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February 6th, 1882.
During the three weeks that ended on the 28th day of
January, 212 births and 109 deaths were registered in
Bermondsey. These numbers are equal to an annual birth
rate of 42.4, and an annual rate of mortality of 21.8 per 1000
of the population.
The corresponding death rate in London was 24.2.
From the principal diseases of the zymotic class there
were 18 deaths, viz.: from small-pox 3, measles 4, scarlet
fever 4, and whooping cough 7.
Diseases of the organs of respiration caused 36 deaths, of
which 24 were referred to bronchitis, 5 to pneumonia, and 7
to other diseases.
Fourteen deaths were attributed to diseases of the tubercular
class, viz.: Phthisis 5, meningitis 5, tabes 3, tuberculosis
1.
Old age was assigned as the cause of 7 deaths. In infants
under one year of age there were 26 deaths, and in persons
aged 60 years and upwards 23 deaths were recorded.
The Inquest cases included one death from accidental
asphyxia and one from accidental drowning.
Four deaths were not certified.
During the past year the deaths in the parish numbered
1 735, an d the births 3549. The natural increase of the population,
or the excess of births over deaths, was 1814. The
birth rate was 40.8, and the death rate 20.0. Zymotic
diseases caused 289 deaths, of which 17 were referred to
small-pox, 52 to measles, 56 to scarlet fever, 31 to diphtheria,
39 to whooping cough, 20 to fever, 71 to diarrhoea, and 3 to
simple cholera.
February 20th, 1882.
During the fortnight that ended on the 11th day of
February, 174 births and 97 deaths were registered in Bermondsey.
These numbers are equal to an annual birth rate
of 52.2, and an annual rate of mortality of 29.1 per 1000 of
the estimated population. The corresponding death rate in
London was 31.2 per 1000.