Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1926
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In column 1, foot of Table 1. of the Appendix, will be found a
list of places where deaths of non-parishioners occurred in the
district. There were 31 such deaths in all, against 47 in 1925
and 43 in 1924.
352 persons belonging to this Borough died in outlying
institutions, against 321 in 1925, and 337 in 1924. The names of
the various places where the deaths occurred will be found in
columns 2 and 3 at foot of Table I. of Appendix.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The figure for this is 60 deaths under one year to every 1,000
births.
TABLE A.-INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Year
Whole Borough
London
No. of
Deaths
Rate per
1,000
Births
Rate per
1,000
Births
No. of
Deaths
364
108
1916
8,819
88
1917
335
125
8,273
103
322
7,965
107
139
1918
262
99
7,039
85
1919
337
1920
83
75
-
80
1921
306
95
-
324
102
1922
-
-
220
76
1923
-
-
229
78
-
1924
-
210
79
-
1925
-
-
Average for years
1916-1925
291
-
98
1926
60
-
146
-
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There has been a decrease in the deaths from these diseases,
the figures being 94 against 96 in the previous year, and 171
the average for the last 10 years. This gives a zymotic death-rate
of .76.
MEASLES.
There were 24 deaths due to this disease, which is 20 below
the average for the last 10 years, and 4 above the number for
1925.
TABLE A.-INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
1916 | 364 | 108 | 8,819 | 88 |
1917 | 335 | 125 | 8,273 | 103 |
1918 | 322 | 139 | 7,965 | 107 |
1919 | 262 | 99 | 7,039 | 85 |
1920 | 337 | 83 | – | 75 |
1921 | 306 | 95 | – | 80 |
1922 | 324 | 102 | – | – |
1923 | 220 | 76 | – | – |
1924 | 229 | 78 | – | – |
1925 | 210 | 79 | – | – |
Average for years 1916-1925 | 291 | 98 | – | – |
1926 | 146 | 60 | – | – |