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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 1960
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960
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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 | |
| 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 |
| 1959 | 17 | 19 | 1,238 | 22 |
| Average for years 1950 – 1959 | 21 | 21 | 1,203 | 22.9 |
| 1960 | 23 | 27 | 1,232 | 21.61 |
There is an increase in the number of infantile deaths for the
period under review but these apply mainly to prematurity and
congenital malformations.
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1950.
| Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| 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 |
| 1959 | 4 | 0.07 | 343 | 0.11 |
| Averages for years 1950-1959 | 12 | 0.22 | 753 | 0.22 |
| 1960 | 3 | 0.06 | 235 | 0.07 |