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Heart Diseases.
151 deaths were due to this cause, which number is 1 below that for the previous year,
This refers to organic or valvular disease of the heart.
Suicides.
11 persons committed suicide in 1910, viz., 3 by poison, 5 by hanging, 2 by cut or
stab, and 1 by precipitation from an elevated place.
Accidents.
90 deaths were due to accidents, against 58 in the previous year. Particulars will be
round in the extended table of the Causes of Death in the Appendix.
Other Violent Causes.
There were no deaths by homicide during the year under report.
II.—NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE,
In Table III. of Appendix will be found particulars of infectious diseases notified during
the year under report.
The number of cases notified was 746, compared with 810 in 1909, and 1,121 in 1908.
The diseases which show a decrease on the numbers for the previous year are scarlet fever (78),
typhus fever (3), and erysipelas (9), while those showing an increase are smallpox (1), diphtheria (16),
enteric fever (8), and cere b r o-spinal meningitis (1). The number of cases notified in the registration
sub-districts was 501 in Bermondsey against 517 in 1909, 192 in Rotherhithe against 249, and
53 in St. Olave against 44 in 1909.
The attack-rate per thousand inhabitants was 5.9, the rate for the sub-districts being 6.1
for Bermondsey, 5.0 for Rotherhithe, and 7.3 for St. Olave. The corresponding rates in the
previous year were 6.4 for the Borough, 6.3 for Bermondsey, 6 .5 Rotherhite, and 5.9 for St.
Olave.
71 cases were returned from hospital as not suffering from the disease for which they
were notified, but if allowance is made for mild unreported cases, the recorded notifications would,
if anything, understate the actual number of cases. This number is somewhat larger than in the
year 1909. The increase is difficult to account for, but in a working class population like
Bermondsey one would expect this figure to remain higher than in a residential borough.
Small-pox.
One case was notified as suffering from small-pox, but was returned as not suffering from
that disease.
Typhus Fever.
No cases of typhus fever were notified during the year under report.
Diphtheria.
There were 207 cases of diphtheria notified in 1910, of which 131 occurred in Bermondsey
61 in Rotherhithe, and 15 in St. Olave. This is a slight decrease on 1909, for which the figures
were:- Borough, 191; Bermondsey, 131; Rotherhithe, 59, and St. Olave, 12. From the following
table it will be seen that a general decrease has taken place throughout London.