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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919
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Table A.—Infantile Mortality.
| Year. | Whole Borough. | London. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | |
| 1909 | 573 | 141 | 12,582 | 108 |
| 1910 | 502 | 127 | 11,809 | 103 |
| 1911 | 611 | 159 | 14,440 | 129 |
| 1912 | 433 | 114 | 10,056 | 91 |
| 1913 | 505 | 131 | 11,869 | 105 |
| 1914 | 487 | 129 | 11,395 | 104 |
| 1915 | 537 | 154 | 11,369 | 104 |
| 1916 | 364 | 108 | 8,819 | 88 |
| 1917 | 335 | 125 | 8,273 | 103 |
| 1918 | 322 | 139 | 7,965 | 107 |
| Average for years 1909-1918. | 467 | 133 | 10,858 | 104 |
| 1919 | 262 | 99 | 7,039 | 85 |
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
There has been a decrease in the deaths from these
diseases, the figures being 113 against 229 in the previous year,
and 283 the average for the last ten years. This gives a zymotic
death-rate of .91.
The total number of deaths from notifiable diseases, viz.,
measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhus fever and enteric fever,
was 47 compared with 97 in 1918, and for the non-notifiable,
viz., whooping cough and diarrhoea, 117 compared with 132 in
the previous year.
Measles.
There were 18 deaths due to this disease, which is 77 below
the average for the last ten years, and 53 below the number for
1918.