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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913
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TABLE H.
| Weeks. | Temperature of the Air. | Temperature of ground 3 ft. below surface. | Rainfall. | Deaths from Diarrhœa. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1913. | 1912. | 1913. | 1912. | 1913. | 1912. | 1913. | |
| º | º | º | º | ins. | ins. | |||
| July | 65.8 | 60.0 | 63.65 | 59.61 | 0.04 | 0.52 | 5 | 1 |
| 64.8 | 57.7 | 63.22 | 59.45 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 7 | 3 | |
| August | 57.8 | 59.5 | 63.09 | 59.73 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 6 | 2 |
| 57.6 | 57.1 | 61.57 | 60.24 | 1.26 | 0.09 | 5 | 5 | |
| 56.2 | 60.7 | 60.48 | 60.10 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 6 | 9 | |
| 57.2 | 60.9 | 60.22 | 60.58 | 1.27 | 0.36 | 7 | 16 | |
| 56.9 | 62.8 | 59.74 | 60.62 | 1.33 | 0.51 | 4 | 14 | |
| September | 54.8 | 59.1 | 59.08 | 60.63 | 0.21 | 1.43 | 2 | 15 |
| 52.4 | 58.0 | 58.01 | 59.96 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 3 | 12 | |
| 53.6 | 54.9 | 57.38 | 59.03 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 2 | 5 | |
| 51.5 | 60.2 | 56.20 | 58.46 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 3 | 12 | |
| October | 48.8 | 58.5 | 55.11 | 58.75 | 2.3 | 0.22 | 2 | 10 |
| 46.0 | 52.9 | 52.62 | 57.84 | 0.00 | 1.28 | 1 | 5 | |
| 49.8 | 52.8 | 51.93 | 56.30 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 1 | 5 | |
| Weekly average | 55.23 | 58.2 | 58.74 | 59.38 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 4 | 8 |
Whooping Cough.
47 deaths were due to this cause, against 36 in 1912. The
deaths occurred in quarters as follows :—13, 29, 5, 0.
Typhus Fever.
No deaths occurred from this disease.
Enteric Fever.
2 deaths were due to this cause, both in Rotherhithe. The
corresponding figures for 1912 were 5 for the Borough, viz., 3 in
Bermondsey, 1 in Rotherhithe, and 1 in St. Olave.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1913 was 277, against 299 in 1912.
This figure comprises 180 for Bermondsey, 80 for Rotherhithe,
and 17 for St. Olave. Of these, 201 were due to phthisis and 76 to
the other tubercular diseases.
B