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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 1926
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1926
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TABLE III.-DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1926.
All Causes
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases
Smallpox
Measles
Scarlet
Fever
Enteric
Fever
Pyrexia
(origin
uncertain)
Diarrhoea
Diphtheria
Whooping
Cough
Typhus
Fever
Year
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
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
23
. 21
84
•78
-
48
•44
-
-
71
.66
3
.03
—
-
-
—
-
1919
1748
14.1
113
•91
18
.14
5
•04
21
-
.17
4
•03
-
-
3
.02
-
-
62
•49
-
1642
163
1920
12.7
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
-
-
1480
12.1
125
1.02
1923
-
13
.10
3
•02
33
•27
12
.09
2
•01
-
62
•50
-
-
-
-
1924
1657
13.6
117
•95
-
48
.39
6
•04
25
.20
11
.09
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
26
•21
1925
1554
12.6
96
•78
-
-
20
.16
3
•02
29
•24
27
•22
-
-
-
17
•14
-
-
-
Average
for years
1916-1925
•30
31
-
2
-
51
. 26
1814
15.4
171
1.45
-
44
6
.05
.43
•37
36
•01
-
-
-
1484
12.1
94
•76
-
-
24
6
42
•34
1
•01
-
-
-
21
-
1926
.19
•05
-
•17
-
TABLE III.-DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1926.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 1923 | 1480 | 12.1 | 125 | 1.02 | – | – | 13 | .10 | 3 | .02 | 33 | .27 | 12 | .09 | – | – | 2 | .01 | – | – | 62 | .50 |
| 1924 | 1657 | 13.6 | 117 | .95 | – | – | 48 | .39 | 6 | .04 | 25 | .20 | 11 | .09 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | .21 |
| 1925 | 1554 | 12.6 | 96 | .78 | – | – | 20 | .16 | 3 | .02 | 29 | .24 | 27 | .22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | .14 |
| Average for years 1916-1925 | 1814 | 15.4 | 171 | 1.45 | – | – | 44 | .37 | 6 | .05 | 36 | .30 | 31 | .26 | – | – | 2 | .01 | – | – | 51 | .43 |
| 1926 | 1484 | 12.1 | 94 | .76 | – | – | 24 | .19 | 6 | .05 | 42 | .34 | 1 | .01 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | .17 |