Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1907.

  • Bermondsey (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1907. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12 Table K—Cancer. Deaths during 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. All ages 15 to 20. 35 to 45. 85 & upwards. Under 15. 20 to 25. 25 to 35. 45 to 55. 55 to 65. 65 to 75. 75 to 85. M F M M M F F M F F M F F Sex. F M F M F M M - 11 1 7 8 8 7 Cancer of rectum 57 1 1 2 5 4 1 1 - - - - - - Cancer of stomach 75 2 1 5 5 9 3 13 5 11 13 4 4 - - - - - - - - Cancer of bowel 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 16 - - - - - - - - - - Cancer of liver 1 1 2 7 6 7 12 3 13 4 4 61 1 - - - - - - - - Cancer of breast 47 1 8 17 12 1 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cancer of female pelvis, uterus, &c. 30 9 22 - - - 6 12 3 83 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 2 10 10 1 - Cancer of oesophagus 32 7 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - Cancer of mouth, tongue, pharynx and lower jaw - - 13 1 3 44 5 11 8 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - Cancer of peritoneum 3 2 1 1 - 11 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5 15 5 18 10 Cancer of other parts 82 1 3 14 8 - 1 1 - - - - - - - Malignant disease, kind not stated. 1 - 1 - - - 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 4 3 2 3 1 3 5 3 4 4 3 1 Sarcoma 42 - 3 - - - - - Totals 67 62 11 3 83 87 4 3 3 1 7 22 39 59 60 1 4 554 3 22 13 Heart Diseases. 144 deaths were due to this cause, which number is 19 below that for the previous year. This refers to organic or valvular disease of the heart. Suicides. 11 persons committed suicide in 1907, viz., 2 by poison, '2 by hanging or strangulation, 2 by drowning, 1 by shooting, and 4 by cut or stab. Accidents. 84 deaths were due to accidents, against 111 in the previous year. Particulars will be found in the extended table of the Causes of Death in the Appendix. Other Violent Causes. There were two deaths by homicide caused by cutting the throat (child aged 3 and girl aged 18). 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 1530, compared with 1536 in 1906, and 1139 in 1905. The diseases which show an increase on the numbers for the previous year are : —scarlet, fever (46), enteric fever (3), puerperal fever (3), and cerebro-spinal meningitis (7), while those showing a decrease are smallpox (]), diphtheria (19), erysipelas (43) and typhus fever (2). The number of cases notified in the registration sub-districts was 1023 in Bermondsey against 937 in 1906, 410 in Rotherhithe against 454, and 97 in St. Olave's against 145 in 1906. The attack rate per thousand inhabitants was 12.0, the rate for the sub-districts being 12.5 for Bermondsey, 10.7 for Rotherhithe, and 12.0 for St. Olave's. The corresponding rates in the previous year were 12.0 for the Borough, 11.4 for Bermondsey, 11.9 for Rotherhithe, and 17.4 for St. Olave's. 71 cases were returned from hospital as not suffering from the disease for which they were notified, bat if allowance is made for mild unreported cases, the recorded notifications would, if anything, understate the actual number of cases. Small-pox. There were no cases of smallpox notified during 1907. Typhus Fever. No cases of this disease were notified during the year under report. Diphtheria. There were 311 cases of diphtheria notified in 1907. of which 209 occurred in Bermondsey, 80 in Rotherhithe and 22 in St. Olave's. This is a decrease on 1906, for which the figures