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Bermondsey 1938
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938
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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 | |
| 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 |
| 1933 | 92 | 61 | 3,377 | 60 |
| 1934 | 100 | 64 | 3,832 | 67 |
| 1935 | 103 | 69 | 3,229 | 58 |
| 1936 | 92 | 60 | 3,691 | 66 |
| 1937 | 84 | 59 | 3,309 | 60 |
| Average for years 1928-1937 | 115 | 64 | 3,983 | 64 |
| 1938 | 65 | 45 | * | * |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1928.
| Sub-District | Bermond. sey | Rotherhither | St. Olave | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No. | No. | No. | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
| 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 |
| 1933 | 68 | 23 | 8 | 99 | 0.92 | 3530 | 0.82 |
| 1934 | 64 | 22 | 4 | 90 | 0.86 | 3227 | 0.76 |
| 1935 | 70 | 23 | 5 | 98 | 0.95 | 2847 | 0.68 |
| 1936 | 51 | 22 | 6 | 79 | 0.79 | 2848 | 0.69 |
| 1937 | 63 | 22 | 2 | 87 | 0.89 | 2888 | 0.71 |
| Averages for years 1928-1937 | 71 | 29 | 76 | 108 | 0.99 | 3485 | 0.81 |
| 1938 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 66 | 0.68 | * | * |
* These figures are furnished by the Medical Officer of Health, London County
Council, and were not available at the time of going to press—l2th June,
1939.