Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1939
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INFANTILE MORTALITY. The Infantile Mortality Rate for the year 1939 has been calculated on the figure of 1,223 live births furnished by the Registrar-General.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
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No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
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 |
1938 | 65 | 45 | 3,130 | 57 |
Average for years 1929-1938 | 104 | 60 | 3,808 | 63 |
1939 | 45 | 37 | 2,409 | 47 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1929.
Sub-District | Bermondsey | Rotherhithe | St. Olave | Whole Borough | London | ||
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Year | No. | No. | No. | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
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 |
1938 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 66 | 0.68 | 2590 | 0.64 |
Averages for years 1929-1938 | 67 | 27 | 6 | 100 | 0.94 | 3346 | 0.78 |
1939 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 65 | 0.72 | 2650 | 0.70 |