.........123...
Convulsions8344395627...............
Brain Diseases, &c.251510332...791
(Order 2.)
2Pericarditis..............................
Aneurism22...............2......
Heart Disease, &c.552728......4625191