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Bermondsey 1939
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1939
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DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1939.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 1935 | 1201 | 11.7 | 54 | .53 | – | – | 4 | .04 | – | – | 10 | .10 | 5 | .05 | – | – | 35 | .34 |
| 1936 | 1289 | 12.8 | 56 | .56 | – | – | 20 | .20 | – | – | 8 | .08 | 5 | .05 | 4 | .04 | 19 | .19 |
| 1937 | 1212 | 12.3 | 36 | .36 | – | – | – | .09 | – | – | 5 | .05 | 7 | .07 | – | – | 24 | .24 |
| 1938 | 1072 | 11.0 | 30 | .31 | – | – | 9 | .09 | – | – | 4 | .04 | 4 | .04 | – | – | 13 | .13 |
| Average for years 1929-1938 | 1329 | 12.5 | 56 | .53 | – | – | 17 | .16 | 1 | .01 | 8 | .08 | 10 | .09 | 1 | .01 | 19 | .18 |
| 1939 | 1010 | 11.2 | 17 | .19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | .08 | 2 | .02 | – | – | 8 | .09 |