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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 1921
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1921
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Table VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1921.
Year.
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Enteric
Fever.
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain).
All Causes.
Diarrhœa.
Typhus
Fever.
Smallpox.
Measles.
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
NO.
Rate
No.
Ra te
No.
Rate
1911
2320
18.4
352
2.79
-
-
51
.41
6
.05
15
.12
48
.38
-
-
6
.05
-
-
226
1.80
1912
2119
1.21
-
.06
17
.29
1
5
.04
16.9
252
-
101
.81
8
.14
36
.00
-
-
84
.67
2243
5
1913
.04
16
.38
-
.02
17.9
320
2.56
-
88
.70
.13
47
-
2
-
-
162
1.30
-
1914
2184
-
79
9
17
.11
-
-
141
1.14
17.6
262
2.11
.64
.07
.14
14
-
2
.02
-
-
2514
21.4
110
.07
1915
367
3.13
-
-
.93
9
20
.17
79
.67
-
3
.03
-
-
146
1.24
-
.04
61
1916
1960
17.2
1.36
-
-
5
29
.25
16
.14
-
2
.01
-
-
155
42
.36
.53
2032
.01
-
1917
18.8
218
72
.66
1
18
32
.29
-
-
6
.05
-
-
89
.82
2.02
-
-
.16
2390
1918
2.11
-
.66
3
.03
23
.21
-
-
48
22.0
229
-
71
84
.78
-
-
-
.44
-
1748
113
-
-
5
.04
4
.03
-
.02
-
1919
14.1
.91
.14
21
.17
3
-
62
.49
18
-
1.26
.06
41
.32
33
1920
1642
12.7
163
-
56
.44
7
25
.19
-
-
1
.01
.26
-
-
-
Average
for years
1911-1920
243
5
20
68
.57
2115
17.7
-
.04
40
3
-
.86
-
.03
-
19.4
.17
.34
-
-
105
1656
18
1921
197
1.63
3
3
-
87
Table VII.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1921.
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 |
| Average for years 1911-1920 | 2115 | 17.7 | 243 | 19.4 | – | – | 68 | .57 | 5 | .04 | 20 | .17 | 40 | .34 | – | – | 3 | .03 | – | – | 105 | .86 |
| 1921 | 1656 | 13.7 | 197 | 1.63 | – | – | 3 | – | 18 | .15 | 69 | .57 | 14 | .11 | – | – | 3 | .03 | – | – | 87 | .72 |