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Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
ANNUAL REPORT
OK THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Thirteenth Annual Report on
the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey during the
year 1913, The death-rate was 17.98, compared with 16.9 in 1912
and 18.4 in 1911. The increase is entirely accounted for by the
considerably larger number of deaths from non-tubercular pulmonary
diseases and diarrœhal diseases.
The sections of the report are, as usual, divided into:—
I. —Vital Statistics.
II. —Notification of Infectious Diseases.
III.—Sanitary Administration.
IV.—Factories and Workshops.
In the Appendix will be found the Local Government Board
Tables, including a special Table on Infantile Mortality.
Again, I may record my thanks to the Chairman and Members
of the Public Health Committee for their cordiality and co-operation
throughout the year. Thanks are also due to the members of the
staff for their hearty co-operation in carrying out the various duties
devolving on the Public Health Department.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
R. KING BROWN.