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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 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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INFANTILE MORTALITY
| Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
| 1949 | 33 | 29 | 1,517 | 27 |
| 1950 | 23 | 20 | 1,372 | 26 |
| 1951 | 27 | 25 | 1,333 | 25 |
| 1952 | 20 | 20 | 1,189 | 23 |
| 1953 | 27 | 27 | 1,216 | 24 |
| 1954 | 23 | 24 | 1,047 | 21 |
| 1955 | 21 | 23 | 1,157 | 23 |
| 1956 | 18 | 16 | 1,106 | 21 |
| 1957 | 20 | 21 | 1,160 | 22 |
| 1958 | 18 | 19 | 1,218 | 22.6 |
| Average for years 1949-1958 | 23 | 22 | 1,231 | 23·4 |
| 1959 | 17 | 19 | 1,238 | 22 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1948.
| Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| 1949 | 41 | 0·68 | 1,900 | 0·57 |
| 1950 | 23 | 0·38 | 1,585 | 0·47 |
| 1951 | 21 | 0·35 | 1,225 | 0·36 |
| 1952 | 20 | 0.35 | 1,154 | 0·34 |
| 1953 | 14 | 0·24 | 933 | 0·28 |
| 1954 | 14 | 0·24 | 596 | 0·18 |
| 1955 | 8 | 0·14 | 517 | 0·16 |
| 1956 | 10 | 0·18 | 423 | 0·13 |
| 1957 | 9 | 0·16 | 378 | 0·12 |
| 1958 | 6 | 0·11 | 379 | 0·12 |
| Averages for years 1949-1958 | 16 | 0·28 | 909 | 0·27 |
| 1959 | 4 | 0.07 | 343 | 0.11 |