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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 1935
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1935
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the Borough
registered during 1935 was 1,201, consisting of 670 males and
531 females. The number for 1934 was 1,304.
The death rate for 1935 was 11.7 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 12.4 for 1934.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1935 was
1,027, being 23 below the number for 1934, and 15 above the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 20.00 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 19.91.
Year No. Rate
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
1934 1,050 19·91
Average for years 1925—1934 1,012 17·71
1935 1,027 20·00