View report page

Table B.—Deaths.
Quarter.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
St. Olave's.
Whole Borough.
1907.
1906.
1907.
1907.
1906.
1907.
1906.
1906.
178
226
61
First
366
605
467
50
743
Second
416
347
143
170
45
34
604
551
421
301
175
122
48
30
644
453
Third
415
206
151
55
676
Fourth
391
49
591
2529
Total Deaths
1618
1506
702
669
209
163
2338
The death rate for the Borough in 1907 was 18.3 per thousand living inhabitants, being
1.4 below that recorded in 1906, and 2.5 below the average for the last ten years. If the
Census population be taken as the basis of calculation of the rate it works out at 17.9, which is
1.4 below that for 1906.
Table C—Death Rates.
Year.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
St. Olave's.
Whole Borough.
London.
22.22
22.54
21.4
17.7
1897
19.20
1898
21.05
19.56
21.42
20.6
18.3
24.70
22.11
26.42
24.1
19.3
1899
22.79
22.91
23.2
18.3
1900
23.49
20.93
20.8
17.1
1901
21.44
19.43
1902
21.66
19.30
24.62
21.2
17.2
15.1
1903
18.54
17.08
22.23
18.4
1904
19.91
18.59
27.65
20.1
16.0
15.1
19.51
15.78
22.98
18.6
1905
15.1
19.80
18.36
25.08
19.7
1906
Average for
years 1897-1906
16.9
21.23
19.22
23.68
20.8
1907—
On estimated
population
18.3
20.25
17.51
14.6
18.45
On Census
population,
1901
17.9
16.60
18.26
17.39
Table D—Increase or Decrease of Deaths from various Diseases in 1907
compared with 1906.
Increase.
Decrease.
Measles
43
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup
12
Croup
1
Epidemic Influenza
3
Diarrhœa
133
Erysipelas
3
Phthisis
13
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs
8
Scarlet Fever
6
Whooping Cough
2
Enteric Fever
3
Other Continued Fever
6
Enteritis
2
Puerperal Fever
1
Other Septic Diseases
8
Other Tubercular Diseases
2
Cancer
7
Bronchitis
27
Pneumonia
20
Pleurisy
4
Premature Birth
23
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition
1
Total
112
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver
3
Heart Diseases
19
Accidents
27
Suicides
3
All other causes
35
Total
303