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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TO THE VESTRY OF BERMONDSEY.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
My Nineteenth Annual Report on the sanitary
condition of the Parish of Bermondsey embraces
the period of 52 weeks that ended on the 29th day
of December, 1894.
The year compares favourably with that which
preceded it, as there were 270 fewer deaths.
Of this gain the largest proportion was due to a
considerable diminution in the number of deaths
from diseases of the respiratory organs. This, no
doubt, was due to the milder temperature which
prevailed during the first and last quarters of the
year. There were also fewer deaths from tubercular
diseases, diseases of the brain and nervous system,
and infantile diseases generally. Measles and
whooping cough were both prevalent during the