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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 1912
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1912
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I.
Institutions within the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from outside the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which
have been distributed among the several localities
in the District.
II.
Institutions outside the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from the District.
J
No. of
Deaths.
Dartford Heath Asylum
9
Horton Asylum
7
Leavesden Asylum
3
Long Grove Asylum
2
Manor Asylum
2
Tooting Bee Asylum
14
Newington Workhouse
1
Camberwell Infirmary
1
Camberwell Workhouse
1
Southwark Infirmary
3
River Arun
1
River Medway
1
River Thames and Canal
6
Street
6
St. Catherine's Hospital
1
Grove Hospital
1
Brompton Hospital
2
Royal Sussex County Hospital
1
Manor Hospital
1
Royal Naval Hospital, Gillingham
1
Wandsworth Infirmary
1
Lambeth Infirmary
1
Whitechapel Infirmary
1
Nottingham Infirmary
1
Day Nursery, Newcomen Street
1
Leytonstone Workhouse
1
Convent Hospital, Shoreditch
1
Suffolk District Asylum
1
Soho Square Hospital
1
Cancer Hospital, Chelsea
1
Mary Tollana Home
1
Darenth Industrial Colony
2
Treloar Cripples' Home
1
Wandsworth Prison
2
St. John's Lodge Nursing Home
1
Belgrave Hospital
2
Bethlehem Hospital
1
Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street
1
Sutton School
1
Westminster Hospital
2
Private Houses
10
Total
538
Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1912 and Previous Years
I
St. Olave.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Births
registered.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Births
registered.
Births
registered.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Year.
1,782
1,170
741
9,462
321
233
49
1902
82,281
2,855
455
38,394
174
453
36
1903
82,129
2,801
1,523
38,347
1,116
655
9,178
204
168
283
81,986
2,748
1,634
477
38,304
1,083
713
8,897
1904
187
362
246
59
1905
81,852
2,894
1,597
604
164
264
198
422
1,130
8,614
45
38,264
81,727
1,618
408
38,229
170
8,332
259
209
1906
2,683
1,089
46
702
38,197
81,610
2,674
1,506
1,110
144
8,049
1907
335
669
229
163
22
2,785
1,613
411
1,129
611
7,769
1908
81,500
38,169
151
258
220
48
1909
2,739
1,563
396
1,069
654
247
81,398
38,145
143
7,487
170
34
81,304
2,661
603
7,205
256
1910
1,441
341
38,125
1,040
134
185
27
82,110
2,528
8,671
247
1911
1,470
403
1,067
167
184
41
35,059
666
201
41
662
8,366
Averages
of years
1902-1911
81,790
160
2,736
1,575
410
37,923
1,100
273
511
8,568
232
169
30
1912
82,073
2,502
1,439
290
1,065
34,747
113
III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
| No. of Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| Dartford Heath Asylum | 9 |
| Horton Asylum | 7 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 3 |
| Long Grove Asylum | 2 |
| Manor Asylum | 2 |
| Tooting Bee Asylum | 14 |
| Newington Workhouse | 1 |
| Camberwell Infirmary | 1 |
| Camberwell Workhouse | 1 |
| Southwark Infirmary | 3 |
| River Arun | 1 |
| River Medway | 1 |
| River Thames and Canal | 6 |
| Street | 6 |
| St. Catherine's Hospital | 1 |
| Grove Hospital | 1 |
| Brompton Hospital | 2 |
| Royal Sussex County Hospital | 1 |
| Manor Hospital | 1 |
| Royal Naval Hospital, Gillingham | 1 |
| Wandsworth Infirmary | 1 |
| Lambeth Infirmary | 1 |
| Whitechapel Infirmary | 1 |
| Nottingham Infirmary | 1 |
| Day Nursery, Newcomen Street | 1 |
| Leytonstone Workhouse | 1 |
| Convent Hospital, Shoreditch | 1 |
| Suffolk District Asylum | 1 |
| Soho Square Hospital | 1 |
| Cancer Hospital, Chelsea | 1 |
| Mary Tollana Home | 1 |
| Darenth Industrial Colony | 2 |
| Treloar Cripples' Home | 1 |
| Wandsworth Prison | 2 |
| St. John's Lodge Nursing Home | 1 |
| Belgrave Hospital | 2 |
| Bethlehem Hospital | 1 |
| Sick Asylum, Cleveland Street | 1 |
| Sutton School | 1 |
| Westminster Hospital | 2 |
| Private Houses | 10 |
| Total | 538 |
Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1912 and Previous Years
| Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
| 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 |
| 1911 | 82,110 | 2,528 | 1,470 | 403 | 35,059 | 1,067 | 666 | 167 | 8,671 | 247 | 184 | 41 |
| Averages of years 1902-1911 | 81,790 | 2,736 | 1,575 | 410 | 37,923 | 1,100 | 662 | 160 | 8,366 | 273 | 201 | 41 |
| 1912 | 82,073 | 2,502 | 1,439 | 290 | 34,747 | 1,065 | 511 | 113 | 8,568 | 232 | 169 | 30 |