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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 1915

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915

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17
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1915 was 303, against 262 in 1914.
This figure comprises 209 for Bermondsey, 72 for Rotherhithe,
and 22 for St. Olave. Of these, 226 were due to phthisis and 77 to
the other tubercular diseases.
Phthisis.
In Table J will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis
since the year 1905. There were 233 deaths due to this cause, which
is 30 more than the number recorded in the previous year.

Table: TABLE J.—PHTHISIS.

TABLE J.—PHTHISIS.

Sub- District.Bermondsey.RotherhitheSt. Olave.Whole Borough.London.
Year.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.
19051481.81551.44202.322231.7366221.42
19061551.90772.01182.162501.9567751.44
19071501.84681.78192.362371.8566541.40
19081571.89601.54243.032411.8564191.32
19091471.80561.46172.272201.7363371.31
19101481.82501.31212.912191.7355551.14
19111411.72521.48182.082111.6860841.35
19121381.68571.64171.982121.6960691.35
19131251.53641.86121.422011.6159811.30
19141361.66461.35212.532031.6362811.39
Averages for years 1905-19141441.76581.58182.302211.7462771.34
19151561.76571.77202.422331.971.541.54

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Alcoholism and, Cirrhosis of the Liver.
21 deaths were attributed to this cause in 1915, against 19 in
1914. This number gives a very small idea of the deaths caused
by these diseases, since they are often the remote causes of death,
and are not always mentioned on the certificate for various reasons.