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 1915
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TABLE G.—DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1915.
Year. | All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. (Origin uncertain) | Diarrhœa. | |||||||||||
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No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
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 | 320 | 17.9 | 2.56 | — | — | 88 | .70 | 5 | .04 | 16 | .13 | 47 | .38 | — | — | 2 | .02 | — | — | 162 | 1.30 |
1914 | 2184 | 17.6 | 262 | 2.11 | — | — | 79 | .64 | 9 | .07 | 17 | .14 | 14 | .11 | — | — | 2 | .02 | — | — | 141 | 1.14 |
Average for years 1905 to 1914 | 2319 | 18.2 | 307 | 2.34 | — | — | 96 | .76 | 16 | .13 | 20 | .15 | 40 | .31 | — | — | 5 | .04 | — | — | 128 | 1.0 |
1915 | 2514 | 21.4 | 367 | 3.13 | — | — | 110 | .93 | 9 | .07 | 20 | .17 | 79 | .67 | — | — | 3 | .03 | — | — | 146 | 1.24 |
London 1915 | 72399 | 16.1 | 7167 | — | — | — | 2297 | .58 | 279 | .06 | 673 | .14 | 1152 | .25 | — | — | 116 | .02 | — | — | 2650 | — |