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Bermondsey 1941
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1941
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INFANTILE MORTALITY. The Infantile Mortality Rate for the year 1941 has been calculated on the figure of 528 live births furnished by the Registrar-General.
| Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
| 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 |
| 1939 | 45 | 37 | 2,409 | 47 |
| 1940 | 40 | 35 | 2,062 | 48 |
| Average for years 1931-1940 | 84 | 54 | 3,345 | 59 |
| 1941 | 32 | 61 | 1,543 | 57 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1931.
| Sub-District | Bermondsey | Rotherhithe | St. Olave | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No. | No. | No. | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
| 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 |
| 1939 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 65 | 0.72 | 2650 | 0.70 |
| 1940 | 43 | 21 | 4 | 68 | 0.95 | 2687 | 0.87 |
| Averages for years 1931- 1940 | 59 | 24 | 5 | 88 | 0.88 | 3074 | 0.76 |
| 1941 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 52 | * | 2552 | * |
*Not available for publication.