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Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Eleventh Annual Report on the sanitary condition of the
Borough of Bermondsey during the year 1911. The report deals with the 52 weeks beginning
January 1st. and ending December 30th, 1911. The death-rate was 18.4, compared with 17.6 in
1910, and 18.8 in 1909.
No serious outbreaks of infectious disease occurred during the year, but the mild type of
scarlet fever mentioned in the last three reports is less prevalent. There was a large increase in
diarrhœal diseases due to the hot dry summer, an increase in diphtheria, and a considerable decrease
in measles.
The sections of the report are, as usual, divided into:—
I.— Vital Statistics
II.— Notification of Infectious Diseases.
III.— Sanitary Administration.
IV.— Factories and Workshops.
In the Appendix will be found the Local Government Board Tables, including a special
Table on Infantile Mortality.
Again, I may record my thanks to the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee
for their cordiality and co-operation throughout the year. Thanks are also due to the
members of the staff for their hearty co-operation in carrying out the various duties devolving on
the Public Health Department.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant.
R. KING BROWN.
I.—VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
The populations of the Borough of Bermondsey and its registration sub-districts, as
enumerated in the Census of 1901 and 1911, and the estimate for the year under report, are as
follows:—
1901.
1911.
Estimated to
June 30th, 1911.
Bermondsey
82,483
82,119
82,110
Rotherhithe
38,460
35,142
35,059
St. Olave
9,817
8,699
8,671
Borough
130,760
125,960
125,840
As the Census is taken in April, it is usual to calculate the various rates on the mean
population, which is assumed to be that existing at the end of June or the middle of the year under
report. To arrive at this it is therefore necessary to estimate for further three months, which in
Bermondsey is assumed to be a decrease.