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Bermondsey 1915

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915

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TABLE XVI.—continued.

Cause of Deaths.Whole Borough.Bermondsey.Rotherhithe.St. Olave.Under 1 week.1 and under 2 weeks.2 and under 3 weeks.3 and under 4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1 and under 3 months.3 and under 6 months.6 and under 9 months.9 and under 12 months.Total under 1 year.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 year.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and under 85 years.85 and upwards.Total All Ages.
Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
169. Accidental drowning3012162..........................................1...4.........1...7...63......6......11...............264
170. Injury by firearms....................................................................................................................................
171. Injury by cutting or piercing instruments11........................................................................................................................1...
172. Injury by fall201145.............................................11...111...............114...1312...2......1010
173. Injury in mines and quarries....................................................................................................................................
174. Injury by machines11..........................................................................................1...........................1...
175. Injury by other crushing (vehicles, railways, landslides, etc.)272142..........................................4131612.........1...2...2...1111............225
176. Injury by animals11................................................................................................1.....................1...
177. Starvation....................................................................................................................................
178. Excessive cold11......................................................................................................1...............1...
179. Effects of heat11...................................................1....................................................................1
180. Lightning..................................................................................................................................
181. Electricity (lightning excepted)....................................................................................................................................
182. Homicide by firearms....................................................................................................................................
183. Homicide by cutting or piercing instruments....................................................................................................................................
184. Homicide by other means11...............11............1...1.................................................................................1
185. Fractures (cause not specified)....................................................................................................................................
186A. Other violence11...........................................................................................................................1
186B. Air raids22..........................................................................................1............1............11
XIV.—Ill-defined causes—
187. Dropsy....................................................................................................................................
188. Syncope, Sudden death—
(a) Syncope (aged 1 year and under 70)....................................................................................................................................
(b) Sudden death (not otherwise defined)....................................................................................................................................
189. Ill-defined causes—
(a) Heart failure (aged 1 year and under 70)11...................................................................................................1....................1
(b) Atrophy, debility, marasmus (aged 1 year and under 70)....................................................................................................................................
(c) Teething1......1..................1......11.................................................................................1...
(d) Pyrexia....................................................................................................................................
(e) Other ill-defined deaths....................................................................................................................................
(f) Cause not specified11.............................................................................................1..........................1
25141665642207802317171371021039210353731821910612775773724212622133227755591771519017013815614769124192913421172