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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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FORTNIGHTLY REPORTS
OF
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
January 15th, 1894.
During the fortnight that ended on the 6th day
of January, 123 births and 88 deaths were registered
in the parish. These numbers indicate an annual
birth rate of 37.7, and an annual rate of mortality
of 27.0 per thousand of the estimated population.
The corresponding death rate in London was 23.9
per thousand.
The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused 13
deaths, viz.: whooping cough 10, measles, diphtheria
and enteric fever, each one.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there
were 35 deaths, viz: from bronchitis 14, pneumonia
16, and pleurisy 1.
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