Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1930
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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1930.
Year | All Causes | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever | Diarrhoea | |||||||||
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No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
1920 | 1642 | 12.7 | 163 | 1.26 | — | — | 56 | .44 | 7 | .06 | 25 | .19 | 41 | .32 | 1 | .01 | 33 | .26 |
1921 | 1656 | 13.7 | 197 | 1.63 | — | — | 3 | — | 18 | .15 | 69 | .57 | 14 | .11 | 3 | .03 | 87 | .72 |
1922 | 2025 | 16.7 | 292 | 2.41 | — | — | 101 | .83 | 11 | .09 | 90 | .74 | 65 | .53 | 1 | — | 24 | .19 |
1923 | 1480 | 12.1 | 125 | 1.02 | — | — | 13 | .10 | 3 | .02 | 33 | .27 | 12 | .09 | 2 | .01 | 62 | .50 |
1924 | 1657 | 13.6 | 117 | .95 | — | — | 48 | .39 | 6 | .04 | 25 | .20 | 11 | .09 | 1 | — | 26 | .21 |
1925 | 1554 | 12.6 | 96 | .78 | — | — | 20 | .16 | 3 | .02 | 29 | .24 | 27 | .22 | — | — | 17 | .14 |
1926 | 1484 | 12.1 | 94 | .76 | — | — | 24 | .19 | 6 | .05 | 42 | .34 | 1 | .01 | — | — | 21 | .17 |
1927 | 1566 | 12.9 | 45 | .37 | — | — | 9 | .07 | — | — | 13 | .11 | 10 | .08 | 1 | — | 12 | .09 |
1928 | 1520 | 13.2 | 137 | 1.19 | — | — | 77 | .67 | 3 | .03 | 16 | .14 | 26 | .23 | 1 | .01 | 14 | .12 |
1929 | 1650 | 145 | 62 | .54 | — | — | 1 | .01 | 2 | .02 | 6 | .05 | 33 | .29 | 1 | .01 | 19 | .17 |
Average for years 1920-1929 | 1623 | 13.4 | 133 | 1.09 | — | — | 35 | .29 | 6 | .05 | 35 | .28 | 24 | .20 | 1 | .01 | 31 | .26 |
1930 | 1488 | 13.1 | 101 | .89 | — | — | 61 | .54 | 7 | .06 | 8 | .07 | 6 | .05 | 2 | .02 | 17 | .15 |