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 1895
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TABLE IV.
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.
14952
Leather Market
93
2127
185
2
7522
7430
...
2055
114
12
15660
7719
St. Mary Magdalen
142
7941
...
6970
283
27108
392
16
54070
26962
St. James's
...
Inhabited
House.
Rated
Householders.
Persons.
1881-
Increase.
1881-
Increase.
91.
Decrease.
91.
Decrease.
Ward No. 1
...
2116
31
14870
544
...
...
2306
„ „ 2
15326
8
..
2281
...
1967
9
...
36
1862
„ „ 3
4119
...
32549
...
4385
...
2950
127
21937
428
...
3275
„ „ 4
...
...
69
11152
84682
...
12247
Total
...
...
1970
Inhabited
Houses.
—
Formation.
Persons.
Ecclesiastical Parishes.
...
St. Mary Magdalen
19139
...
2523
...
...
...
...
1941
16056
St. James'
...
1840
...
...
...
...
St. Paul
1846
1223
8396
...
...
...
...
...
838
5641
Christ Church
1848
...
...
...
...
1271
..
St Anne
10074
1871
...
...
...
...
...
St. Crispin
1875
798
...
5892
...
...
...
...
1878
St. Augustine
1044
8339
...
...
...
...
...
St. Luke
1885
1110
...
7785
...
...
...
...
Rateable Annual Value of Bermondsey, £416,102; Total Number of Tenements, 19,033; Average Number
of Persons per House, 7.59. Rateable Value, Lady-day, 1896, £421,024; Assessments, 13.181.
TABLE IV. 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 House. | 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 | ... | ... | ... |