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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 1893

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1893

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TABLE I.—continued.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
1893.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions
Ages at Death.
Total.
1-5
5—15
15-25
25—45
45—65
65-85
85 & upds.
Male.
0—1
Female.
Diabetes
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Child-birth
8
8
6
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
2
Puerperal Septicæmia
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
3
Disease of Bones
and Joints
...
3
1
...
...
...
4
5
3
2
1
...
Skin Disease
2
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Cellulitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Marasmus
33
19
14
29
4
...
...
...
2
xvii
...
...
...
Atrophy
2
1
5
3
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Debility
21
10
11
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Inanition
26
13
13
26
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Malnutrition
5
2
5
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Want of Breast
Milk
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
Non Vitality
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Anæmia
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Abscess
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Ulcer
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
Gangrene
1
1
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dropsy
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
..
...
Fractures and
Contusions
9
2
1
...
3
1
14
7
2
2
...
...
Suffocation
19
6
19
BER 16
13
...
..
...
...
...
...
...
...
Drowning
1
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
Burnsand Scalds
2
2
2
...
...
...
...
...
9
...
...
...
Suicide by hanging
2
2
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
1
...
...
„ Poison
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

Table: TABLE I.—continued.

TABLE I.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1893.Ages at Death.Deaths in Outlying Institutions
Total.Male.Female.0—11-55—1515-2525—4545—6565-8585 & upds.
Diabetes.................................1
Child-birth8...8.........26.........2
Puerperal Septicæmia3...3.........12............
Disease of Bones and Joints5321...31............4
Skin Disease2112........................
Cellulitis.................................3
Marasmus331914294..................2
Atrophy52341.....................
Debility21101121........................
Inanition26131326.....................2
Malnutrition5415.....................2
Want of Breast Milk1...11........................
Non Vitality1...11........................
Anæmia1...1............1............
Abscess11...1.....................1
Ulcer11.....................1...1
Gangrene11..................1......4
Dropsy11....................1......
Fractures and Contusions972212......31...14
Suffocation1913619.......................
Drowning1...1..................1...1
Burnsand Scalds22......2..................9
Suicide by hanging22...............11......2
„ Poison1...1............1.........1