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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 1886
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1886
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TABLE IV.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN 16 YEARS 1871-86.
Year.
Estimated
Population
Total
Births.
Total
Deaths.
Excess of
Births over
Deaths.
Birth Rate.
Death Rate.
Deaths from Zymotic
Diseases.
London
Death Rate.
Total.
Rate per 100
living.
1871
80,585
3327
1994
1333
41-2
24-7
564
6 - 1
26-6
45-4
2
81,198
2024
20-4
4 - 2
21 1
3687
1663
344
81,811
1584
43-8
3
3587
2003
24-4
392
4 - 7
22-4
3656
1642
44-3
3 - 2
22 4
4
82,424
2014
19-8
268
23-5
3587
2094
43-1
5 - 4
5
83,038
1497
25-2
452
43-9
3571
1804
21-5
21-9
6
83,615
1867
351
287
4 - 2
7
1665
84,264
3620
1955
42-9
19-7
3 - 4
21-5
42-9
23-1
8
84,877
3597
2110
1487
24-8
522
6 - 1
9
3715
1983
1732
43-4
4 - 0
22-1
85,490
23-1
344
3532
1736
41-0
411
4 - 6
1880
86,104
1796
20-8
21-7
Ten Years' Average.
3598
1875
1722
43-1
22-4
393
4 - 6
22-4
1881
86,808
3550
1735
1815
40-9
20-0
290
3 - 3
21-2
1882
87,430
1572
39-8
3485
1913
21-8
420
4 - 7
21-2
1712
3 - 3
1883
3435
1722
39-0
19-5
20-4
88,052
292
88,674
1777
20-3
1884
3469
1692
39-1
20-0
3 - 7
335
1885
3221
1638
36-1
17-7
245
279
19-7
80,296
89,918
1583
2 - 7
1886
37-2
18-9
3348
1098
1650
3 - 1
19-9
TABLE IV. BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN 16 YEARS 1871-86.
| Year. | Estimated Population | Total Births. | Total Deaths. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | London Death Rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Rate per 100 living. | ||||||||
| 1871 | 80,585 | 3327 | 1994 | 1333 | 41-2 | 24-7 | 564 | 6 – 1 | 26-6 |
| 2 | 81,198 | 3687 | 1663 | 2024 | 45-4 | 20-4 | 344 | 4 – 2 | 21 1 |
| 3 | 81,811 | 3587 | 2003 | 1584 | 43-8 | 24-4 | 392 | 4 – 7 | 22-4 |
| 4 | 82,424 | 3656 | 1642 | 2014 | 44-3 | 19-8 | 268 | 3 – 2 | 22 4 |
| 5 | 83,038 | 3587 | 2094 | 1497 | 43-1 | 25-2 | 452 | 5 – 4 | 23-5 |
| 6 | 83,615 | 3571 | 1804 | 1867 | 43-9 | 21-5 | 351 | 4 – 2 | 21-9 |
| 7 | 84,264 | 3620 | 1665 | 1955 | 42-9 | 19-7 | 287 | 3 – 4 | 21-5 |
| 8 | 84,877 | 3597 | 2110 | 1487 | 42-9 | 24-8 | 522 | 6 – 1 | 23-1 |
| 9 | 85,490 | 3715 | 1983 | 1732 | 43-4 | 23-1 | 344 | 4 – 0 | 22-1 |
| 1880 | 86,104 | 3532 | 1796 | 1736 | 41-0 | 20-8 | 411 | 4 – 6 | 21-7 |
| Ten Years' Average. | 3598 | 1875 | 1722 | 43-1 | 22-4 | 393 | 4 – 6 | 22-4 | |
| 1881 | 86,808 | 3550 | 1735 | 1815 | 40-9 | 20-0 | 290 | 3 – 3 | 21-2 |
| 1882 | 87,430 | 3485 | 1913 | 1572 | 39-8 | 21-8 | 420 | 4 – 7 | 21-2 |
| 1883 | 88,052 | 3435 | 1722 | 1712 | 39-0 | 19-5 | 292 | 3 – 3 | 20-4 |
| 1884 | 88,674 | 3469 | 1777 | 1692 | 39-1 | 20-0 | 335 | 3 – 7 | 20-3 |
| 1885 | 80,296 | 3221 | 1583 | 1638 | 36-1 | 17-7 | 245 | 2 – 7 | 19-7 |
| 1886 | 89,918 | 3348 | 1098 | 1650 | 37-2 | 18-9 | 279 | 3 – 1 | 19-9 |