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which 874 were males, and 847, females. In the previous
year the deaths were 1913, and the average of the ten years,
1873-82, was 1874. The annual rate of mortality was 19.5
per thousand of the estimated population. Corrected for age
and sex distribution, the death rate was 20.02. The male
death rate was 19.9, and the female death rate, 19.2. In
London the general death rate was 20.4 per thousand. Males
22.3; females 18.7.
The number of persons who died in the Leather Market
District was 343; in the St. Mary Magdalen District, 392 ;
and in St. James's, 986.
In the first quarter of the year, there were 489 deaths; in
the second quarter, 392; in the third quarter, 392; and in
the last quarter, 448.
The number of deaths which occurred in the first year of
life was 497, being nearly 29 per cent of the total deaths at
all ages, and 145 per thousand registered births. The infant
death rate in London was 146 per thousand registered births.
The mean rate in 28 large towns, was 156 —only four of these
towns having a lower rate than Bermondsey. Under 5 years
of age the deaths numbered 894, or 52 per cent of the
total deaths. In districts where the birth rate is low, and
the proportion of children much below the average, this
would be a high rate of mortality. In Bermondsey, the
number living at this age, as shewn in the census tables, is
155 per thousand of the entire population, against 130 per
thousand in London, and 135 per thousand in England and
Wales.
The rate of mortality was 65.5 per thousand living; the
decennial average for England being 63.5. Our standard
proportion of deaths at this age was exceeded by 26. This
was probably due to the prevalence of scarlet fever. At all
the other groups of ages the mortality was below the average.
One hundred and thirty four deaths, or 7.7 per cent, took
place in the workhouse.