View report page

previous year the total deaths were 2,004, of which
1,596 took place in Bermondsey, and 408 in
hospitals. The deaths recorded in the Leather
Market District were 508, and in St. James' 797.
In each quarter of the year the deaths were below
the average of the corresponding quarters in the
three previous years.
The death rate, calculated on the deaths which
took place in the parish, was 15.4; the death rate
for deaths in hospitals, asylums, infirmaries, &c,
was 5.0; the rate for the total deaths was 20.4.
The death rate in London was 17.8 per thousand
of the population. This rate was lower by 2.6
than the average rate in the previous ten years.
The number of deaths of children under 1 year
of age in Bermondsey was 420, and in public
institutions 31, making a total of 451 These
deaths are equal to a rate of 146 per thousand
children born. The like rate in London was 143,
the average of 10 years being 154.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The chief diseases of the zymotic class caused
189 deaths in the parish, and 90 in outlying
institutions, making a total of 279.