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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 1940
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough
registered during 1940 was 1,551, consisting of 795 males and
756 females. The number for 1939 was 1,010.
The death rate for 1940 was 21.7 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 11.2 for 1939.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the borough in 1940 was
1,186, being 72 below the number for 1939, and 156 above the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent
Registrar. This makes a marriage rate of 33.13 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with a marriage rate last year of 26.35.
Year No. Rate
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
1937 1,090 22·07
1938 941 19·32
1939 1,258 26·35
Average for years 1930 —1939 1,030 19·85
1940 1,186 33·13