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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 1887

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1887

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TABLE I.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Registered in Bermondsey during the year ending
December 31st, 1887.
Total at
all
ages
DEATHS AT AGES.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
0 — 1
1 — 5
5 — 20
20 — 40
40 — 60
60 — 80
80 — 100
All Causes
1731
544
418
98
153
236
208
74
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Small Pox
...
Measles
14
69
5
...
89
1
...
...
15
Scarlet Fever
45
1
29
...
...
...
...
4
Diphtheria
10
3
3
...
...
...
...
38
46
3
Whooping Cough
87
...
...
...
...
Typhus
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
8
2
5
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Simple Fever
...
1
...
101
...
...
Diarrhœea
80
19
...
2
...
...
...
2
1
Dysentery
1
...
...
...
...
...
Simple Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Syphilis
6
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
7
4
1
1
1
...
...
...
Pyæmia
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Septicaemia
8
8
...
...
Want of Breast Milk
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
...
...
...
6
...
...
Alcoholism
...
2
2
2
...
...
...
Rheumatic Fever
2
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
Rheumatism
6
1
3
2
...
...
...
...
1
...
Gout
...
...
1
...
4
...
...
2
...
Rickets
1
1
...
...
...
Cancer
25
...
2
15
8
...
...
...
...
Tabes Mesenterica
22
15
5
2
...
...
...
37
Meningitis
72
25
10
...
...
...
...

Table: TABLE I. CAUSES OF DEATH. Registered in Bermondsey during the year ending December 31st, 1887.

TABLE I. CAUSES OF DEATH. Registered in Bermondsey during the year ending December 31st, 1887.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Total at all agesDEATHS AT AGES.
0 — 11 — 55 — 2020 — 4040 — 6060 — 8080 — 100
All Causes17315444189815323620874
Small Pox........................
Measles89146951.........
Scarlet Fever4512915............
Diphtheria10343............
Whooping Cough8738463............
Typhus........................
Enteric Fever8......251......
Simple Fever1...............1...
Diarrhœea1018019.........2...
Dysentery2.........1...1...
Simple Cholera........................
Syphilis66..................
Erysipelas741......11...
Pyæmia1.........1.........
Puerperal Septicaemia8.........8.........
Want of Breast Milk33..................
Alcoholism6.........222...
Rheumatic Fever2......11.........
Rheumatism6......132......
Gout1...............1...
Rickets4211............
Cancer25.........2158...
Tabes Mesenterica221552............
Meningitis72253710............