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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 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1922
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TABLE VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1922.
Year.
All Causes
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
Smallpox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Typhus
Fever.
Enteric
Fever.
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain).
Diarrhœa.
No.
No.
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
Rate
Rate
2119
16.9
252
1.21
-
-
101
.81
.06
17
.14
36
1
5
.04
-
84
.67
.29
.00
1912
8
-
.02
1913
2243
17.9
320
2.56
-
88
.70
5
.04
16
.13
47
.38
-
-
2
-
-
162
1.30
-
2184
17.6
262
2.11
-
-
79
.64
9
.07
17
.14
14
.11
-
-
2
.02
-
-
141
1.14
1914
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
2032
18.8
218
-
72
.66
1
.01
18
.16
32
.29
-
-
6
.05
-
-
89
.82
1917
2.02
-
1918
2390
22.0
229
2.11
-
-
71
.66
3
.03
23
.21
84
.78
-
-
-
-
-
48
.44
-
1919
1748
14.1
113
-
18
.14
5
.04
21
.17
4
.03
-
-
3
.02
-
-
62
.49
.91
-
1920
1642
12.7
163
11.26
-
-
56
.44
7
.06
25
.19
41
.32
-
-
1
.01
-
-
33
.26
1921
1656
13.7
197
1.63
3
-
18
.15
69
.57
14
.11
-
-
3
.03
-
-
87
.72
-
-
Average
for years
1912-1921
2048
17.2
227
18.3
.53
7
.05
25
.21
36
.31
-
-
3
-
-
91
.03
.76
-
-
64
1922
2025
16.7
292
2.41
-
-
101
.83
11
.09
90
.74
65
.53
-
1
-
-
24
.19
-
TABLE VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1922.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1920 | 1642 | 12.7 | 163 | 11.26 | – | – | 56 | .44 | 7 | .06 | 25 | .19 | 41 | .32 | – | – | 1 | .01 | – | – | 33 | .26 |
| 1921 | 1656 | 13.7 | 197 | 1.63 | – | – | 3 | – | 18 | .15 | 69 | .57 | 14 | .11 | – | – | 3 | .03 | – | – | 87 | .72 |
| Average for years 1912-1921 | 2048 | 17.2 | 227 | 18.3 | – | – | 64 | .53 | 7 | .05 | 25 | .21 | 36 | .31 | – | – | 3 | .03 | – | – | 91 | .76 |
| 1922 | 2025 | 16.7 | 292 | 2.41 | – | – | 101 | .83 | 11 | .09 | 90 | .74 | 65 | .53 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 24 | .19 |