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Bermondsey 1913

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913

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Bronchitis, pneumonia and diarrhœa and enteritis are chiefly
accountable for the increase.
In column I, foot of Table I. of the appendix, will be found a
list of places where deaths of non-parishioners occurred in the district.
There were 21 such deaths in all, against 20 in 1912, and
22 in 1911.
6 such deaths occurred in the infirmary; 9 in River Thames
and Docks; I in an office; and 5 in the street.
534 persons belonging to this Borough died in outlying institutions,
against 538 in 1912, and 560 in 1911. The names of the
various places where the deaths occurred will be found in columns
2 and 3 at foot of Table I. of Appendix.

TABLE E.—Death-rates corrected for Age and Sex Constitution of the various Populations, 1912.

Area.Factor for Correction for age and sex distribution.Crude Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. 1913.Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. 1913.Comparative Mortality Figures. 1913.
England and Wales0·979013·713·41,000
London, County of1·000014·214·21,042
Paddington0·994113·413·4942
Kensington0·995713·713·6995
Hammersmith0·988413·913·8997
Fulham1·034012·512·91,018
Chelsea0·951313·913·21,064
Westminster, City of1·054012·713·31·003
St. Marylebone1·019814·014·31,084
Hampstead1·057210·711·3798
St. Pancras0·997115·215·21,119
Islington0·974915·114.81,073
Stoke Newington0·951213·612·9885
Hackney1·006613·413·5936
Holborn1·003414·614·71,180
Finsbury0·988718·318·11·427
City of London1·041915·215·81,078
Shoreditch1·033118·619·21,440
Bethnal Green1·039715·416·11,224
Stepney1·043314·915·61,221
Poplar0·989816·316·11,244
Southwark1·006017·417·61,291
Lambeth0·980414·314·01,003
Battersea1·009813·914·0949
Wandsworth1·004510·610·6786
Camberwell0·988313·713·6979
Deptford0·987915·315·2997
Greenwich0·983714·214·0991
Lewisham0·982610·610·4786
Woolwich1·024912·613·9914
BERMONDSEY0·997617·917·81,288