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 1951
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
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No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
1941 | 32 | 61 | 1,543 | 57 |
1942 | 38 | 47 | 2,035 | 50 |
1943 | 49 | 53 | 2,284 | 51 |
1944 | 56 | 66 | 2,250 | 51 |
1945 | 44 | 52 | 2,011 | 44 |
1946 | 53 | 39 | 2,527 | 38 |
1947 | 50 | 33 | 2,454 | 34 |
1948 | 20 | 16 | 1,869 | 31 |
1949 | 33 | 29 | 1,517 | 27 |
1950 | 23 | 20 | 1,372 | 26 |
Average for years 1941-1950 | 40 | 42 | 1,986 | 41 |
1951 | 27 | 25 | 1,333 | 25 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1941.
Sub-District | Bermondsey | Rotherhithe | St. Olave | Whole Borough | London | ||
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Year | No. | No. | No. | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
1941 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 52 | 1·18 | 2552 | 1·10 |
1942 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 48 | 0·93 | 2164 | 0·90 |
1943 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 49 | 1·08 | 2204 | 0·88 |
1944 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 1·05 | 2073 | 0·84 |
1945 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 45 | 0·96 | 2033 | 0·78 |
1946 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0·57 | 1940 | 0·62 |
1947 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 52 | 0·88 | 2044 | 0·62 |
1948 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 0·74 | 1900 | 0·57 |
1949 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 0·68 | 1585 | 0·47 |
1950 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0·38 | 1225 | 0·36 |
Averages for years 1941- 1950 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 43 | 0·84 | 1972 | 0·71 |
1951 | 16 | 5 | – | 21 | 0·35 | 1154 | 0·34 |