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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.
Total at
all
Ages.
DEATHS AT AGES.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
0 — 1
1 - 5
5 — 20
20 — 40
40 — 60
60 — 80
80 — 100
Accidental Asphyxia
10
5
5
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
1
Hanging
...
1
...
...
Manslaughter
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
Murder
2
...
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.-138.
No. of Persons per Houses, 1881.-7.8.

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
Accidental Asphyxia1055...............
Hanging2............11...
Manslaughter1............1......
Murder2...11............