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Bermondsey 1924

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1924

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Table Vll.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1924.
Year.
All Causes
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
Smallpox.
Measles.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Typhus
Fever.
Enteric
Fever.
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain).
Diarrhoea.
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
, Rate
2184
17.6
262
2.1 1
-
79
.64
9
.07
17
.14
14
.11
-
2
.2
-
-
141
1.14
1914

-
1915
2514
21.41
367
3.13
-
1
110
•93
9
.07
20
.17
79
.67
-
-
3
.03
-
-
146
1.24
-
-
42
.36
5
.4
29
.25
16
.14
-
-
2
.01
-
-
61
1916
1960
17.2
155
1.36
.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
1.631
-
-
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
-
13
.10
3
33
1923
1480
12.1
125
1.02
-
-
.02
.27
12
.09
-
2
.01
-
-
62
.50
-
1963
16.6
212
1.79

56
.47
7
.06
.28
36
.30
-
2
.02
-
-
75
.63
Average
for years
1914-1923
-
34
-
1657
13.6
117
.95
-
-
48
6
.04
.20
11
.09
-
-
1
-
-
-
26
.21
.39
1924
25

Table Vll.—Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1924.

Year.All CausesPrincipal Zymotic Diseases.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Pyrexia (origin uncertain).Diarrhœa.
No.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.RateNo.Rate
1914218417.62622.1179.649.0717.1414.112.021411.14
1915251421.43673.13110.939.0720.1779.673.031461.24
1916196017.21551.3642.365.0429.2516.142.0161.53
1917203218.82182.0272.661.0118.1632.296.0589.82
1918239022.02292.1171.663.0323.2184.7848.44
1919174814.1113.9118.145.0421.174.033.0262.49
1920164212.71631.2656.447.0625.1941.321.0133.26
1921165613.71971.63318.1569.5714.113.0387.72
1922202516.72922.41101.8311.0990.7465.53124.19
1923148012.11251.0213.103.0233.2712.092.0162.50
Average for years 1914-1923196316.62121.7956.477.0634.2836.302.0275.63
1924165713.6117.9548.396.0425.2011.09126.21