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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 1923
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1923
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TABLE VII. —Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1923.
Year.
All Causes.
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
Smallpox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Typhus
Fever.
Enteric
Fever.
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain).
Diarrhœa.
No,
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate
No.
No.
Rate
Rate
Rate
.02
-
17.9
2.56
88
.70
.04
16
.13
47
.33
-
-
2
-
162
1.30
320
5
2243
-
1913
-
1914
2184
17.6
262
2.11
79
9
.07
17
2
.02
141
1.14
.64
.14
14
.11
-
-
-
-
-
-
2514
21.4
367
3.13
.93
9
.17
79
.67
.03
-
146
1.24
1915
110
.07
20
-
-
3
-
-
-
1960
155
1.36
42
.36
5
.04
.25
.01
1916
17.2
-
29
16
.14
-
2
61
.53
-
-
-
-
2032
18.8
218
.66
.16
.05
89
1917
2.02
-
72
1
.01
18
32
.29
-
6
-
.82
-
-
-
2390
1918
22.0
229
2.11
-
71
.66
3
.03
23
.21
84
78
-
-
-
48
.44
-
-
-
-
1748
14.1
113
.91
-
18
.14
5
.04
21
.17
3
.02
-
62
.49
1919
4
03
-
-
-
-
1920
1642
163
-
44
.06
41
.01
-
33
.26
12.7
1.26
56
7
25
.19
.32
-
1
-
-
-
13.7
1.63
-
14
.03
.72
1921
1656
197
-
3
18
.15
69
.57
.11
-
3
-
87
-
-
-
-
1922
2025
16.7
292
101
.83
11
.09
90
.74
65
-
24
.19
2.41
.53
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
.71
Average
for years
1913—1922
2039
17.2
231
19.5
-
-
64
.53
7
.06
32
.27
39
.33
-
-
2
.02
-
85
1480
12.1
125
-
-
13
.10
33
.27
.01
-
-
62
.50
.02
12
-
1923
1 02
3
.09
2
-
TABLE VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1923.
| 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 | |
| 1913 | 2243 | 17.9 | 320 | 2.56 | – | – | 88 | .70 | 5 | .04 | 16 | .13 | 47 | .33 | – | – | 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 | 1.26 | – | – | 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 |
| 1922 | 2025 | 16.7 | 292 | 2.41 | – | – | 101 | .83 | 11 | .09 | 90 | .74 | 65 | .53 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 24 | .19 |
| Average for years 1913—1922 | 2039 | 17.2 | 231 | 19.5 | – | – | 64 | .53 | 7 | .06 | 32 | .27 | 39 | .33 | – | – | 2 | .02 | – | – | 85 | .71 |
| 1923 | 1480 | 12.1 | 125 | 1 02 | – | – | 13 | .10 | 3 | .02 | 33 | .27 | 12 | .09 | – | – | 2 | .01 | – | – | 62 | .50 |