Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of Bermondsey for the year 1894
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TABLE VIII.
POPULATION AT CENSUS, 1891.
Parish of Bermondsey
Area.
Acres.
627
Houses.
Population.
...
Inhabited.
11152
Uninhabited.
582
Building.
30
Persons.
84682
Male.
42425
Female.
42257
Registration Districts.
Acres.
Inhabited.
Uninhabited.
Building.
Persons.
Male.
Female.
Leather Market
93
185
14952
7430
...
2127
2
7522
St. Mary Magdalen
142
2055
114
12
15660
7941
7719
...
St. James's
392
6970
283
16
54070
26962
27108
...
.
Inhabited
Houses.
1881-
Increase.
1881-
Increase.
91.
Decrease.
Rated
Householders.
91
Decrease.
Persons.
Ward No.1
...
2116
...
14870
...
2306
31
544
„ „ 2
...
1967
9
...
15326
8
...
2281
„ „ 3
...
4119
...
36
...
1862
4385
32549
„ „ 4
...
127
...
21937
428
...
3275
2950
Total
...
11152
69
...
1970
12247
...
84682
Ecclesiastical Parishes.
Formation.
Inhabited
Houses.
Persons.
St. Mary Magdalen
...
...
...
2523
19139
...
...
...
St. James
1840
1941
...
16056
...
...
...
...
St. Paul
1846
1223
...
8396
...
...
...
...
Christ Church
1848
838
...
5641
...
...
...
...
St. Anne
1871
1271
...
10074
...
...
...
...
St. Crispin
1875
798
...
5892
...
...
...
...
St. Augustine
1878
1044
...
8339
...
...
...
...
St. Luke
1885
...
7785
...
...
1110
...
...
Rateable Annual Value of Bermondsey, £416,102; Total Number of Tenements, 19,033; Average Number
of Persons per House, 7.59.
TABLE VIII. POPULATION AT CENSUS, 1891.
Parish of Bermondsey | Area. Acres. 627 | Houses. | Population. | ... | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inhabited. 11152 | Uninhabited. 582 | Building. 30 | Persons. 84682 | Male. 42425 | Female. 42257 | |||
Registration Districts. | Acres. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | Persons. | Male. | Female. | |
Leather Market | 93 | 2127 | 185 | 2 | 14952 | 7522 | 7430 | ... |
St. Mary Magdalen | 142 | 2055 | 114 | 12 | 15660 | 7941 | 7719 | ... |
St. James's | 392 | 6970 | 283 | 16 | 54070 | 26962 | 27108 | ... |
Inhabited Houses. | 1881- Increase. | 91 Decrease. | Persons. | 1881- Increase. | 91. Decrease. | Rated Householders. | ||
Ward No.1 | ... | 2116 | ... | 31 | 14870 | ... | 544 | 2306 |
„ „ 2 | ... | 1967 | 9 | ... | 15326 | 8 | ... | 2281 |
„ „ 3 | ... | 4119 | ... | 36 | 32549 | ... | 1862 | 4385 |
„ „ 4 | ... | 2950 | 127 | ... | 21937 | 428 | ... | 3275 |
Total | ... | 11152 | 69 | ... | 84682 | ... | 1970 | 12247 |
Ecclesiastical Parishes. | Formation. | Inhabited Houses. | Persons. | |||||
St. Mary Magdalen | ... | 2523 | ... | ... | 19139 | ... | ... | ... |
St. James | 1840 | 1941 | ... | ... | 16056 | ... | ... | ... |
St. Paul | 1846 | 1223 | ... | ... | 8396 | ... | ... | ... |
Christ Church | 1848 | 838 | ... | ... | 5641 | ... | ... | ... |
St. Anne | 1871 | 1271 | ... | ... | 10074 | ... | ... | ... |
St. Crispin | 1875 | 798 | ... | ... | 5892 | ... | ... | ... |
St. Augustine | 1878 | 1044 | ... | ... | 8339 | ... | ... | ... |
St. Luke | 1885 | 1110 | ... | ... | 7785 | ... | ... | ... |