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Smallpox.
There were no deaths from this cause in 1907.
Measles.
There were 51 deaths due to this, disease, which is 44 below the average for the last ten
years, and 43 below the number for 1906.
The deaths occurred in quarters as follows, viz.:—2l, 21, 5, 4.
Whooping Cough.
52 deaths were due to this cause, against 50 in 1906: of these, 18 occurred in the first
quarter, 24, 7 and 3 in the other quarters respectively.
Typhus Fever.
There were no deaths from this cause in 1907.
Enteric Fever.
7 deaths were due to this cause:—3 in Bermondsey and 4 in Rotherhithe. The corresponding
figures for 1906 were 4 for the Borough, viz., 2 in Bermondsey and 2 in Rotherhithe.
Other Allied Diseases.
7 deaths were registered under this heading, one a child of nine months from chickenpox,
and another, a child of six months, from German measles. There were also 5 deaths from
cerebro-spinal meningitis. In the case of the first two, death was not directly due to either of
these two complaints but to complications which occurred in the course of the disease, viz.,
broncho-pneumonia in the German measles case and oedema of the glottis in the case of the
patient who had chicken-pox. An account of the cerebro-spinal meningitis will be found in the
section of my report dealing with the notification of that disease.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular diseases in 1907 was 334, against 345
in 1906.
This figure comprises 216 for Bermondsey, 95 for Rotherhithe, and 23 for St. Olave's.
Of these, 237 were due to phthisis, and 97 to the other tubercular diseases.
Phthisis.
In Table J. will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis since the year 1897. There
were 237 deaths due to this cause, which is a decrease of 13 over 1906.
Table J—Phthisis.
ROTHERHITHE.
ST. OLAVE'S.
WHOLE BOROUGH.
LONDON.
SUB-DISTRICT.
BERMONDSEY.
No.
Rate.
Rate.
Year.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
7629
1.71
1897
174
2.05
64
1.60
33
2.94
271
1.99
2.31
1898
184
2.19
74
1.87
25
283
2.10
7746
1.72
2.68
1899
183
2.19
75
1.92
28
286
2.15
8275
1.82
1900
169
2.04
47
1.21
29
2.88
235
1.78
7809
1.71
1901
150
1.82
57
1.48
19
1.95
226
1.73
7514
1.66
163
21
2.22
239
1.83
7424
1.62
1902
1.98
55
1.43
1.79
1.96
7124
1.54
1903
147
56
1.46
18
221
1.70
3.48
1904
165
2.02
60
1.57
31
257
1.99
7526
1.62
2.32
1905
148
1.81
55
1.44
20
223
1.73
6622
1.42
1906
155
1.90
77
2.01
18
2.16
250
1.95
6775
1.44
Averages
for years
1897-1906.
164
1.98
62
1.89
7444
1.63
1.60
24
2.49
249
1.85
6654
1.40
1907
150
1.84
68
1.78
19
2.36
237
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver.
31 deaths were attributed to this cause in 1907, against 34 in 1906. This number gives
a very small idea of the deaths caused by these diseases, since they are often the remote causes
of death and are not always mentioned on the certificate for various reasons.
Cancer.
126 deaths were attributed to this cause, 114 being due to carcinoma, or cancer, as
ordinarily understood, and 12 to sarcoma. This increase, as mentioned in last year's report, is
not surprising, considering that the average life is longer, and more people now reach old age
than formerly, in which period of life they are more prone to suffer from this disease. The
Cancer Research Commission have not yet issued their final report on the subject.