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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 1934
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough
registered during 1934 was 1,304, consisting of 720 males and
584 females. The number for 1933 was 1,340.
The death rate for 1934 was 12.4 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 12.5 for 1933.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1934 was
1,050, being 43 above the number for 1933, and 42 above the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 19.91 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 18.77.
Year
No.
Rate
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
1932
936
17.00
1933
1,007
18.77
Average for years 1924 —1933
1,008
17.38
1934
1,050
19.91