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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 VII.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN TWENTY-THREE YEARS, 1871—93.
Deaths from
Zymotic Diseases
London
Death
Rate.
Excess of
Births over
Deaths.
Total
Births.
Total
Deaths.
Birth
Rate.
Death
Rate.
Year.
Rate per
1000 living.
Total.
26.6
41.2
24.7
564
6.1
1871
3327
1994
1333
4.2
21.1
1872
3687
1663
2024
45.4
20.4
344
3587
1584
43.8
24.4
392
4.7
22.4
1873
2003
19.3
268
3.2
22.4
1874
3656
1642
2014
44.3
1875
3587
2094
1497
43.1
25.2
452
5.4
23.5
1867
21.5
351
42
21.9
1876
3571
1804
43.9
287
21.5
1877
3620
1665
1955
42.9
19.7
3.4
1487
42.9
24.8
522
6.1
23.1
1878
3597
2110
22.1
1879
3715
1983
1732
43.4
23.1
344
4.0
1796
1736
41.0
20.8
411
4.6
21.7
1880
3532
3.3
21.2
1881
3550
1735
1815
40.9
20.0
290
3485
1572
39.8
21.8
420
4.7
21.2
1882
1913
292
3.3
20.4
1883
3435
1722
1712
39.0
19.5
3.7
1884
3469
1777
1692
39.1
20.0
335
20.3
1583
1638
36.1
17.7
245
2.7
19.7
1885
3221
18.9
1886
3348
1698
1650
37.2
279
3.1
19.9
1469
19.1
341
3.8
19.9
1887
3200
1731
35.3
33.8
16.8
1.9
18.5
1888
3085
1527
1558
177
2.6
1480
1690
34.5
16.1
247
17.4
1889
3170
1460
36.7
19.6
239
2.8
20.3
1890
3120
1660
185
1891
1756
1444
37.7
20.7
2.2
21.4
3200
1645
18.1
177
2.1
20.6
1892
3177
1532
37.5
2.6
1893
3189
1596
1593
37.6
18.8
222
21.3
TABLE VII. BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN TWENTY-THREE YEARS, 1871—93.
| Year. | Total Births. | Total Deaths. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | London Death Rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Rate per 1000 living. | |||||||
| 1871 | 3327 | 1994 | 1333 | 41.2 | 24.7 | 564 | 6.1 | 26.6 |
| 1872 | 3687 | 1663 | 2024 | 45.4 | 20.4 | 344 | 4.2 | 21.1 |
| 1873 | 3587 | 2003 | 1584 | 43.8 | 24.4 | 392 | 4.7 | 22.4 |
| 1874 | 3656 | 1642 | 2014 | 44.3 | 19.3 | 268 | 3.2 | 22.4 |
| 1875 | 3587 | 2094 | 1497 | 43.1 | 25.2 | 452 | 5.4 | 23.5 |
| 1876 | 3571 | 1804 | 1867 | 43.9 | 21.5 | 351 | 42 | 21.9 |
| 1877 | 3620 | 1665 | 1955 | 42.9 | 19.7 | 287 | 3.4 | 21.5 |
| 1878 | 3597 | 2110 | 1487 | 42.9 | 24.8 | 522 | 6.1 | 23.1 |
| 1879 | 3715 | 1983 | 1732 | 43.4 | 23.1 | 344 | 4.0 | 22.1 |
| 1880 | 3532 | 1796 | 1736 | 41.0 | 20.8 | 411 | 4.6 | 21.7 |
| 1881 | 3550 | 1735 | 1815 | 40.9 | 20.0 | 290 | 3.3 | 21.2 |
| 1882 | 3485 | 1913 | 1572 | 39.8 | 21.8 | 420 | 4.7 | 21.2 |
| 1883 | 3435 | 1722 | 1712 | 39.0 | 19.5 | 292 | 3.3 | 20.4 |
| 1884 | 3469 | 1777 | 1692 | 39.1 | 20.0 | 335 | 3.7 | 20.3 |
| 1885 | 3221 | 1583 | 1638 | 36.1 | 17.7 | 245 | 2.7 | 19.7 |
| 1886 | 3348 | 1698 | 1650 | 37.2 | 18.9 | 279 | 3.1 | 19.9 |
| 1887 | 3200 | 1731 | 1469 | 35.3 | 19.1 | 341 | 3.8 | 19.9 |
| 1888 | 3085 | 1527 | 1558 | 33.8 | 16.8 | 177 | 1.9 | 18.5 |
| 1889 | 3170 | 1480 | 1690 | 34.5 | 16.1 | 247 | 2.6 | 17.4 |
| 1890 | 3120 | 1660 | 1460 | 36.7 | 19.6 | 239 | 2.8 | 20.3 |
| 1891 | 3200 | 1756 | 1444 | 37.7 | 20.7 | 185 | 2.2 | 21.4 |
| 1892 | 3177 | 1532 | 1645 | 37.5 | 18.1 | 177 | 2.1 | 20.6 |
| 1893 | 3189 | 1596 | 1593 | 37.6 | 18.8 | 222 | 2.6 | 21.3 |