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 1913
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TABLE F.—INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Year. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | Whole Borough. | London. | |||||
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No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | |
1903 | 428 | 153 | 179 | 160 | 50 | 176 | 657 | 156 | 16,978 | 130 |
1904 | 477 | 173 | 187 | 173 | 59 | 163 | 723 | 172 | 18,600 | 143 |
1905 | 422 | 146 | 164 | 145 | 45 | 170 | 631 | 147 | 16,324 | 129 |
1906 | 408 | 115 | 170 | 156 | 46 | 178 | 624 | 155 | 16,307 | 130 |
1907 | 335 | 125 | 144 | 130 | 22 | 96 | 501 | 125 | 14,114 | 116 |
1908 | 411 | 147 | 151 | 134 | 48 | 186 | 610 | 146 | 13,943 | 113 |
1909 | 396 | 144 | 143 | 134 | 34 | 137 | 573 | 141 | 12,582 | 108 |
1910 | 341 | 128 | 135 | 130 | 26 | 101 | 502 | 127 | 11,809 | 103 |
1911 | 403 | 159 | 167 | 157 | 41 | 166 | 611 | 159 | 14,440 | 129 |
1912 | 290 | 116 | 113 | 106 | 30 | 129 | 433 | 114 | 10,056 | 91 |
Average for years 1903-1912 | 391 | 141 | 155 | 143 | 40 | 150 | 587 | 144 | 14,515 | 119 |
1913 | 357 | 140 | 118 | 110 | 30 | 136 | 505 | 131 | 11,869 | 105 |