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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 1937
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1937
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough
registered during 1937 was 1,212, consisting of 650 males and
562 females. The number for 1936 was 1,289.
The death rate for 1937 was 12.3 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 12.8 for 1936.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the borough in 1937 was
1,090, being 120 above the number for 1936, and 82 above the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 22.07 per 1,000 of the population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 19.32.
| Year | No. | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1935 | 1,027 | 20.00 |
| 1936 | 970 | 19.32 |
| Average for years 1927-1936 | 1,008 | 18.34 |
| 1937 | 1,090 | 22.07 |