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The Registration year 1879, (comprising 53 weeks) ended on
the 3rd day of January. During that period 3716 births and 1982
deaths were registered in the parish. The births were 119 above,
and the deaths 128 below the corresponding numbers in the previous
year. The annual birth rate was 37.9, and the annual death rate
20.2 per 1000. The increase of the population was at the rate of
17.6 per 1000, raising the estimated number of inhabitants to
99.734.
The population of registration in London is estimated at
3,064,149.
February 2nd, 1880. ;
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of
January, 160 births and 84 deaths were registered in Bermondsey.
These numbers are equal to an annual birth rate of 41.7, and to an
annual rate of mortality of 21.9 per thousand of the estimated population.
The death rate in London for the corresponding period
was 25.8 per thousand.
From the principal diseases of the zymotic class there were 14
deaths, viz: —measles 1, scarlet fever 3, whooping cough 8, enteric
fever 1, and diarrhœa 1.
Tubercular diseases caused 8 deaths, viz:—phthisis 6, and
hydrocephalus 2.
From diseases of the respiratory organs there were 28 deaths,
viz:—bronchitis 19, pneumonia 6, and croup 3.
Diseases of the brain and the nervous system caused 12 deaths
of the heart 2, of the liver 1.
From old age there were 5 deaths.
The deaths which occurred at different periods of life were 19
under one year, 23 between one and five years, 22 between five and
sixty years, and 20 above sixty years.
Five Inquests were held. In 2 the deaths were referred to
natural causes, and in 2 to suicide.
Three deaths were not certified:-2 being registered as due to
convulsions, and 1 to thrush.
The Registrar General reports that "during last year 458
deaths from smallpox were registered in London, against 2544 and