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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 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1910
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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.
Banstead Asylum
8
Cane Hill Asylum
3
Caterham Asylum
10
Claybury Asylum
2
Colney Hatch Asylum
1
Darenth Asylum
1
Dartford Heath Asylum
4
Horton Asylum
10
Hanwell Asylum
1
Leavesden Asylum
4
Long Grove Asylum
15
Tooting Bee Asylum
9
Camberwell Workhouse
1
City Infirmary
2
Greenwich Infirmary
1
Lambeth Infirmary
1
Holborn Infirmary
1
Southwark Infirmary
3
Whitechapel Infirmary
1
Children's Infirmary, Carshalton
8
Mothers' Home, 396, Commercial Rd., E.
1
Catholic Nursing Institute, Lambeth
Road
1
St. Peter's House, Lambeth
3
River Thames and Canal
4
In Private Premises or Street
18
Total
542
Table II. —Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1910 and Previous Years.
Year.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
ST. Olave.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Births
registered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Births
registered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Births
registered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
1900
82,925
2,826
526
1,184
1,220
1,170
1,116
1,083
1,130
1,089
1,110
1,129
1,069
243
10,081
400
231
48
38,742
1,948
883
319
204
1901
82,441
2,920
1,768
497
38,446
747
215
9,746
42
1902
82,281
2,855
1,782
455
38,394
741
174
9,462
321
233
49
1903
82,129
2,801
1,523
168
204
453
38,347
655
9,178
283
36
1904
187
81,986
2,748
1,634
477
38,304
713
8,897
362
246
59
1905
81,852
2,894
1,597
422
38,264
604
164
8,614
264
198
45
1906
81,727
170
2,683
1,618
408
38,229
702
8,332
259
209
46
1907
81,610
2,674
1,506
335
38,197
669
144
8,049
229
163
22
1908
81,500
2,785
1,613
411
611
151
38,169
7,769
258
220
48
34
81,398
143
1909
2,739
1,563
396
38,145
654
7,487
247
170
81,985
43
Averages
of years
1900-1909
698
176
8,761
294
208
2,792
1,655
438
38,324
1,130
1910
81,304
2,661
1,441
341
603
134
256
38,125
1,040
7,205
185
27
III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
| No. of Deaths. | |
|---|---|
| Banstead Asylum | 8 |
| Cane Hill Asylum | 3 |
| Caterham Asylum | 10 |
| Claybury Asylum | 2 |
| Colney Hatch Asylum | 1 |
| Darenth Asylum | 1 |
| Dartford Heath Asylum | 4 |
| Horton Asylum | 10 |
| Hanwell Asylum | 1 |
| Leavesden Asylum | 4 |
| Long Grove Asylum | 15 |
| Tooting Bee Asylum | 9 |
| Camberwell Workhouse | 1 |
| City Infirmary | 2 |
| Greenwich Infirmary | 1 |
| Lambeth Infirmary | 1 |
| Holborn Infirmary | 1 |
| Southwark Infirmary | 3 |
| Whitechapel Infirmary | 1 |
| Children's Infirmary, Carshalton | 8 |
| Mothers' Home, 396, Commercial Rd., E. | 1 |
| Catholic Nursing Institute, Lambeth Road | 1 |
| St. Peter's House, Lambeth | 3 |
| River Thames and Canal | 4 |
| In Private Premises or Street | 18 |
| Total | 542 |
Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1910 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | ST. Olave. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | |
| 1900 | 82,925 | 2,826 | 1,948 | 526 | 38,742 | 1,184 | 883 | 243 | 10,081 | 400 | 231 | 48 |
| 1901 | 82,441 | 2,920 | 1,768 | 497 | 38,446 | 1,220 | 747 | 215 | 9,746 | 319 | 204 | 42 |
| 1902 | 82,281 | 2,855 | 1,782 | 455 | 38,394 | 1,170 | 741 | 174 | 9,462 | 321 | 233 | 49 |
| 1903 | 82,129 | 2,801 | 1,523 | 453 | 38,347 | 1,116 | 655 | 168 | 9,178 | 283 | 204 | 36 |
| 1904 | 81,986 | 2,748 | 1,634 | 477 | 38,304 | 1,083 | 713 | 187 | 8,897 | 362 | 246 | 59 |
| 1905 | 81,852 | 2,894 | 1,597 | 422 | 38,264 | 1,130 | 604 | 164 | 8,614 | 264 | 198 | 45 |
| 1906 | 81,727 | 2,683 | 1,618 | 408 | 38,229 | 1,089 | 702 | 170 | 8,332 | 259 | 209 | 46 |
| 1907 | 81,610 | 2,674 | 1,506 | 335 | 38,197 | 1,110 | 669 | 144 | 8,049 | 229 | 163 | 22 |
| 1908 | 81,500 | 2,785 | 1,613 | 411 | 38,169 | 1,129 | 611 | 151 | 7,769 | 258 | 220 | 48 |
| 1909 | 81,398 | 2,739 | 1,563 | 396 | 38,145 | 1,069 | 654 | 143 | 7,487 | 247 | 170 | 34 |
| Averages of years 1900-1909 | 81,985 | 2,792 | 1,655 | 438 | 38,324 | 1,130 | 698 | 176 | 8,761 | 294 | 208 | 43 |
| 1910 | 81,304 | 2,661 | 1,441 | 341 | 38,125 | 1,040 | 603 | 134 | 7,205 | 256 | 185 | 27 |