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Bermondsey 1905

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905

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Table: APPENDIX. Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1905 and Previous Years.

APPENDIX. Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1905 and Previous Years.

Year. 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institu-tions in the District. 9Deaths of Nonresidents 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
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
1903129,654420032.4596142197315.241440449238218.4
1904129,187419332.4654156214216.644044495259320.1
Averages for years 1895-1904132,939458234.4760165245218.444156437283321.3
1905128,730428833.3547127191114.843933521239918.6

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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.

Table: I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.

I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.

No. of Deaths.
Bermondsey Infirmary, Lower Road10
Bermondsey Workhouse, Parish Street2
Deaths in River Thames, Surrey Commercial Docks, etc.21
Total33

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

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

BermondseY Workhouse, Ladywell—61 deaths

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

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

No. of Deaths.
Guy's Hospital228
Bermondsey Workhouse, Ladywell61
„ Children's Home, Peckham Rye15
Brook Hospital23
Park „10
Gore Farm Hospital1
St. Bartholomew's Hospital9
Evelina Hospital21
Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.2
King's College Hospital6
London Hospital6
St. Thomas' Hospital8
Charing Cross Hospital2
East London Hospital8
Middlesex Hospital2
Hostel of God1
Mount Vernon Hospital2
Homœopathic Hospital1
Chelsea Cancer Hospital1
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street2
London Fever Hospital1
German Hospital1
Chest Hospital, Victoria Park1
Brompton Hospital2
Chelsea Hospital for Women1
Westminster Hospital1
Royal Chest Hospital1
Royal Free Hospital1
St. George's Hospital1
Cottage Hospital, Eltham1
Belgrave Children's Hospital2