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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Table VI.—Populations, &c., of Wards.
Wards. | Population at Census, 1901. | Estimated population, 1906. | Births, 1906. | Birth rate. | Deaths, 1906. | Death rate. | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Infantile mortality per thousand births. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bermondsey— | † | |||||||
Ward 1 | 14323 | 14213 | 516 | 36.3 | 295 | 20.7 | 83 | 161 |
„ 2 | 14405 | 14295 | 530 | 37.1 | 302 | 21.1 | 88 | 166 |
„ 3 | 15633 | 15514 | 546 | 35.2 | 268 | 17.3 | 73 | 134 |
„ 4 | 16336 | 16211 | 511 | 31.5 | 241 | 14.9 | 47 | 92 |
„ 5 | 11804 | 11714 | 399 | 34.1 | 223 | 19.0 | 62 | 155 |
„ 6 | 9982 | 9905 | 392 | 39.6 | 213 | 21.5 | 66 | 168 |
Rotherhithe- | ||||||||
Ward 1 | 15508 | 15429 | 429 | 27.8 | 241 | 15.6 | 58 | 135 |
„ 2 | 15046 | 14969 | 459 | 30.7 | 223 | 14.9 | 63 | 137 |
„ 3 | 7906 | 7866 | 242 | 30.7 | 142 | 18.0 | 43 | 178 |
St. Olave's— | ||||||||
St. John | 5986 | 5253 | 175 | 33.3 | 106 | 20.2 | 26 | 148 |
St. Olave | 2250 | 1974 | 60 | 30.4 | 66 | 33.4 | 17 | 283 |
St. Thomas | 1581 | 1387 | 29 | 20.9 | 20 | 14.4 | 1 | 34 |
Whole Borough Totals | 130,760 | 128,730 | 4,288 | 33.3 | 2399 | 18.6 | 631 | 147 |
4 deaths of infants under one year could not be allocated to any particular Ward, but are
included in the total for the whole Borough.
Table VII.—Meteorology of the Year, 1905 (Greenwich Record).
1905. MONTH. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR. | RAIN. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Minimum. | B Maximum. | Mean of A and B. | Number of days it fell. | Amount collected. | ||
ins. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ins. | ||
January | 30.101 | 32.4 | 43.6 | 38.0 | 8 | 1.00 |
February | 29.992 | 37.9 | 46.8 | 42.3 | 13 | 0.72 |
March | 29.594 | 38.2 | 52.6 | 45.4 | 22 | 3.56 |
April | 29.675 | 39.8 | 54.7 | 47.3 | 17 | 1.70 |
May | 29.950 | 43.4 | 64.5 | 53.9 | 8 | 1.33 |
June | 29.773 | 51.7 | 68.8 | 60.2 | 18 | 4.32 |
July | 29.882 | 38.2 | 52.4 | 45.3 | 15 | 0.91 |
August | 29.721 | 35.3 | 47.2 | 41.2 | 18 | 3.12 |
September | 29.790 | 35.7 | 44.6 | 40.1 | 8 | 0.60 |
October | 29.848 | 56.4 | 77.5 | 66.9 | 8 | 0.92 |
November | 29.529 | 52.0 | 71.0 | 61.5 | 13 | 2.54 |
December | 30.072 | 49.2 | 64.0 | 56.6 | 13 | 2.31 |
Means | 29.827 | 42.5 | 57.3 | 49.9 | 13 Sum 161 | 1.92 Sum 23.03 |
Table VIII.—Marriages.
Year. | BERMONDSEY. | ROTHERHITHE. | ST. OLAVE'S. | WHOLE BOROUGH. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
1895 | 605 | 14.18 | 240 | 11.94 | 72 | 12.12 | 917 | 13.34 |
1896 | 686 | 16.08 | 268 | 13.30 | 73 | 12.56 | 1027 | 14.96 |
1897 | 831 | 19.62 | 280 | 14.04 | 86 | 15.32 | 1197 | 17.62 |
1898 | 833 | 19.80 | 302 | 15.28 | 81 | 14.96 | 1216 | 18.86 |
1899 | 826 | 19.78 | 288 | 14.72 | 68 | 13.02 | 1182 | 17.76 |
1900 | 783 | 18.88 | 334 | 17.24 | 69 | 13.68 | 1186 | 18.00 |
1901 | 800 | 19.44 | 296 | 15.42 | 58 | 11.92 | 1154 | 17.70 |
1902 | 799 | 19.55 | 270 | 14.22 | 54 | 11.50 | 1123 | 17.39 |
1903 | 794 | 19.56 | 238 | 12.65 | 69 | 15.23 | 1101 | 17.22 |
1904 | 767 | 18.71 | 280 | 14.62 | 58 | 13.04 | 1105 | 17.11 |
Average for years 1895-1904 | 772 | 18.56 | 280 | 14.34 | 69 | 13.33 | 1121 | 16.92 |
1905 | 801 | 19.57 | 256 | 13.38 | 51 | 11.81 | 1108 | 17.21 |