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 Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905
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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.
No of Deaths | |
---|---|
General Lying-in Hospital, York Road | 2 |
Friedenheim Hospital | 1 |
Grove Hospital | 1 |
Banstead Asylum | 6 |
Cane Hill Asylum | 9 |
Caterham Asylum | 16 |
Claybury Asylum | 6 |
Camberwell House Asylum | 1 |
Darenth Asylum | 2 |
Dartford Asylum | 6 |
Horton Asylum | 7 |
Leavesden Asylum | 1 |
Norwood Asylum | 2 |
Tooting Bee Asylum | 12 |
St. Peter's House | 5 |
Infirmary, Camberwell | 1 |
„ Lewisham | 1 |
„ Whitechapel | 1 |
„ Greenwich | 1 |
Workhouse, Newington | 1 |
„ Southwark | 1 |
Wandsworth Prison | 1 |
Orphan Schools, Mildmay Park | 1 |
Miscellaneous | 14 |
Total | 521 |
Table II.—Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1905 and previous Years.
BERMONDSEY. | ROTHERHITHE. | ST. OLAVE'S. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
1895 | 85,356 | 3212 | 1869 | 520 | 40,208 | 1304 | 783 | 193 | 11,874 | 428 | 314 | 88 |
1896 | 85,323 | 3203 | 1873 | 513 | 40,281 | 1346 | 834 | 214 | 11,627 | 419 | 261 | 64 |
1897 | 84,717 | 3176 | 1883 | 605 | 39,890 | 1258 | 766 | 219 | 11,220 | 434 | 253 | 67 |
1898 | 84,116 | 3090 | 1771 | 485 | 39,504 | 1298 | 773 | 220 | 10,826 | 357 | 232 | 47 |
1899 | 83,518 | 3063 | 2063 | 574 | 39,121 | 1266 | 865 | 215 | 10,446 | 361 | 276 | 53 |
1900 | 82,925 | 2826 | 1948 | 526 | 38,742 | 1184 | 883 | 243 | 10,081 | 400 | 231 | 48 |
1901 | 82,441 | 2920 | 1768 | 497 | 38,446 | 1220 | 747 | 215 | 9,746 | 319 | 204 | 42 |
1902 | 82,281 | 2855 | 1782 | 455 | 38,394 | 1170 | 741 | 174 | 9,462 | 321 | 233 | 49 |
1903 | 82,129 | 2801 | 1523 | 453 | 38,347 | 1116 | 655 | 168 | 9,178 | 283 | 204 | 36 |
1904 | 81,986 | 2748 | 1634 | 477 | 38,304 | 1083 | 713 | 187 | 8,897 | 362 | 246 | 59 |
Averages of years 1895 to 1904. | 83,479 | 2989 | 1811 | 510 | 39,124 | 1224 | 776 | 205 | 10,336 | 368 | 245 | 55 |
1905 | 81,852 | 2894 | 1597 | 422 | 38,264 | 1130 | 604 | 164 | 8,614 | 264 | 198 | 45 |