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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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1895.
Ages at Death.
CAUSES OF
DEATH.
Total.
All Ages.
0-1
1—5
5—15
15—25
25—45
Gout
1
...
...
...
...
...
Rickets
6
2
4
...
...
...
Cancer
50
2
15
...
...
...
Cancrumoris
2
2
...
...
...
...
Tabes Mesenterica
31
20
11
...
...
Meningitis
48
...
21
17
5
5
...
Phthisis
165
1
3
3
26
88
Tuberculosis
48
17
12
2
14
...
Hæmoptysis
5
1
2
...
...
...
Premature Birth
54
54
...
...
...
...
Atelectasis
2
2
...
...
...
...
Congenital Malformations
3
3
...
...
...
...
Age
85
...
...
...
...
...
Apoplexy
52
4
12
1
1
...
Paralysis
17
1
4
...
...
...
Epilepsy
1
1
...
...
...
...
Convulsions
44
37
6
1
...
...
Brain Disease
20
1
1
2
2
...
Dementia
4
...
...
...
...
...
Chorea
1
1
...
...
...
...
Ear Disease
2
2
...
...
...
...

Table: TABLE I.—continued.

TABLE I.—continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1895.Ages at Death.
Total. All Ages.0-11—55—1515—2525—4545—6565—8585 & upds.
Gout1..................1...
Rickets624..................
Cancer50.........21520112
Cancrumoris2...2..................
Tabes Mesenterica312011..................
Meningitis4821175...5.........
Phthisis1651332688431...
Tuberculosis4817122...143.....
Hæmoptysis5.........122......
Premature Birth5454.....................
Atelectasis22.....................
Congenital Malformations33.....................
Age85...............14737
Apoplexy5211...41214191
Paralysis17...1......484...
Epilepsy1.........1............
Convulsions443761...............
Brain Disease201...122581
Dementia4...............121
Chorea1......1...............
Ear Disease2.........2............