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Bermondsey 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919
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Whooping Cough.
4 deaths were due to this cause, against 84 in 1918.
Enteric Fever.
3 deaths were due to this cause, 2 in Bermondsey, and 1 in
St. Olave. There were no deaths in 1918.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1919 was 229, against 233 in 1918.
Phthisis.
In Table B will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis
since the year 1909. There were 174 deaths due to this cause,
which is 5 more than the number recorded in the previous year.
Table B— Phthisis.
| Sub. District. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | Whole Borough. | London. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. |
| 1909 | 147 | 1.80 | 56 | 1.46 | 17 | 2.27 | 220 | 1.73 | 6337 | 1.31 |
| 1910 | 148 | 1.82 | 50 | 1.31 | 21 | 2.91 | 219 | 1.73 | 5555 | 1.14 |
| 1911 | 141 | 1.72 | 52 | 1.48 | 18 | 2.08 | 211 | 1.68 | 6084 | 1.35 |
| 1912 | 138 | 1.68 | 57 | 1.64 | 17 | 1.98 | 212 | 1.69 | 6069 | 1.35 |
| 1913 | 125 | 1.53 | 64 | 1.86 | 12 | 1.42 | 201 | 1.61 | 5981 | 1.30 |
| 1914 | 136 | 1.66 | 46 | 1.35 | 21 | 2.53 | 203 | 1.63 | 6281 | 1.39 |
| 1915 | 156 | 1.76 | 57 | 1.77 | 20 | 2.42 | 233 | 1.97 | 6782 | 1.54 |
| 1916 | 126 | 1.70 | 44 | 1.38 | 14 | 1.78 | 184 | 1.61 | 6288 | 1.45 |
| 1917 | 123 | 1.75 | 61 | 2.02 | 14 | 1.88 | 198 | 1.83 | 6658 | 1.57 |
| 1918 | 117 | 1.66 | 43 | 1.42 | 9 | 1.20 | 169 | 1.56 | 7048 | 1.78 |
| Averages for years 1909-1918 | 136 | 1.71 | 53 | 1.57 | 16 | 2.05 | 205 | 1.70 | 6308 | 1.42 |
| 1919 | 104 | 1.28 | 58 | 1.66 | 12 | 1.39 | 174 | 1.40 | 5332 | = |