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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 1933
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1933
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough
registered during 1933 was 1,340, consisting of 716 males and
624 females. The number for 1932 was 1,326.
The death rate for 1933 was 12.5 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 12.0 for 1932.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1933 was
1,007, being 71 above the number for 1932, and 6 below th e
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 18.77 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 17.00.
Year
No.
Rate
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
1932
1,001
936
17.81
17.00
17.24
Average for years 1923—1932
1,013
1933
1,007
18.77