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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905
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Statistics of Porlock Place Area. Table IX.—Deaths in Special Area during Seven Years ending 1904.
| Total. | Under 1. | 2 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and up. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population of Borougn (Census 1901) | 130,760 | 3,735 | 13,036 | 29,206 | 25,393 | 54,675 | 4,715 | |
| Population Special Area | 230 | 8 | 28 | 83 | 28 | 79 | 4 | |
| Deaths in Borough | 1901 | 2719 | 753 | 412 | 106 | 111 | 888 | 449 |
| 1902 | 2756 | 678 | 431 | 97 | 113 | 964 | 473 | |
| 1903 | 2382 | 657 | 307 | 87 | 110 | 825 | 396 | |
| 1904 | 2593 | 723 | 396 | 85 | 81 | 829 | 479 | |
| Average, 4 years | 2,612 | 703 | 386 | 94 | 104 | 876 | 449 | |
| Deaths in Special Area (7 years) | 54 | 16 | 14 | – | 2 | 22 | – | |
Correction for Age Distribution.
703x8
Under one year Estimated number of deaths = 1.5057
3735
386x28
1 to 5 years „ „ „ = .8290
13036
94x83
5 to 15 years „ „ „ = .2671
29206
104x28
15 to 25 years „ „ „ = .1146
25393
876x79
25 to 65 years „ „ „ = 1.2657
54675
449x4
65 and upwards „ „ „ = .3809
4715
Total 4.3630
4.363x1000
Standard death rate = 18.97.
230
2612x1000
But death rate for Borough is = 19.97.
130760
19.97
Therefore factor for correction = 1.0527.
18.97
35.54 x 1-0527=35.31
Death rate for Area corrected for age distribution =
Note.—Correction for sex distribution unnecessary, as the numbers in the whole Borough correspond
with the Area in question in this respect.
Table X.—Deaths in Special Area during Seven Years ending 1904.
| Year. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and up. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 1898 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 2 |
| 1899 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | 6 |
| 1900 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| 1901 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 1902 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | 3 |
| 1903 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 5 |
| 1904 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | 8 | 14 | – | – | 30 | 24 |
| 16 | 14 | – | 2 | 22 | – | 54 | ||||||||