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Bermondsey 1886

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1886

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TABLE I.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Registered in Bermondsey during the 52 weeks ending
Saturday, January Ist, 1887.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
Total at
all
ages.
DEATHS AT ALL AGES.
0—1
1-5
5—20
20-40
40—60
60—80
80-100
1698
All Causes ... ... ...
514
350
83
161
266
274
50
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Small Pox ... ... ...
...
12
...
Measles ... ... ... ...
70
8
57
5
...
...
Scarlet Fever ... ... ...
3
...
16
1
...
...
...
Diphtheria ... ... ...
12
2
...
8
2
...
...
...
...
Whooping Cough ... ...
76
32
44
...
...
...
...
...
Typhus... ... ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever ... ... ...
6
..
1
2
...
3
..
...
Simple Fever ... ... ...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa ... ... ...
96
63
18
2
6
1
...
6
Simple Cholera ... ...
2
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
Syphilis ... ... ...
4
4
...
...
..
...
...
...
Erysipelas ... ... ...
6
1
...
1
2
2
...
...
Pyaemia ... ... ...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
Puerpural Fever ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Want of Breast Milk ... ...
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
Alcoholism ... ... ...
2
...
...
1
...
...
1
Rheumatic Fever ... ...
...
5
2
1
...
2
...
...
...
Rheumatism ... ... ...
5
...
2
2
1
...
...
...
Rickets ... ... ... ..
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
Cancer ... ... ... ...
27
2
15
9
1
...
...
..
Tabes Mesenterica ... ...
33
18
15
...
...
...
...
Meningitis ... ... ...
71
...
20
36
13
1
1
...
...
Phthisis ... ... ..
136
4
3
17
58
49
5
...
Tuberculosis ... ... ...
14
7
3
1
2
1
...
...

TABLE I. CAUSES OF DEATH. Registered in Bermondsey during the 52 weeks ending Saturday, January 1st, 1887

CAUSES OF DEATH.Total at all ages.DEATHS AT ALL AGES.
0—11—55—2020-4040—6060—8080-100
All Causes ... ... ...16985143508316126627450
Small Pox ... ... ...........................
Measles ... ... ... ...708575............
Scarlet Fever ... ... ...161123............
Diphtheria ... ... ...12282............
Whooping Cough ... ...763244...............
Typhus... ... ... ...........................
Enteric Fever ... ... ...6.....312.....
Simple Fever ... ... ...1...1...............
Diarrhœa ... ... ...966318...2661
Simple Cholera ... ...2...11............
Syphilis ... ... ...44.................
Erysipelas ... ... ...61......122...
Pyaemia ... ... ...11..................
Puerpural Fever ... ...........................
Want of Breast Milk ... ...22..................
Alcoholism ... ... ...2............11...
Rheumatic Fever ... ...5...22...1......
Rheumatism ... ... ...5.........221...
Rickets ... ... ... ..4...4...............
Cancer ... ... ... ...27........21591
Tabes Mesenterica ... ...331815...............
Meningitis ... ... ...7120361311......
Phthisis ... ... ..136431758495...
Tuberculosis ... ... ...1473121......