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Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
Ladies and Gentlemen, —
I have the honour to submit my Twentieth Annual Report
on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey during
the year 1920. The death-rate was 12.7, compared with 14.1 in
1919, and 22.0 in 1918.
The death-rate is discussed in an early section.
The sections of the report are, as usual, divided into:—
I.—Vital Statistics.
II.—Notification of Infectious Diseases.
III.—Sanitary Administration.
IV.—Factories and Workshops.
In the appendix will be found the Local Government Board
Tables, including a special Table on Infantile Mortality.
The year under report was specially notable for increased
activity in all departments of the Housing question. Extra
medical assistance was engaged, also extra Sanitary Inspectors,
and a special clerk to look after Housing. The details will be
found in the body of the report.
The question of Maternity and Child Welfare also takes a
very prominent place, and reports will also be found on several
schemes which were initiated during the year under report.
There was nothing unusual to record in other departments
except that the special activities referred to caused a general
increase in the work of the Department.