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The number of deaths of children under 1 year
of age in Bermondsey was 490, and in Public
Institutions 23, making a total of 513. These
deaths are equal to a rate of 160 per thousand
registered births; the like rate in London was 161.
The average rate in the 10 years immediately
preceeding was 155.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
From the chief diseases of the zymotic class,
268 deaths were registered in the Parish, and 60 in
out-lying Public Institutions, making a total of 328,
against 270 in the previous year, and 279 in 1894.
Of these deaths in Bermondsey, 115 took place in
the Leather Market District, and 153 in St. James'.
In the first quarter of the year there were 69
deaths; in the second, 94; in the third, 77; and
in the fourth quarter, 28.
Measles caused 75 deaths, being 39 less than in
the previous year. From diphtheria there were 73
deaths, being 44 above the number in 1895. The
deaths from whooping cough numbered 97, showing
an excess of 74. Scarlet fever caused 20 deaths,
enteric fever 11, and diarrhœa 52. The deaths
from diarrhœa were 28 fewer than in 1895. The
total zymotic death-rate was 3.8 per thousand of