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 1928
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
1918 | 322 | 139 | 7,965 | 107 |
1919 | 262 | 99 | 7,039 | 85 |
1920 | 337 | 83 | 9,141 | 76 |
1921 | 306 | 95 | 8,077 | 80 |
1922 | 324 | 102 | 7,089 | 75 |
1923 | 220 | 76 | 5,615 | 61 |
1924 | 229 | 78 | 5,904 | 69 |
1925 | 210 | 79 | 5,599 | 68 |
1926 | 146 | 60 | 5,067 | 64 |
1927 | 149 | 67 | 4,357 | 59 |
Average for years 1918-1927 | 250 | 88 | 6,585 | 74 |
1928 | 178 | 85 | 4,879 | 67 |
It will be noted that the Infantile Mortality Rate for 1927
was sixty-seven, and that the Rate for the present year is eightyfive.
This unfortunate rise is accounted for by the large number
of deaths attributable to Measles and Pneumonia.
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1918.
Sub-District | Bermondsey | Rotherhithe | St. Olave | Whole Borough | London | |||||
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Year | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
1918 | 117 | 1.66 | 43 | 1.42 | 9 | 1.20 | 169 | 1.56 | 7048 | 1.78 |
1919 | 104 | 1.28 | 58 | 1.66 | 12 | 1.39 | 174 | 1.40 | 5332 | 1.22 |
1920 | 81 | 0.96 | 46 | 1.27 | 10 | 1.12 | 137 | 1.06 | 4791 | 1.05 |
1921 | 106 | – | 43 | – | 14 | – | 163 | 1.35 | 4813 | 1.07 |
1922 | 119 | – | 43 | – | .7 | – | 169 | 1.39 | 4888 | 1.08 |
1923 | 95 | – | 35 | – | 14 | – | 144 | 1.18 | 4432 | 0.97 |
1924 | 92 | – | 46 | – | 11 | – | 149 | 1.22 | 4486 | 0.98 |
1925 | 99 | – | 35 | – | 11 | – | 145 | 1.18 | 4361 | 0.95 |
1926 | 100 | – | 39 | – | 12 | – | 151 | 1.23 | 4066 | 0.88 |
1927 | 87 | – | 42 | – | 15 | – | 144 | 1.19 | 4140 | 0.91 |
Averages for years 1918-1927 | 100 | – | 43 | – | 11 | – | 154 | 1.28 | 4836 | 1.09 |
1928 | 88 | – | 43 | – | 12 | – | 143 | 1.24 | 3985 | 0.89 |