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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 1918
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1918
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Table VII. —Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1918.
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain)
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
All Causes.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Typhus
Fever.
Year.
Smallpox.
Scarlet
Fever.
Enteric
Fever.
Measles.
Diarrhœa
No.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Rate.
No.
1908
−
−
−
12
.09
113
.87
2444
18.8
300
2.31
105
.81
26
.20
26
.20
18
.14
−
−
−
2.89
.01
.68
1909
2387
18.8
368
196
1.54
17
.13
12
.09
54
.42
1
.00
2
86
−
−
−
−
14
1910
2229
17.6
310
2.44
143
1.12
.11
18
.14
44
.34
−
4
.03
87
.68
−
−
−
−
−
51
6
.05
15
.12
48
.38
6
.05
226
1.80
1911
2320
18.4
352
2.79
.41
−
−
−
−
−
−
5
.04
.67
1912
2119
16.9
252
1.21
101
.81
8
.06
17
.14
36
.29
1
.00
84
−
−
−
−
1913
2243
17.9
320
2.56
88
.70
5
.04
16
.13
47
.38
2
.02
162
1.30
−
−
−
−
−
−
262
79
9
.07
17
.14
14
.11
−
2
.02
141
1.14
1914
2184
17.6
2.11
−
.64
−
−
−
−
3.13
3
.03
1.24
1915
2514
21.4
367
110
.93
9
.07
20
.17
79
.67
146
−
−
−
−
−
−
.01
1916
1960
17.2
1.36
42
.36
5
.04
29
.25
16
.14
2
61
.53
155
−
−
−
−
−
−
2032
218
2.02
72
1
.01
18
32
.29
−
6
.05
−
−
89
.82
1917
18.8
.66
.16
−
−
−
Average
for years
1908 to
1917
10
.15
120
2.28
−
−
99
.80
.08
19
39
.32
−
4
.04
−
−
.97
2243
18.3
290
−
1918
2390
22.0
229
2.11
−
−
71
.66
3
.03
23
.21
84
.78
−
−
−
−
−
−
48
.44
London
1918
76193
18.9
5319
1.32
−
−
1618
.42
123
.03
659
.17
1671
.43
−
−
56
.02
−
−
1192
−
Table VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1918.
| Year. | All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | 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. | |
| 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 |
| 1914 | 2184 | 17.6 | 262 | 2.11 | − | − | 79 | .64 | 9 | .07 | 17 | .14 | 14 | .11 | − | − | 2 | .02 | − | − | 141 | 1.14 |
| 1915 | 2514 | 21.4 | 367 | 3.13 | − | − | 110 | .93 | 9 | .07 | 20 | .17 | 79 | .67 | − | − | 3 | .03 | − | − | 146 | 1.24 |
| 1916 | 1960 | 17.2 | 155 | 1.36 | − | − | 42 | .36 | 5 | .04 | 29 | .25 | 16 | .14 | − | − | 2 | .01 | − | − | 61 | .53 |
| 1917 | 2032 | 18.8 | 218 | 2.02 | − | − | 72 | .66 | 1 | .01 | 18 | .16 | 32 | .29 | − | − | 6 | .05 | − | − | 89 | .82 |
| Average for years 1908 to 1917 | 2243 | 18.3 | 290 | 2.28 | − | − | 99 | .80 | 10 | .08 | 19 | .15 | 39 | .32 | − | − | 4 | .04 | − | − | 120 | .97 |
| 1918 | 2390 | 22.0 | 229 | 2.11 | − | − | 71 | .66 | 3 | .03 | 23 | .21 | 84 | .78 | − | − | − | − | − | − | 48 | .44 |
| London 1918 | 76193 | 18.9 | 5319 | 1.32 | − | − | 1618 | .42 | 123 | .03 | 659 | .17 | 1671 | .43 | − | − | 56 | .02 | − | − | 1192 | − |