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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
Medical Officer of Health.
TO THE VESTRY OF BERMONDSEY.
Mr. Chairman And Gentlemen,
My Twenty-first Annual Report on the state of
the public health in the Parish of Bermondsey
includes the registration year of 53 weeks that
ended on the 2nd day of January, 1897.
Compared with the previous year there were 9
fewer births, and 4 more deaths. Zymotic diseases
were more prevalent, especially whooping cough and
diphtheria. Fewer deaths occurred from measles
and diarrhœa. The mortality from enteric fever
was the same as in 1895, and the death rate from
that cause (0.12) was slightly below that of London
(0.14). Tubercular diseases and those of the
respiratory organs were somewhat less fatal. On
the other hand, cancer and heart disease caused a
greater number of deaths. Smallpox was notified
in 4 instances, but there were no fatal cases.
The recent census showed that the population had
increased 793 in the course of the last five years,