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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.
ORDER.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
1880.
0-1
1-5
5-20
Total.
Male.
Female.
CLASS.
(Order 1.)
V.
1
Otherwise
...
...
...
...
...
...
(Order 3.)
(Homicide.)
3
Murder
...
...
...
...
...
...
Manslaughter
...
...
...
...
...
...
(Order 4.)
I
I
4
(Suicide.)
I
Wounds
Gunshot
..
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
cut, Stab
3
2
1
...
...
Poison
Drowning
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
1
Hanging
Otherwise
...
...
...
...
...
...
Not classed.
I
Found Dead in the
River Thames
1
1
...
...
...
...
Not specified or IIIdefined
...
...
...
...
...
...
NOTES.
Area of Pariah= 652 acres (Land 626, Tidal Water 26.)
Population at census 1871 = 80,429.
Average number of persons per house 1871 =7·5.
Population estimated at Midsummer 1880=86,102.

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
(Order 1.)
V.1Otherwise.............................
(Order 3.)
(Homicide.)
3Murder..............................
Manslaughter.............................
(Order 4.)
4(Suicide.)
WoundsGunshot.............................
cut, Stab11...............1......
Poison321.........111...
Drowning..............................
Hanging1...1......1...........
Otherwise..............................
Not classed.
Found Dead in the River Thames11...............1......
Not specified or IIIdefined..............................