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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 FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1935.
| Year | All Causes | Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever | Diarrhœa | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| 1925 | 1554 | 12·6 | 96 | ·78 | – | – | 20 | ·16 | 3 | ·02 | 29 | ·24 | 27 | ·22 | – | – | 17 | ·14 |
| 1926 | 1484 | 12·1 | 94 | ·76 | – | – | 24 | ·19 | 6 | ·05 | 42 | ·34 | 1 | ·01 | – | – | 21 | ·17 |
| 1927 | 1566 | 12·9 | 45 | ·37 | – | – | 9 | ·07 | – | – | 13 | ·11 | 10 | ·08 | 1 | – | 12 | ·09 |
| 1928 | 1520 | 13·2 | 137 | 1·19 | – | – | 77 | ·67 | 3 | ·03 | 16 | ·14 | 26 | ·23 | 1 | ·01 | 14 | ·12 |
| 1929 | 1650 | 14·5 | 62 | ·54 | – | – | 1 | ·01 | 2 | ·02 | 6 | ·05 | 33 | ·29 | 1 | ·01 | 19 | ·17 |
| 1930 | 1488 | 13·1 | 101 | ·89 | – | – | 61 | ·54 | 7 | ·06 | 8 | ·07 | 6 | ·05 | 2 | ·02 | 17 | ·15 |
| 1931 | 1408 | 12·5 | 24 | ·21 | – | – | 3 | ·03 | 1 | ·01 | 6 | ·05 | 5 | ·04 | – | – | 9 | 08 |
| 1932 | 1326 | 12·0 | 67 | ·61 | 1 | ·01 | 25 | ·23 | – | – | 11 | .10 | 16 | ·15 | – | – | 14 | 13 |
| 1933 | 1340 | 12·5 | 45 | .42 | – | – | 9 | ·08 | 4 | ·04 | 13 | .12 | 5 | .05 | – | – | 14 | ·13 |
| 1934 | 1304 | 12·4 | 87 | .83 | – | – | 38 | ·36 | 1 | .01 | 10 | .10 | 10 | .10 | – | – | 28 | ·26 |
| Average for years 1925-1934 | 1464 | 12·8 | 76 | ·66 | – | – | 27 | ·23 | 3 | .02 | 15 | .13 | 14 | .12 | – | – | 16 | ·14 |
| 1935 | 1201 | 11·7 | 54 | ·53 | – | – | 4 | .04 | – | – | 10 | ·10 | 5 | .05 | – | – | 35 | .34 |