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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 1927
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927
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TABLE III.—DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1927.
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
2.02
18
.16
-
-
1917
2032
218
72
32
.29
-
-
6
.05
89
.82
-
.01
18.8
-
.66
1
71
84
48
.44
1918
2390
22.0
229
2.11
.06
3
.03
23
.21
.78
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
.02
-
62
.49
14.1
-
18
.04
21
.17
4
.03
-
3
1919
1748
113
.91
-
.14
5
-
-
.01
.26
56
25
.32
1
-
33
1642
12.7
163
1.26
-
-
.44
7
.06
.19
41
-
-
1920
-
.15
.03
-
87
1656
13.7
197
1.63
-
-
3
18
69
.57
14
.11
-
-
3
.72
1921
-
-
-
24
16.7
2.41
-
101
.09
90
.74
65
.53
-
-
1
-
.19
1922
2025
292
-
.83
11
-
2
62
1923
12.1
125
1.02
33
12
.01
-
.50
1480
-
-
13
.10
3
.02
.27
.09
-
-
-
.39
.20
11
-
26
.21
1924
13.6
117
.95
-
48
6
.04
25
.09
-
1
-
1657
-
-
-
-
-
17
.14
12.6
.78
-
20
.16
.02
29
.24
27
.22
-
1925
1554
96
-
3
-
-
-
-
.17
94
-
-
.19
6
-
-
21
1926
1484
12.1
.76
24
.05
42
.34
1
.01
-
-
-
43
.35
6
.05
37
.31
29
2
.39
14.8
164
1.38
-
-
-
-
.01
-
47
Average
for years
1917-1926
1767
.25
-
1566
9
1
-
-
-
12
.09
12.9
45
.37
-
-
.11
-
-
1927
-
-
.07
13
10
TABLE III.—DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1927.
| 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 | |
| 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 | .06 | 3 | .03 | 23 | .21 | .78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 | 84 | .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 |
| 1926 | 1484 | 12.1 | 94 | .76 | – | – | 24 | .19 | 6 | .05 | 42 | .34 | 1 | .01 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | .17 |
| Average for years 1917-1926 | 1767 | 14.8 | 164 | 1.38 | – | – | 43 | .35 | 6 | .05 | 37 | .31 | 29 | .25 | – | – | 2 | .01 | – | – | 47 | .39 |
| 1927 | 1566 | 12.9 | 45 | .37 | – | – | 9 | .07 | – | – | 13 | .11 | 10 | .08 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 12 | .09 |