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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 1895

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1895

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CAUSES OF
DEATH.
1895.
Ages at Death.
Total.
All Ages.
0-1
1—5
5—15
15—25
23—45
45—65
65—85
85 & upds.
Small Pox
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
Measles
...
...
114
24
80
10
...
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
16
11
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
29
1
20
8
...
...
Whooping Cough
20
12
...
...
...
7
1
...
...
...
...
...
Typhus
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Enteric Fever
11
2
7
2
...
...
...
...
Simple continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diarrhœa
80
57
18
3
2
...
...
...
...
Cholera
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Influenza
...
1
9
8
28
6
1
2
1
...
Chicken Pock
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Syphilis
4
...
..
...
4
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
3
1
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
Puerperal Fever
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
Purpura
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Thrush
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Septicæmia
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Anthrax
1
1
...
Gangrene
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
...
...
..
...
Rheumatism
7
3
2
2
...
...
...
...
...

Table: TABLE I. CAUSES OF DEATH. Registered in Bermondsey, and Deaths of Parishioners in Outlying Institutions during the Year 1895.

TABLE I. CAUSES OF DEATH. Registered in Bermondsey, and Deaths of Parishioners in Outlying Institutions during the Year 1895.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1895.Ages at Death.
Total. All Ages.0-11—55—1515—2523—4545—6565—8585 & upds.
Small Pox..........................
Measles114248010...............
Scarlet Fever16...115...............
Diphtheria291208...............
Whooping Cough201271...............
Typhus...........................
Enteric Fever11...272............
Simple continued Fever...........................
Diarrhœa805718............32
Cholera...........................
Influenza28...1121698
Chicken Pock11.....................
Syphilis44....................
Erysipelas311...............1
Puerperal Fever1............1.........
Purpura1...............1......
Thrush...........................
Septicæmia1...............1......
Anthrax1............1.........
Gangrene31..............2...
Rheumatism7...32......2......