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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 1915

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1915

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Table: Table VI.—Population, Births and Deaths in Wards.

Table VI.—Population, Births and Deaths in Wards.

Wards.Population at Census, 1911.†Estimated population, 1915.Births, 1915.Birth-rate.Deaths, 1915.Death-rate.Deaths under one year of age.Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births.
Bermondsey—82,11977,1552,30629.81,62121.0349151
Ward 114,26013,40640029.829421.959147
„ 214,34113,48243532.229722.062142
„ 315,56414,62746431.730120.565140
„ 416,26415,28838325.025916.949127
„ 511,75211,04730827.821719.647152
„ 69,9389,30531633.925327.167212
Rotherhithe—35,14232,19499130.864219.9153154
Ward 114,17012,91941331.927421.269167
„ 213,74812,53839731.622618.856188
„ 37,2246,58318127.413220.028154
St. Olave—8,6997,83918523.720726.435189
St. John5,3044,77511524.111323.621182
St. Olave1,9941,7994122.86636.68195
St. Thomas1,4011,2652922.92822.16206
Whole Borough—Totals125,960117,1883,48229.7*2,47021.4537‡154

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* Note.—43 Deaths in outlying Institutions could not be allocated to any particular Ward, but are included in the total for the whole Borough.
j The IVard populations in this column are estimated, as the census figures have not been supplied.
} 1 Death under this heading could not be allocated to any particular Ward, but is included in the total for the whole Borough.