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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 1932
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1932
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough
registered during 1932 was 1,326, consisting of 750 males and
576 females. The number for 1931 wag 1,408.
The death rate for 1932 was 12.0 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 12.5 for 1931.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1932 was
936, being 65 below the number for 1931, and 84 below the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 17.00 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 17.81.
Year No. Rate
1922 1,008 16.64
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
1931 1,001 17.81
Average for years 1922 —1931 1,020 17.20
1932 936 17.00