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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 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1894

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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
... ...
... ...
2,361
1811
19,530
13.7
29.2
1821
25,235
5,705
1831
29,741
4,486
17.7
1841
34,947
5,206
17.7
1851
47,836
12,889
36.9
1861
58,212
10,376
21.6
80,429
22,217
38.3
1871
86,652
6,223
7.7
1881
84,682
1891
DECREASE.
1,970
DECREASE.
2.3
TABLE VI.
MIGRATION IN FOUR DECENNIAL PERIODS.
Decennial
Period.
1851-61
1861-71
1871-81
1881-91
Total
Increase of
Population.
10,376
22,177
6,223
Excess of
Births
over Deaths
7,903
13,221
17,227
Migration in 10 Years.
Efflux.
Influx.
2,473
... ...
8896
... ...
... ...
11,004
DECREASE.
1,970
16,543
... ...
18,513
21

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... ...
1861-7122,17713,2218896... ...
1871-816,22317,227... ...11,004
1881-91DECREASE. 1,97016,543... ...18,513