Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1949.

  • Bermondsey (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1950]
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1949. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (9) INFANTILE MORTALITY. Whole Borough London Year No. of Deaths Rate per 1,000 Births No. of Deaths Rate per 1,000 Births 1939 2,409 45 37 47 35 2,062 1940 40 48 1941 32 61 57 1,543 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 44 45 Average for years 1939-1948 43 2,144 1949 33 29 1,517 27 TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1939. Sub-District Bermondsey Rotherhithe St. Olave Whole Borough London Year No. No. No. Rate No. Rate No. 1939 38 2650 0.70 21 6 65 0.72 43 68 2687 1940 21 4 0.95 0.87 1941 34 17 1 52 2552 1.10 1.18 1942 34 13 1 48 0.93 2164 0.90 15 49 2204 1943 30 4 1.08 0.88 1944 30 16 47 2073 1 1.05 0.84 1945 28 15 2 45 0.96 2033 0.78 32 1946 23 8 1 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 2225 Averages for years 1939- 1948 31 16 0.91 0.79 50 3 1949 8 1 41 1585 32 0.47 0.68