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Man Inidag
Bermandas
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Vestry of Bermondsey:—
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen.
I have the honour of submitting my Twentyfourth
Annual Report on the sanitary condition of
the parish of Bermondsey. The period included is
one of 52 weeks, beginning on the 1st day of
January, and ending on the 30th day of December,
1899.
The births were 27 less, and the deaths 261
more than the numbers recorded in 1898.
The prevalent diseases of the zymotic class
were diphtheria, summer diarrhœa and measles, all
of which were attended by an increased mortality,
especially among young children. Whooping
cough was less fatal.