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Diseases of the heart and organs of circulation
caused 77 deaths in the Parish, and 42 in outlying
institutions.
From disease of the respiratory system 554
deaths occurred in the Parish, and 106 in hospitals
and infirmaries ; many of the latter were deaths of
aged persons. There were 4 deaths from croup,
and 15 from membranous croup, which is generally
a form of diphtheria. Sixteen deaths were registered
as laryngitis. The deaths from bronchitis
numbered 249 within the Parish, and 34 outside,
and those from pneumonia were 248 in Bermondsey
and 34 outside.
Disease of the stomach and bowels contributed
40 deaths, and those of the liver 16; the majority
of the latter were from cirrhosis.
From disease of the kidney and urinary organs
there were 14 deaths.
Eight women died from child-birth in the Parish
and 2 in hospitals. This is in addition to the 3
deaths registered under the head of septicemia.
In what is called the ill-defined class of general
diseases, which are principally due to debility from
birth or mal-nutrition of infants, there were 97 deaths,
including 33 from marasmus. 26 from inanition,
21 from debility, 5 from general atrophy, 5 from malnutrition,
and 1 from want of breast milk. The
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