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Bermondsey 1929
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1929
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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1929.
| 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 | |
| 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 | 1.02 | 125 | 12.1 | – | – | .10 | 13 | 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 | 36 | .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 |
| 1927 | 1566 | 12.9 | 45 | .37 | – | – | 9 | .07 | – | – | 13 | .11 | 10 | .08 | 1 | – | 12 | .09 |
| 1928 | 1520 | 13.2 | 137 | 1.19 | – | – | 77 | .67 | 3 | .03 | 16 | .14 | 26 | .23 | 1 | .01 | 14 | .12 |
| Average for years 1919-1928 | 1633 | 13.4 | 138 | 1.13 | – | – | 37 | .30 | 6 | .05 | 36 | .30 | 21 | .17 | 1 | .01 | 36 | .29 |
| 1929 | 1650 | 14.5 | 62 | .54 | – | – | 1 | .01 | 2 | .02 | 6 | .05 | 33 | .29 | 1 | .01 | 19 | .17 |