Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1933
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
| Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
| 1923 | 220 | 76 | 5,615 | 61 |
| 1924 | 229 | 78 | 5,904 | 69 |
| 1925 | 210 | 79 | 5,599 | 68 |
| 1926 | 146 | 60 | 5,067 | 64 |
| 1927 | 149 | 67 | 4,357 | 59 |
| 1928 | 178 | 85 | 4,879 | 67 |
| 1929 | 160 | 71 | 4,995 | 71 |
| 1930 | 130 | 63 | 4,109 | 59 |
| 1931 | 112 | 57 | 4,270 | 65 |
| 1932 | 103 | 56 | 4,143 | 67 |
| Average for years 1923-1932 | 164 | 69 | 4,894 | 65 |
| 1933 | 92 | 61 | 3,377 | 60 |
]TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1923.
| Sub-District | Bermondsey | Rotherhithe | St. Olave | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No. | No. | No. | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
| 1923 | 95 | 35 | 14 | 144 | 1.18 | 4432 | 0.97 |
| 1924 | 92 | 46 | 11 | 149 | 1.22 | 4486 | 0.98 |
| 1925 | 99 | 35 | 11 | 145 | 1.18 | 4361 | 0.95 |
| 1926 | 100 | 39 | 12 | 151 | 1.23 | 4066 | 0.88 |
| 1927 | 87 | 42 | 15 | 144 | 1.19 | 4140 | 0.91 |
| 1928 | 88 | 43 | 12 | 143 | 1.24 | 3985 | 0.89 |
| 1929 | 78 | 31 | 8 | 117 | 1.03 | 4230 | 0.96 |
| 1930 | 81 | 36 | 15 | 132 | 1.16 | 3826 | 0.87 |
| 1931 | 81 | 30 | 5 | 116 | 1.03 | 3907 | 0.90 |
| 1932 | 71 | 34 | 11 | 116 | 1.05 | 3564 | 0.82 |
| Averages for years 1923-1932 | 87 | 37 | 11 | 136 | 1.15 | 4100 | 0.91 |
| 1933 | 68 | 23 | 8 | 99 | 0.92 | 3530 | 0.82 |