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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 1886

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

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TABLE I.— Continued.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
Total at
all
Ages
DEATHS AT ALL AGES.
5—1
5—20
20—40
40-60
60—80
80-100
0-1
1
...
...
...
10
...
...
Asphyxia ... ... ...
11
3
...
1
1
1
Otherwise ... ... ...
(Suicide)
...
...
..
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
Gun Shot ... ... ...
2
2
...
...
...
...
Cut Throat ... ... ...
...
...
Poison ... ... ... ...
2
...
...
...
2
...
..
...
...
Drowning ... ... ...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
NOTES.
Area of Parish. — 652 Acres, (Land, 626; Tidal
Water, 26.)
Population at Census, 1881. —86,652.
Inhabited Houses, 1881.—11,083.
No. of Houses per Acre, 1881. —17.6.
No. of Persons per Acre, 1881.—l38.
No. of Persons per House, 1881.—7.8.

Table: TABLE I.-Continued

TABLE I.-Continued

CAUSES OF DEATH.Total at all AgesDEATHS AT ALL AGES.
0-15—15—2020—4040-6060—8080-100
Asphyxia ... ... ...11101...............
Otherwise ... ... ...3.........111..
(Suicide)
Gun Shot ... ... ...1............1......
Cut Throat ... ... ...2............2......
Poison ... ... ... ...2............2.....
Drowning ... ... ...1.........1.........