[Report 1858-1859].

  • Bermondsey (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
1859
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    division of the parish was equally prolific, giving a total of 39 births against 18 deaths. For the week ending March 26th the health of the parish, as illus trated by the rate of mortality, was satisfactory in a most remarkable degree. The deaths registered were but 14; a lower number than in any corresponding week for the last 19 years. In the Leather Market district the deaths were 2, one from Scarlatina, in Edward Street, and the births were 15. In St. Mary Magdalen the deaths were 4, none from Zymotic disease, and the births were 16. In St. James's the deaths were 8; one from Typhus, in Meridian Place, engendered by personal filth and overcrowding, and the births were 15, a preponderance of births over deaths of more than 300 per cent., a fact which requires no comment. It is worthy of remark that the temperature of the week was nearly 50 degrees above the average, which may, in some degree have had a favourable influence upon the health of the population at this season of the year. I have learnt with satisfaction from your inspector that the Gipsies in Brown's Fields have taken their departure, in consequence of the notice served upon them to conform to the usages of civilised society. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant J. CHALLICE, M.D., Medical Officer of Health. TO THE VESTRY OF BERMONDSEY. April 18th, 1859. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,- Although the district of St. James suffered to some extent from Scarlatina in the week ending April 2nd, there having been three deaths from this cause, one from Measles, and one from Small Pox unvaccinated, the entire mortality for the whole parish was but 21, while the corrected average is 29.5. In the Leather Market district 2 fatal cases of Scarlatina are likewise registered. The St. Mary Magdalen district is free from any mortality, occasioned by Zymotic disease. The births registered in the week were 48. For the week ending April 9th the mortality was 25, the average being 27.9. There is one case of death ascribed to Diphtheria at 151 in the Grange Road. I find upon enquiry no assignable cause, the sanitary condition of the house being in every respect satisfactory. The mother considers it to have been more a case of Croup, at all events there are no symptoms of this disease in any other inmates of the house. There is a fatal case of Typhus in St. James Street, and one of Scar- 30
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