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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 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1920
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Table VII. —Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1920.
Year.
All Causes.
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
Smallpox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Typhus
Fever.
Enteric
Fever.
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain)
Diarrhoea
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Rate.
Rate.
Rate.
Rate.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Rate.
No.
-
1.12
44
.34
-
4
.03
-
-
87
.68
2229
310
-
1910
17.6
2.44
143
14
.11
18
.14
-
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
.06
17
36
.29
.00
.04
-
8
.14
1
5
-
-
84
.67
1913
2243
17.9
320
2.56
-
-
.70
.38
88
5
.04
16
.13
47
-
2
.02
-
-
162
1.30
-
1914
184
17.6
262
2.11
-
79
.64
9
.07
17
.14
14
.11
-
2
.02
-
1.14
-
-
-
141
21.4
3.13
1915
2514
367
-
110
.93
9
20
.17
.67
.03
-
-
.07
79
3
146
1.24
-
-
-
1916
17.2
155
1.36
.36
5
29
.14
1960
-
-
42
.04
.25
16
-
2
.01
-
61
.53
-
-
1917
2032
218
-
.66
1
-
18.8
2.02
72
.01
18
.16
32
.29
6
.05
-
-
89
.82
-
-
1918
2390
22.0
229
2.11
-
-
71
.66
3
.03
23
.21
84
.78
-
-
-
-
-
48
.44
-
1919
1748
113
.91
-
-
18
.14
.17
4
14.1
5
.04
21
.03
3
.02
62
.49
-
-
-
-
Average
for years
1910 to
1919
2174
.64
7
19
40
18.2
258
.16
3
2.06
.34
.03
-
-
-
-
-
78
.05
111
.91
-
1920
1642
163
12.7
56
.44
7
.06
25
41
.32
-
-
1
.01
-
-
33
.26
1.26
-
Table VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1920.
| Year. | All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | 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. | |
| 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 | 184 | 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 |
| 1918 | 2390 | 22.0 | 229 | 2.11 | – | – | 71 | .66 | 3 | .03 | 23 | .21 | 84 | .78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | .44 |
| 1919 | 1748 | 14.1 | 113 | .91 | – | – | 18 | .14 | 5 | .04 | 21 | .17 | 4 | .03 | – | – | 3 | .02 | – | – | 62 | .49 |
| Average for years 1910 to 1919 | 2174 | 18.2 | 258 | 2.06 | – | – | 78 | .64 | 7 | .05 | 19 | .16 | 40 | .34 | – | – | 3 | .03 | – | – | 111 | .91 |
| 1920 | 1642 | 12.7 | 163 | 1.26 | – | – | 56 | .44 | 7 | .06 | 25 | .19 | 41 | .32 | – | – | 1 | .01 | – | – | 33 | .26 |