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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 1911
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1911
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11.
Institutions outside the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which have
been distributed among the several localities in the
District.
I,
Institutions within the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from outside the District.
No. of
Deaths.
Banstead Asylum
51
Cane Hill Asylum
10
Caterham Asylum
11
Claybury Asylum
2
Colney Hatch Asylum
1
Darenth Asylum
3
Dartford Heath Asylum
9
Horton Asylum
8
Hanwell Asylum
1
Leavesden Asylum
4
Long Grove Asylum
13
Manor Asylum
1
Tooting Bee Asylum
17
Belmont Workhouse
1
Newington Workhouse
2
St. George's Workhouse
1
Camberwell Infirmary
1
City Infirmary
1
Chelsea Infirmary
1
Greenwich Infirmary
1
Southwark Infirmary
3
Children's Infirmary, Carshalton
2
St. Peter's House, Lambeth
1
Mildmay Mission
1
Peckham House
1
Chase Farm Schools, Enfield
2
Home for Sick Children
1
Rescue Society Servants' Home
1
River Thames and Canal
6
In Private Premises or Street
19
On Railway
2
Parkwood Convalescent Home
1
West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital
1
Lady Margaret Hospital
1
Metropolitan Convalescent Institution
1
Mailing Union Infirmary
1
Mount Vernon Hospital
1
Throston Port Sanitary Hospital
1
St. Lawrence Convalescent Home
1
Capel Isolation Hospital
1
Total
560
Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1911 and Previous Years.
Year.
Bermondsey.
Rotheehithe.
St. Olavb.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
I
Births
registered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Births 1
legistered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Births
registered.
1901
82,441
1,768
497
38,446
1,220
747
9.74G
204
42
215
2,920
319
1902
741
82,281
2,855
1,782
455
38,394
1,170
174
9,462
321
233
49
655
168
1903
82,129
2,801
1,523
453
38,347
1,116
9,178
283
204
36
187
1904
81,986
2,748
1,634
477
38,304
1,083
713
8,897
362
246
59
604
1905
81,852
2,894
1,597
422
38,264
1,130
164
8,614
264
198
45
1906
81,727
2,683
1,618
408
38,229
1,089
702
170
8,332
259
209
46
144
1907
81,610
2,674
1,506
335
38,197
1,110
669
8,049
229
163
22
1908
81,500
2,785
1,613
411
38,169
1,129
611
151
7,769
258
220
48
1909
81,398
2,739
1,563
396
38,145
1,069
654
143
7,487
247
170
34
1910
81,304
2,661
1,441
341
38,125
1,040
603
134
7,205
256
185
27
165
Averages
of years
1901-1910
2,776
1,605
38,262
1,116
670
8,474
41
81,823
420
280
203
2,528
1,470
1,067
167
8,671
247
184
41
403
35,059
666
82,110
1911
III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
| No. of Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| Banstead Asylum | 5 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 10 |
| Caterham Asylum | 11 |
| Claybury Asylum | 2 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 1 |
| Darenth Asylum | 3 |
| Dartford Heath Asylum | 9 |
| Horton Asylum | 8 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 1 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 4 |
| Long Grove Asylum | 13 |
| Manor Asylum | 1 |
| Tooting Bec Asylum | 17 |
| Belmont Workhouse | 1 |
| Newington Workhouse | 2 |
| St. George's Workhouse | 1 |
| Camberwell Infirmary | 1 |
| City Infirmary | 1 |
| Chelsea Infirmary | 1 |
| Greenwich Infirmary | 1 |
| Southwark Infirmary | 3 |
| Children's Infirmary, Carshalton | 2 |
| St. Peter's House, Lambeth | 1 |
| Mildmay Mission | 1 |
| Peckham House | 1 |
| Chase Farm Schools, Enfield | 2 |
| Home for Sick Children | 1 |
| Rescue Society Servants' Home | 1 |
| River Thames and Canal | 6 |
| In Private Premises or Street | 19 |
| On Railway | 2 |
| Parkwood Convalescent Home | 1 |
| West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital | 1 |
| Lady Margaret Hospital | 1 |
| Metropolitan Convalescent Institution | 1 |
| Malling Union Infirmary | 1 |
| Mount Vernon Hospital | 1 |
| Throston Port Sanitary Hospital | 1 |
| St. Lawrence Convalescent Home | 1 |
| Capel Isolation Hospital | 1 |
| Total | 560 |
Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1911 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. olave. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | |
| 1901 | 82,441 | 2,920 | 1,768 | 497 | 38,446 | 1,220 | 747 | 215 | 9.746 | 319 | 204 | 42 |
| 1902 | 82,281 | 2,855 | 1,782 | 455 | 38,394 | 1,170 | 741 | 174 | 9,462 | 321 | 233 | 49 |
| 1903 | 82,129 | 2,801 | 1,523 | 453 | 38,347 | 1,116 | 655 | 168 | 9,178 | 283 | 204 | 36 |
| 1904 | 81,986 | 2,748 | 1,634 | 477 | 38,304 | 1,083 | 713 | 187 | 8,897 | 362 | 246 | 59 |
| 1905 | 81,852 | 2,894 | 1,597 | 422 | 38,264 | 1,130 | 604 | 164 | 8,614 | 264 | 198 | 45 |
| 1906 | 81,727 | 2,683 | 1,618 | 408 | 38,229 | 1,089 | 702 | 170 | 8,332 | 259 | 209 | 46 |
| 1907 | 81,610 | 2,674 | 1,506 | 335 | 38,197 | 1,110 | 669 | 144 | 8,049 | 229 | 163 | 22 |
| 1908 | 81,500 | 2,785 | 1,613 | 411 | 38,169 | 1,129 | 611 | 151 | 7,769 | 258 | 220 | 48 |
| 1909 | 81,398 | 2,739 | 1,563 | 396 | 38,145 | 1,069 | 654 | 143 | 7,487 | 247 | 170 | 34 |
| 1910 | 81,304 | 2,661 | 1,441 | 341 | 38,125 | 1,040 | 603 | 134 | 7,205 | 256 | 185 | 27 |
| Averages of years 1901-1910 | 81,823 | 2,776 | 1,605 | 420 | 38,262 | 1,116 | 670 | 165 | 8,474 | 280 | 203 | 41 |
| 1911 | 82,110 | 2,528 | 1,470 | 403 | 35,059 | 1,067 | 666 | 167 | 8,671 | 247 | 184 | 41 |