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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914
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1904
20·1
3·44
-
1·05
18
·14
17
·13
68
·53
-
-
16
·13
189
1·46
444
-
136
-
-
2593
1
18
38
·29
-
9
·07
-
-
145
1·13
1905
2399
18·6
287
2·23
·01
5 9
·45
17
·13
·14
-
-
188
1·46
34
·27
50
·39
-
4
·03
-
1906
2529
19·7
400
3·12
-
—
94
·73
30
·23
-
-
-
·05
-
-
55
·43
18·3
223
-
-
51
·40
36
·28
22
·17
52
·41
7
1907
2338
1·74
·87
-
·81
26
18
12
·09
-
-
113
1908
18·8
2·31
-
105
·20
26
·20
·14
—
-
2444
300
86
·68
1
·00
2
·01
-
1909
2387
18·8
368
2·89
-
-
196
1·54
17
·13
12
·09
54
·42
-
-
87
·68
14
18
·14
44
·34
-
4
·03
-
1910
2229
17·6
310
2·44
-
-
143
1·12
·11
-
-
6
-
226
1·80
18·4
-
·41
6
15
·12
4 8
·38
-
·05
-
1911
2320
352
2·79
-
51
·05
·00
5
·04
-
-
8 4
·67
16·9
-
-
101
·81
8
·06
17
·14
36
·29
1
1912
2119
252
1·21
162
5
16
·13
·38
-
-
2
·02
-
-
1·30
320
2·56
-
-
88
·70
·04
47
1913
2243
17·9
Average
for years
1904 to
1913
-
102
325
·80
18
·14
·15
7
-
-
18·5
2·47
-
45
-
-
·05
134
1·0
2360
20
·35
141
1·14
1914
2184
262
2·11
-
79
·64
9
·07
17
·14
14
·11
-
-
2
·02
-
-
17·6
-
London
1914
64994
6503
-
-
-
13 8 5
316
·07
·16
918
·20
-
-
147
·03
-
-
303 1
-
TABLE G.
| Year. | All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. (Origin uncertain) | Diarrhœa. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| 1904 | 2593 | 20·1 | 444 | 3·44 | – | – | 136 | 1·05 | 18 | ·14 | 17 | ·13 | 68 | ·53 | – | – | 16 | ·13 | – | – | 189 | 1·46 |
| 1905 | 2399 | 18·6 | 287 | 2·23 | 1 | ·01 | 59 | ·45 | 17 | ·13 | 18 | ·14 | 38 | ·29 | – | – | 9 | ·07 | – | – | 145 | 1·13 |
| 1906 | 2529 | 19·7 | 400 | 3·12 | – | — | 94 | ·73 | 30 | ·23 | 34 | ·27 | 50 | ·39 | – | – | 4 | ·03 | – | – | 188 | 1·46 |
| 1907 | 2338 | 18·3 | 223 | 1·74 | – | – | 51 | ·40 | 36 | ·28 | 22 | ·17 | 52 | ·41 | – | – | 7 | ·05 | – | – | 55 | ·43 |
| 1908 | 2444 | 18·8 | 300 | 2·31 | – | – | 105 | ·81 | 26 | ·20 | 26 | ·20 | 18 | ·14 | — | – | 12 | ·09 | – | – | 113 | ·87 |
| 1909 | 2387 | 18·8 | 368 | 2·89 | – | – | 196 | 1·54 | 17 | ·13 | 12 | ·09 | 54 | ·42 | 1 | ·00 | 2 | ·01 | – | – | 86 | ·68 |
| 1910 | 2229 | 17·6 | 310 | 2·44 | – | – | 143 | 1·12 | 14 | ·11 | 18 | ·14 | 44 | ·34 | – | – | 4 | ·03 | – | – | 87 | ·68 |
| 1911 | 2320 | 18·4 | 352 | 2·79 | – | – | 51 | ·41 | 6 | ·05 | 15 | ·12 | 48 | ·38 | – | – | 6 | ·05 | – | – | 226 | 1·80 |
| 1912 | 2119 | 16·9 | 252 | 1·21 | – | – | 101 | ·81 | 8 | ·06 | 17 | ·14 | 36 | ·29 | 1 | ·00 | 5 | ·04 | – | – | 84 | ·67 |
| 1913 | 2243 | 17·9 | 320 | 2·56 | – | – | 88 | ·70 | 5 | ·04 | 16 | ·13 | 47 | ·38 | – | – | 2 | ·02 | – | – | 162 | 1·30 |
| Average for years 1904 to 1913 | 2360 | 18·5 | 325 | 2·47 | – | – | 102 | ·80 | 18 | ·14 | 20 | ·15 | 45 | ·35 | – | – | 7 | ·05 | – | – | 134 | 1·0 |
| 1914 | 2184 | 17·6 | 262 | 2·11 | – | – | 79 | ·64 | 9 | ·07 | 17 | ·14 | 14 | ·11 | – | – | 2 | ·02 | – | – | 141 | 1·14 |
| London 1914 | 64994 | 14·4 | 6503 | – | – | – | 1385 | ·31 | 316 | ·07 | 706 | ·16 | 918 | ·20 | – | – | 147 | ·03 | – | – | 3031 | – |