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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 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1894

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TABLE I. — continued.
1894.
Ages at Death.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
Total
Female.
Male.
0—1
1—5
5—15
15—25
25—45
45—65
65—85
85 & upds.
Child-birth
5
...
5
...
...
...
1
4
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Septicæmia
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Disease of Bones
and Joints
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
Skin Disease
2
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Cellulitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Marasmus
32
19
13
31
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Atrophy
4
1
3
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
16
Debility
14
7
7
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
Inanition
8
4
4
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Malnutrition
4
4
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Want of Breast
Milk
7
5
2
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Non Vitality
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Anæmia
3
...
3
...
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
...
Abscess
2
1
1
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
4
Ulcer
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Gangrene
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
Dropsy
2
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Fractures and
Contusions
6
4
2
3
...
...
1
...
1
1
...
7
Suffocation
16
7
9
16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Drowning
1
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
5
...
...
Burns and Scalds
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Suicide by hanging
3
3
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
2
...
...
„ Poison
1
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
„ Drowning
3
3
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
...

Table: TABLE I.—continued.

TABLE I.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1894.Ages at Death.Deaths in Outlying Institutions
TotalMale.Female.0—11—55—1515—2525—4545—6565—8585 & upds.
Child-birth5...5.........14............
Puerperal Septicæmia....................................
Disease of Bones and Joints.................................8
Skin Disease211...1.........1......1
Cellulitis....................................
Marasmus321913311..................3
Atrophy43131..................3
Debility147714.....................2
Inanition8448........................
Malnutrition44...4........................
Want of Breast Milk7527........................
Non Vitality.................................1
Anæmia3...3............21......1
Abscess2111.........1.........4
Ulcer.................................2
Gangrene1...1...............1......2
Dropsy22...1........................
Fractures and Contusions6423......1...11...7
Suffocation167916........................
Drowning1...1............1.........5
Burns and Scalds.................................5
Suicide by hanging33...............12......2
„ Poison1...1.........1............1
„ Drowning33............12............