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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 1940
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940
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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1940.
| Year | All Causes | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever | Diarrhœa | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| 1930 | 1488 | 13.1 | 101 | ·89 | – | – | 61 | ·54 | 7 | ·06 | 8 | ·07 | 6 | ·05 | 2 | ·02 | 17 | ·15 |
| 1931 | 1408 | 12·5 | 24 | ·21 | – | – | 3 | ·03 | 1 | ·01 | 6 | ·05 | 5 | ·04 | – | – | 9 | 08 |
| 1932 | 1326 | 12·0 | 67 | ·61 | 1 | 01 | 25 | ·23 | – | – | 11 | ·10 | 16 | ·15 | – | – | 14 | ·13 |
| 1933 | 1340 | 12·5 | 45 | ·42 | – | – | 9 | ·08 | 4 | ·04 | 13 | ·12 | 5 | ·05 | – | – | 14 | ·13 |
| 1934 | 1304 | 12·4 | 87 | ·83 | – | – | 38 | ·36 | 1 | ·01 | 10 | ·10 | 10 | ·10 | – | – | 28 | ·26 |
| 1935 | 1201 | 11·7 | 54 | ·53 | – | – | 4 | ·04 | – | – | 10 | ·10 | 5 | ·05 | – | – | 35 | ·34 |
| 1936 | 1289 | 12·8 | 56 | ·56 | – | – | 20 | ·20 | – | – | 8 | ·08 | 5 | ·05 | 4 | ·04 | 19 | ·19 |
| 1937 | 1212 | 12·3 | 36 | ·36 | – | – | — | – | – | – | 5 | ·05 | 7 | ·07 | – | – | 24 | ·24 |
| 1938 | 1072 | 11·0 | 30 | ·31 | – | – | 9 | ·09 | – | – | 4 | ·04 | 4 | ·04 | – | – | 13 | ·13 |
| 1939 | 1010 | 11·2 | 17 | ·19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | ·08 | 2 | ·02 | – | – | 8 | ·09 |
| Average for years 1930-1939 | 1265 | 12·1 | 52 | ·49 | – | – | 17 | ·16 | 1 | ·01 | 8 | ·08 | 6 | ·06 | 1 | ·01 | 18 | ·17 |
| 1940 | 1551 | 21·7 | 3 | ·04 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ·01 | – | – | 2 | ·03 |