Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1895
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June 6th, 1895.
In the week that ended on the Ist day of June,
53 births and 17 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers indicated an annual birth rate of 32.5,
and an annual rate of mortality of 10.4 per thousand
of the estimated population. The corresponding
death rate in London was 15.5.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year of
age was 9, and of persons aged 60 years and upwards
2. Two deaths were uncertified.
There was 1 death from diphtheria. This was the
only death from zymotic disease.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were
2 deaths, and from those of the tubercular order 3.
Six deaths occurred in outlying institutions.
Ten cases of infectious disease were notified, they
were of scarlet fever 2, diphtheria 5, enteric fever 1,
and diphtheritic croup 1.
June 17th, 1895.
During the week that ended on the 8th day of
June, 55 births and 18 deaths were registered in the
parish. These nnmbers indicate an annual birth
rate of 33.7, and an annual rate of mortality of 11.0