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Bermondsey 1903

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1903

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APPENDIX
Table I.—Vital Statistics of "Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.
Year.
Births.
Total Deaths Registered in the
District.
Deaths of
Non-residents
registered
in Public
Institutions
in
the
District.
10
Net Deaths at all
Ages belonging
to the District.
Population
estimated to
Middle of
each Year.
2
Deaths of
Residents
registered
in Public
Institutions
beyond
the
District.
11
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions
in
the
District.
9
Number.
3
Rate.*
4
Under 1 Year of Age.
At all Ages.
Number.
12
Rate.*
13
Number.
5
Rate per
1000
Births
registered.
6
Number.
7
Rate.*
8
1893
137,091
4983
36.3
836
168
2910
21.2
388
47
380
3243
23.6
1894
137,249
4928
35.9
745
151
2417
17.6
336
43
392
2766
20.1
1895
137,438
4944
35.9
818
165
2650
19.3
387
41
357
2966
21.6
1896
137,231
4968
36.2
162
2646
19.3
385
57
379
2968
807
21.6
1897
135,827
4868
35.8
903
185
2540
18.7
404
35
397
2902
21.4
1898
134,446
4745
35.3
164
2422
18.0
438
435
2776
20.6
779
81
1899
133,085
4690
35.2
855
182
2817
21.2
515
48
3204
24.1
435
1900
131,748
4410
33.5
837
190
2684
20.4
540
99
477
3062
23.3
34.1
1901
130,633
4459
711
159
2320
17.8
423
52
451
2719
20.8
1902
130,137
4346
33.4
636
146
2323
17.8
460
63
496
2756
21.2
Averages
for years
1893-1902
134,488
4734
35.2
793
2573
19.1
428
420
2936
167
57
21.8
1903
129,654
4200
32.4
596
142
1973
15.2
40
449
2382
414
18.4
* Rates in columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1336.1.
At Census of 1901—Total population of all ages, 130,760.
„ „ Number of inhabited houses, 15,817.
„ „ Average number of persons per house, 8.26.
I.
Institutions within the District receiving
sick and infirm persons from
outside the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which
have been distributed among the several localities
in the District.
II.
Institutions outside the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from the District.
rt i. tt ?i I
Deaths
Colnmn No. 10 includes deaths
of non-residents which occurred
in the following :—
St. Olave's Workhouse,
Ladywell—50 deaths
Guy's Hospital
198
South Eastern Fever Hospital
12
South Western „ „
1
Park „ „
2
1.
St. Olave's Infirmary, Rotherhithe
Brook „ „
36
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond St.
3
Children's Hospital, Shadwell
10
2.
St. Olave's Workhouse, Tanner
Street
Charing Cross Hospital
8
Brompton Hospital
2
Evelina Hospital
16
3.
St. Olave's Workhouse, Parish
Street
Homœopathic Hospital
2
General Lying-in Hospital
2
H.M. Hospital, Ratcliffe
1
4.
Metropolitan Asylums Board
Wharf and Shelter, Rotherhithe
King's College Hospital
3
London Hospital
5
London Temperance Hospital
1
Middlesex Hospital
3
5.
Surrey Commercial Docks,
River Thames, etc.
Poplar Hospital
1
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
10
Royal London Opthalmic Hospital
1
St. Thomas'Hospital
5
Seamen's Hospital
1
Westminster Hospital
1
Banstead Asylum
10
Cane Hill Asylum
11
Caterham Asylum
10
Claybury Asylum
1
Tooting Bec Asylum
5
Darenth Asylum
2
Horton Asylum
2
Leavesden Asylum
3
London County Asylum, Dartford
4
Manor Asylum, Epsom
3

Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.

Year. 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Number. 3Rate.* 4Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.Number. 12Rate.* 13
Number. 5Rate per 1000 Births registered. 6Number. 7Rate.* 8
1893137,091498336.3836168291021.238847380324323.6
1894137,249492835.9745151241717.633643392276620.1
1895137,438494435.9818165265019.338741357296621.6
1896137,231496836.2807162264619.338557379296821.6
1897135,827486835.8903185254018.740435397290221.4
1898134,446474535.3779164242218.043881435277620.6
1899133,085469035.2855182281721.251548435320424.1
1900131,748441033.5837190268420.454099477306223.3
1901130,633445934.1711159232017.842352451271920.8
1902130,137434633.4636146232317.846063496275621.2
Averages for years 1893-1902134,488473435.2793167257319.142857420293621.8
1903129,654420032.4596142197315.241440449238218.4

I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. Colnmn No. 10 includes deaths of non-residents which occurred in the following :—

1.St. Olave's Infirmary, Rotherhithe
2.St. Olave's Workhouse, Tanner Street
3.St. Olave's Workhouse, Parish Street
4.Metropolitan Asylums Board Wharf and Shelter, Rotherhithe
5.Surrey Commercial Docks, River Thames, etc.

II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.

St. Olave's Workhouse, Ladywell—50 deaths

III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.

Deaths
Guy's Hospital198
South Eastern Fever Hospital12
South Western „ „1
Park „ „2
Brook „ „36
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond St.3
Children's Hospital, Shadwell10
Charing Cross Hospital8
Brompton Hospital2
Evelina Hospital16
Homœopathic Hospital2
General Lying-in Hospital2
H.M. Hospital, Ratcliffe1
King's College Hospital3
London Hospital5
London Temperance Hospital1
Middlesex Hospital3
Poplar Hospital1
St. Bartholomew's Hospital10
Royal London Opthalmic Hospital1
St. Thomas'Hospital5
Seamen's Hospital1
Westminster Hospital1
Banstead Asylum10
Cane Hill Asylum11
Caterham Asylum10
Claybury Asylum1
Tooting Bec Asylum5
Darenth Asylum2
Horton Asylum2
Leavesden Asylum3
London County Asylum, Dartford4
Manor Asylum, Epsom3