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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths from all causes was
1,583, of which 803 were males, and 780 females.
In the previous year the recorded deaths were
1,777, and the average of the three previous years
1,796. The above is the lowest number of deaths
registered in Bermondsey in any year since 1867.
The annual rate of mortality was 17.7 per thousand
of the estimated population. The male death-rate
was 18. 0, and the female death-rate 17.4. The
London death-rate was 19.7 per thousand, being
the lowest on record,
The number of persons who died in the Leather
Market District was 281; in the St. Mary Magdalen
District 424; and in the St. James' District 878.
The death-rate in the first named District being
17.5; in the second 26.0; and in the third 15.25.
The apparently high death rate in St. Mary
Magdalen District is due to 162 deaths in the
Workhouse. The low death-rate in St. James'
District —which contains a population of 57,500
persons—will bear comparison with that of many
country districts.
In the first quarter of the year there were 447
deaths; in the second quarter 339; in the third
quarter 356; and in the last quarter 441.
The number of deaths which occurred in the
first year of life was 434, shewing an infantile rate
of mortality of 135 per thousand registered births.
In the Leather Market District, which is
comparatively a poor and a crowded one, the rate
was 180, while in the St. James' District it was
only 128.
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