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Feb. 2nd, 1885.
During the fortnight that ended on the 24th day of January,
137 births and 79 deaths were registered in the parish.
These numbers are equivalent to an annual birth rate of
39.9, and an annual rate of mortality of 23.0 per thousand of
the estimated population. The corresponding death rate in
London was 23.4, and the mean rate of 28 great towns was 24.1.
The population of Bermondsey, estimated to the middle of
the present year, is 89,296. The deaths included 18 children
under 1 year of age, and 23 persons above 60 years.
Zymotic diseases caused 10 deaths, viz:—small-pox 2,
measles 3, scarlet fever 2, whooping cough 2, and enteric
fever 1.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 29 deaths, of
which no less than 23 were attributed to bronchitis.
From diseases of the tubercular class there were 11 deaths,
and from old age 5.
Six inquests were held, 3 deaths being referred to natural
causes, and 3 to accident.
The number of patients suffering from small-pox in the
hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on January 24th,
was 1092, and in the Highgate hospital 99. The new cases
admitted during the week, were 287 in the former and 25 in
the latter. The fatal cases which occurred in the Metropolitan
Asylum Hospitals during the fortnight ending
January 24th, distributed according to the districts from
whence they came, were from Camberwell 17, Newington 12,
Islington 12, Hackney 9, Greenwich and Deptford 9, Poplar
8, Bermondsey 4, Whitchapel 4, Bethnal Green, St. Giles,
and Mile End Old Town, each 3.
Feb. 16th, 1885,
During the fortnight that ended on the 7th day of
February, 165 births and 73 deaths were registered in the
parish. These numbers shew an annual birth rate of 48.0,
and an annual rate of mortality of 21.2 per thousand of the
estimated population. The corresponding death rate in
London was 22.2.
Diseases of the zymotic class caused 9 deaths, viz:—
Measles 3, diphtheria 1, and whooping cough 5.