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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 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905
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Table IV.—Births and Corrected Deaths, for the Year 1905.
| Cause of Death. | All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | Corrected deaths all ages. | Outlying Institutions. | Institutions in Borough. | Deaths of Non-Parishioners in Boro.' | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave's. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 59 | 12 | 45 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 42 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 6 | 1 | 15 | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | 38 | 16 | 22 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | 3 | 16 | – | – | |
| Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fever. | Typhus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric | 9 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | |
| Other Continued | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Epidemic Influenza. | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diarrhœa | 145 | 111 | 29 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 90 | 37 | 18 | 17 | 7 | – | |
| Enteritis | 10 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 7 | – | |
| Phthisis | 223 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 163 | – | 148 | 55 | 20 | 23 | 90 | 4 | |
| Other Tubercular diseases | 102 | 47 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 2 | – | 69 | 30 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 2 | |
| Cancer and Malignant disease | 109 | – | – | – | 3 | 71 | 35 | 73 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 34 | – | |
| Bronchitis | 225 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 97 | 138 | 66 | 21 | 18 | 54 | – | |
| Pneumonia | 248 | 68 | 72 | 6 | 5 | 66 | 31 | 165 | 63 | 20 | 58 | 28 | 2 | |
| Pleurisy | 9 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 16 | – | 5 | – | – | 11 | – | 12 | 4 | – | 10 | 2 | – | |
| Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver | 32 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | |
| Venereal diseases | 9 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | |
| Premature birth | 95 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 56 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | 96 | |
| Diseases and accidents of Parturition | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Heart diseases | 132 | 1 | – | 13 | 12 | 75 | 31 | 84 | 37 | 11 | 23 | 42 | 1 | |
| Accidents | 113 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 4 | 67 | 30 | 16 | 51 | 4 | 15 | |
| Suicides | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| All other Causes | 711 | 184 | 53 | 16 | 24 | 199 | 235 | 494 | 167 | 50 | 171 | 124 | 5 | |
| All Causes | 2399 | 631 | 342 | 84 | 105 | 779 | 458 | 1597 | 604 | 198 | 521 | 439 | 33 | |
| BIRTHS. | BERMONDSEY. | ROTHERHITHE. | ST. OLAVE'S. | WHOLE BOROUGH. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. & F. | |||
| 1459 | 1435 | 2894 | 595 | 535 | 1130 | 131 | 133 | 264 | 2185 | 2103 | 4288 | |||