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The number of children under 5 years of age was
11,876, or 14.2 per cent. of the whole. Above 60
years of age there were 4,528 persons, or 5.3 per
cent.
The total number of tenements in the Parish was
19,033. The ratable annual value was £416,102 ;
in 1881 it was £371,159.
BIRTHS.
The number of births recorded in the Parish was
3189, being 12 more than in the previous year.
The annual birth-rate was 37.6 per thousand of the
estimated population. The same rate in London
was 310.
The births in the Leather Market District
numbered 533, being 68 fewer than in the previous
year. In St. Mary Magdalen District there were
719 births, being an increase of 74, and in St.
James' District, 1937, being a small increase of 6.
The number of children born in the first quarter
of the year was 873; in the second quarter 799;
in the third quarter 742; and in the last quarter,
775.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths from all causes registered
in Bermondsey was 1596. In addition to these
there were 408 deaths in hospitals, asylums, and
infirmaries outside the parochial boundaries.
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