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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 1928
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1928
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| DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1928. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | All Causes | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever | Diarrhœa | |||||||||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| 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 |
| 1926 | 1484 | 12.1 | 94 | ·76 | – | – | – | ·19 | 6 | ·05 | 42 | ·34 | 1 | ·01 | – | – | 21 | ·17 |
| 1927 | 1566 | 12.9 | 45 | ·37 | – | – | 9 | ·07 | – | – | 13 | ·11 | 10 | ·08 | – | – | 12 | ·09 |
| Average for years 1918-1927 | 1720 | 14.2 | 147 | 1.22 | – | – | 36 | ·30 | 6 | ·05 | 37 | ·30 | 27 | ·23 | 1 | ·01 | 39 | ·32 |
| 1928 | 1520 | 13.2 | 137 | 1.19 | – | – | 77 | .67 | 3 | .03 | 16 | .14 I | 26 | .23 | 1 | .01 | 14 | .12 |