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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 1893

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1893

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TABLE V.
POPULATION AT EACH CENSUS, 1801 to 1891.
Census Year.
Population
Enumerated.
Increase
in 10 Years.
Decennial
Increase per
cent.
1801
...
17,169
...
1811
13.7
2,361
19,530
1821
29.2
25,235
5,705
17.7
1831
29,741
4,486
1841
5,206
17.7
34,947
36.9
1851
47,836
12,889
21.6
1861
58,212
10,376
1871
80,429
38.3
22,217
7.7
1881
86,652
6,223
84,682
DECREASE.
1,970
DECREASE.
2.3
1891
TABLE VI.
MIGRATION IN FOUR DECENNIAL PERIODS.
Total
Increase of
Population.
Excess of
Births
over Deaths
Migration in 10 Years.
Decennial
Period.
Influx.
Efflux.
1851-61
10,376
7,903
...
2,473
22,177
13,221
8,896
...
1861-71
6,223
17,227
...
11,004
1871-81
1881-91
DECREASE.
1,970
16,543
...
18,513
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Table: TABLE V. POPULATION AT EACH CENSUS, 1801 to 1891.

TABLE V. POPULATION AT EACH CENSUS, 1801 to 1891.

Census Year.Population Enumerated.Increase in 10 Years.Decennial Increase per cent.
180117,169......
181119,5302,36113.7
182125,2355,70529.2
183129,7414,48617.7
184134,9475,20617.7
185147,83612,88936.9
186158,21210,37621.6
187180,42922,21738.3
188186,6526,2237.7
189184,682DECREASE. 1,970DECREASE. 2.3

Table: TABLE VI. MIGRATION IN FOUR DECENNIAL PERIODS.

TABLE VI. MIGRATION IN FOUR DECENNIAL PERIODS.

Decennial Period.Total Increase of Population.Excess of Births over DeathsMigration in 10 Years.
Influx.Efflux.
1851-6110,3767,9032,473...
1861-7122,17713,2218,896...
1871-816,22317,227...11,004
1881-91DECREASE. 1,97016,543...18,513