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Bermondsey 1923
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1923
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Measles
There were 13 deaths due to this disease, which is below the
average for the last 10 years, and 88 below the number for 1922.
Whooping Cough.
12 deaths were due to this cause, against 65 in 1922.
Enteric Fever.
2 deaths were due to this cause. There was 1 death in 1922.
Tubercular Diseases.
The number of deaths from all forms of tubercular disease in
1923 was 175, against 206 in 1922.
Phthisis.
In Table B will be found particulars of deaths from phthisis
since the year 1913. There were 144 deaths due to this cause,
which is 25 less than the number recorded in the previous year.
Table B. —Phthisis.
St.Olave.
Whole Borough.
London.
Sub.
District.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
Year.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
12
1913
125
1·53
64
1·42
201
1·61
5981
1·30
1·86
2·53
1·63
1914
136
1·66
46
1·35
21
203
6281
1·39
2·42
6782
1·54
1915
156
1·76
57
1·77
20
233
1·97
1·61
6288
1·70
184
1·45
1916
126
44
1·38
14
1·78
6658
1·75
1·88
198
1·83
1·57
1917
123
61
2·02
14
169
1·78
1·66
1·42
1·20
1·56
7048
1918
117
43
9
5332
104
1·66
1·39
174
1·40
1919
1·28
58
12
-
1·06
-
81
0·96
46
1·27
10
14
112
137
-
-
1920
106
163
1·35
43
-
1921
-
-
-
-
169
1·39
1922
119
-
43
-
7
-
-
-
Averages
for years
1913
1922
119
-
50
-
183
1·54
-
13
-
144
12
-
1·18
-
-
1923
95
-
35
-
12
Table B.—Phthisis.
| Sub. District. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St.Olave. | Whole Borough. | London. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. |
| 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 |
| 1919 | 104 | 1·28 | 58 | 1·66 | 12 | 1·39 | 174 | 1·40 | 5332 | – |
| 1920 | 81 | 0·96 | 46 | 1·27 | 10 | 1.12 | 137 | 1·06 | – | – |
| 1921 | 106 | – | 43 | – | 14 | – | 163 | 1·35 | – | – |
| 1922 | 119 | – | 43 | – | 7 | – | 169 | 1·39 | – | – |
| Averages for years 1913 1922 | 119 | – | 50 | – | 13 | – | 183 | 1·54 | – | – |
| 1923 | 95 | – | 35 | – | 12 | – | 144 | 1·18 | – | – |