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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 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough registered
during 1931 was 1,408, consisting of 736 males, 670 females
and 2in which the sex could not be determined. The number for
1930 was 1,488.
The death rate for 1931 was 12·5 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 13.1 for 1930
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1931 was
1,001, being 20 below the number for 1930, and 28 below the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 17 81 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 17·94.
Year No. Rate
1921 1,084 17.99
1,008
16.64
1922
1923
1,056
17.34
1924
1,015
16.62
1925
1,038
16.88
1926
994
16.15
1927
1,021
16.88
1928
1,055
18.32
1929
994
17.47
1930
1,021
17.94
Average for years 1921 —1930
1,029
17.22
1931
1,001
17.81
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