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Whooping Cough.
84 deaths were due to this cause, against 32 in 1917.
Enteric Fever.
No deaths were due to this cause. The figures for 1917 were
6 for the Borough, viz., 3 in Bermondsey, 2 in Rotherhithe, and
1 in St. Olave.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1918 was 233, against 274 in 1917.
This figure comprises 160 for Bermondsey, 62 for Rotherhithe,
and 11 for St. Olave. Of these, 169 were due to phthisis
and 64 to the other tubercular diseases.
Phthisis.
In Table B will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis
since the year 1908. There were 169 deaths due to this cause,
which is 29 less than the number recorded in the previous year.
Table B —Phthisis.
Whole
Borough.
Sub.
District.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
St. Olave.
London.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Year.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
1908
157
1.89
60
1.54
24
3.03
241
1.85
6419
1.32
1.73
1909
147
1.80
56
1.46
17
2.27
220
6337
1.31
1.73
148
1.82
50
1.31
2.91
219
1.14
1910
21
5555
1.48
141
1.72
52
18
2.08
211
1.68
6084
1.35
1911
1.68
1912
138
57
1.64
17
1.98
212
1.69
6069
1.35
125
1913
1.53
64
1.86
12
1.42
201
1.61
5981
1.30
1.35
1914
136
1.66
46
21
2.53
203
1.63
6281
1.39
156
1.76
57
1.77
2.42
1.78
233
1.97
6782
1.54
1915
20
1.70
44
1.38
1.6l
1916
126
14
184
6288
1.45
1917
123
1.75
61
2.02
14
1.88
198
1.83
6658
1.57
Averages
for years
1908-1917
1.73
1.58
140
55
18
2.23
212
1.73
6245
1.37
1918
117
1.66
43
1.42
9
1.20
169
1.56
7048
1.78
9