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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.—continued.
DEATHS AT AGES.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
Total at
all
Ages.
0 — 1
1 - 5
5 — 20
20 — 40
40 — 60
60 — 80
80 — 100
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
Infantile Jaundice
12
Diseases of Liver
...
...
1
2
5
4
...
Diseases of Spleen
2
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
Diseases of Kidney
32
...
2
3
5
14
7
1
Diseases of Prostrate
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Diabetes
4
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
Child Birth
5
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
Diseases of Bone and Joints
Skin Disease
3
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
32
32
...
...
...
...
...
Inanition
...
Debility
18
17
1
...
...
...
...
...
13
Atrophy
12
1
...
...
...
...
...
Asthenia
5
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
Marasmus
27
26
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Anæmia
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Purpura
...
...
Dropsy
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
Carbuncle
2
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
Ulcer
...
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
Abscess
8
2
4
3
...
I11-defined
17
...
...
4
8
...
...
4
...
Violence—Fractures and
Contusions
...
...
Wounds
3
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
Poison
...
1
...
...
6
...
...
1
2
3
...
...
Drowning
...

Table: TABLE I.—continued.

TABLE I.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Total at all Ages.DEATHS AT AGES.
0 — 11 – 55 — 2020 — 4040 — 6060 — 8080 — 100
Infantile Jaundice22..................
Diseases of Liver12......1254...
Diseases of Spleen2...1...1.........
Diseases of Kidney32...2351471
Diseases of Prostrate1............1......
Diabetes4.........22......
Child Birth5.........5.........
Diseases of Bone and Joints3......1...11...
Skin Disease1............1......
Inanition3232..................
Debility18171...............
Atrophy13121...............
Asthenia55..................
Marasmus27261...............
Anæmia1......1............
Purpura1...............1...
Dropsy1............1......
Carbuncle2............11...
Ulcer11..................
Abscess211...............
Ill-defined17...8243......
Violence—Fractures and Contusions8............44...
Wounds3............21...
Poison1.........1.........
Drowning6......123......