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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 FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1931
| 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 | |
| 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 | ·01 | 26 | ·21 |
| 1925 | 1554 | 12·6 | 96 | ·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 |
| 1929 | 1650 | 14·5 | 62 | ·54 | – | – | 1 | ·01 | 2 | ·02 | 6 | ·05 | 33 | ·29 | 1 | ·01 | 19 | ·17 |
| 1930 | 1488 | 13·1 | 101 | ·89 | – | – | 61 | ·54 | 7 | ·06 | 8 | ·07 | 6 | ·05 | 2 | ·02 | 17 | ·15 |
| Average for years 1921-1930 | 1608 | 13·4 | 127 | 1·05 | – | – | 36 | ·30 | 6 | ·05 | 33 | ·27 | 20 | ·17 | 1 | ·01 | 30 | ·25 |
| 1931 | 1408 | 12·5 | 24 | ·21 | – | – | 3 | ·03 | 1 | ·01 | 6 | ·05 | 5 | ·04 | – | – | 9 | ·08 |