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Bermondsey 1925
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1925
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TABLE III.—DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1925.
| Year. | All Causes | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pytexia (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. | |
| 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 | 213 | 2.02 | – | – | 72 | .66 | 1 | .01 | 18 | 16 | 32 | .29 | – | – | 6 | .05 | – | – | 89 | .82 |
| 1918 | 2390 | 22.0 | 229 | 2.ll | – | – | 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 | 1567 | 13.6 | 117 | .95 | – | – | 48 | .39 | 6 | .04 | 25 | .20 | 11 | .09 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | .21 |
| Average for years 1915-1924 | 1910 | 16.2 | 198 | 1.68 | – | – | 53 | .45 | 7 | .05 | 35 | .29 | 36 | .30 | – | – | 2 | .02 | – | – | 64 | .54 |
| 1925 | 1554 | 12.6 | 96 | .78 | – | – | 20 | .16 | 3 | .02 | 29 | .24 | 27 | .22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | .14 |