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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 1945
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1945
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the borough registered
during 1945 was 686, consisting of 374 males and 312 females. The
number for 1944 was 809. The death-rate for 1945 was 14.6 per
thousand persons living, compared with 18.1 for 1944.
MARRIAGES.
The total number of marriages in the borough in 1945 was 737,
being 367 above the number for 1944, and 132 below the average for
the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent Registrar.
| Year | No. | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 1,027 | 20.00 |
| 1936 | 970 | 19.32 |
| 1937 | 1,090 | 22.07 |
| 1938 | 941 | 19.32 |
| 1939 | 1,258 | 26.35 |
| 1940 | 1,186 | 33.13 |
| 1941 | 725 | 32.79 |
| 1942 | 666 | 29.97 |
| 1943 | 458 | 20.16 |
| 1944 | 370 | 16.52 |
| Average for years 1935—1944 | 869 | 23.96 |
| 1945 | 737 | 31.34 |