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Bermondsey 1880

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

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25 not vaccinated, and 14 not stated. The disease was most prevalent
in the North and East districts. Some cases have been
removed from Bermondsey, but there have been no deaths in the
parish.
Zymotic diseases caused 16 deaths, viz:—measles 9, scarlet
fever 2, diphtheria 2, whooping cough 1, and diarrhœa 2.
Twenty deaths arose from diseases of the organs of respiration
of which 16 were attributed to bronchitis.
Tubercular diseases caused 10 deaths.
Under one year of age there were 12, and above sixty years
of age 9 deaths.
Two Inquests were held. One was a case of suicide by poison
(carbolic acid,) and in the other an elderly woman died from falling
down stairs
There were no uncertified deaths.