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 1907
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APPENDIX.
Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1907 and Previous Years.
Population
estimated
to Middle
of each
Year.
2
Births.
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions
in
the
District
9
Deaths
of Non-
Residents
registered
in
Public
Institutions
in the
District.
10
Net Deaths at
all Ages
belonging to
the District.
Total Deaths Registered in the
District.
Deaths
of Residents
registered
in
Public
Institutions
beyond
the
district.
11
No.
3
Rate.*
4
At all Ages.
Under 1 Year
of Age.
Year.
1
No.
12
Rate. *
13
No.
5
Rate.*
8
Rate per
1000
Births
registered.
6
No.
7
135,827
4868
35.8
903
2540
18.7
404
35
1897
185
397
2902
21.4
81
435
2776
20.6
1898
134,446
4745
35.3
779
164
2422
18.0
438
48
435
3204
24.1
1899
133,085
4690
35.2
855
182
2817
21.2
515
1900
131,748
4410
33.5
837
190
2684
20.4
540
99
477
3062
23.3
52
451
2719
20.8
1901
130,633
4459
34.1
711
159
2320
17.8
423
63
496
2756
21.2
1902
130,137
4346
33.4
636
146
2323
17.8
460
1903
129,654
4200
32.4
596
142
1973
15.2
414
40
449
2382
18.4
495
2593
20.1
1904
129,187
4193
32.4
654
156
2142
16.6
440
44
33
521
2399
18.6
1905
128,730
4288
33.3
547
127
1911
14.8
439
20
570
2529
19.7
1906
128,288
4031
31.4
533
132
1979
15.4
456
Averages
for years
1897-1906
131,173
4423
33.7
705
158
2311
17.6
453
51
473
20.8
2732
1907
127,856
4013
31.4
441
110
1856
14.5
460
25
507
2338
18.3
* Rates in columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1000 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.
Do. Number of inhabited houses, 15,817.
Do. Average number of persons per house, 8-26.
I.
Institutions within the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from outside the District.
II.
Institutions outside the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which
have been distributed among the several localities
in the District.
No. of
Deaths.
No. of
Deaths.
Bermondsey Workhouse,
Ladywell—109 deaths
Bermondsey Infirmary,
Lower Road
Bermondsey Workhouse, Lady well
109
7
Guy's Hospital
163
Brompton Hospital
1
Deaths in River Thames,
Surrey Commercial
Docks, etc.
Brook Hospital
1
Belgrave Hospital
2
11
Billingsgate Mission Hospital
2
Charing Cross Hospital
1
South Wharf (M.A.B.)
1
Cancer Hospital, Chelsea
1
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street
3
Tower Bridge Police
Station
„ Bethnal Green
1
1
„ Barnet
1
„ Paddington Green
1
Street
3
Convent Hospital, Shoreditch
1
Evelina Hospital
15
Railway
1
East London Hospital
18
Friedenheim Hospital
1
Tunnel Works, Brunel
Road
Grove Hospital
1
1
German Hospital
1
Heart Hospital, Soho
1
Total
25
Homoeopathic Hospital, Gt Ormond St.
1
Joyce Green Hospital
3
King's College Hospital
3
London Hospital
9
Middlesex Hospital
2
Park Hospital
33
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
8
St. Thomas' Hospital
13
South Eastern Hospital
17
Westminster Hospital
1
West End Hospital, Welbeck Street
1
Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1907 and Previous Years.
Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District 9 | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the district. 11 | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 3 | Rate.* 4 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | No. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||||
No. 5 | Rate per 1000 Births registered. 6 | No. 7 | Rate.* 8 | |||||||||
1897 | 135,827 | 4868 | 35.8 | 903 | 185 | 2540 | 18.7 | 404 | 35 | 397 | 2902 | 21.4 |
1898 | 134,446 | 4745 | 35.3 | 779 | 164 | 2422 | 18.0 | 438 | 81 | 435 | 2776 | 20.6 |
1899 | 133,085 | 4690 | 35.2 | 855 | 182 | 2817 | 21.2 | 515 | 48 | 435 | 3204 | 24.1 |
1900 | 131,748 | 4410 | 33.5 | 837 | 190 | 20.4 | 2684 | 540 | 99 | 477 | 3062 | 23.3 |
1901 | 130,633 | 4459 | 34.1 | 711 | 159 | 2320 | 17.8 | 423 | 52 | 451 | 2719 | 20.8 |
1902 | 130,137 | 4346 | 33.4 | 636 | 146 | 2323 | 17.8 | 460 | 63 | 496 | 2756 | 21.2 |
1903 | 129,654 | 4200 | 32.4 | 596 | 142 | 1973 | 15.2 | 414 | 40 | 449 | 2382 | 18.4 |
1904 | 129,187 | 4193 | 32.4 | 654 | 156 | 2142 | 16.6 | 440 | 44 | 495 | 2593 | 20.1 |
1905 | 128,730 | 4288 | 33.3 | 547 | 127 | 1911 | 14.8 | 439 | 33 | 521 | 2399 | 18.6 |
1906 | 128,288 | 4031 | 31.4 | 533 | 132 | 1979 | 15.4 | 456 | 20 | 570 | 2529 | 19.7 |
Averages for years 1897-1906 | 131,173 | 4423 | 33.7 | 705 | 158 | 2311 | 17.6 | 453 | 51 | 473 | 2732 | 20.8 |
1907 | 127,856 | 4013 | 31.4 | 441 | 110 | 1856 | 14.5 | 460 | 25 | 507 | 2338 | 18.3 |
I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.
No. of Deaths. | |
---|---|
Bermondsey Infirmary, Lower Road | 7 |
Deaths in River Thames, Surrey Commercial Docks, etc. | 11 |
South Wharf (M.A.B.) | 1 |
Tower Bridge Police Station | 1 |
Street | 3 |
Railway | 1 |
Tunnel Works, Brunel Road | 1 |
Total | 25 |
II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.
Bermondsey Workhouse, Ladywell—109 deaths |
III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
No. of Deaths. | |
---|---|
Bermondsey Workhouse, Ladywell | 109 |
Guy's Hospital | 163 |
Brompton Hospital | 1 |
Brook Hospital | 1 |
Belgrave Hospital | 2 |
Billingsgate Mission Hospital | 2 |
Charing Cross Hospital | 1 |
Cancer Hospital, Chelsea | 1 |
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 3 |
„ Bethnal Green | 1 |
„ Barnet | 1 |
„ Paddington Green | 1 |
Convent Hospital, Shoreditch | 1 |
Evelina Hospital | 15 |
East London Hospital | 18 |
Friedenheim Hospital | 1 |
Grove Hospital | 1 |
German Hospital | 1 |
Heart Hospital, Soho | 1 |
Homoœpathic Hospital, Gt Ormond St. | 1 |
Joyce Green Hospital | 3 |
King's College Hospital | 3 |
London Hospital | 9 |
Middlesex Hospital | 2 |
Park Hospital | 33 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 8 |
St. Thomas' Hospital | 13 |
South Eastern Hospital | 17 |
Westminster Hospital | 1 |
West End Hospital, Welbeck Street | 1 |