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 1912
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APPENDIX.
Tabus I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1912 and Previous Years.
Year.
1
Population
estimated
to Middle
of each
Year.
2
Births.
Total Deaths registered in the
District.
Net Deaths at
all Ages
belonging to
the District.
Deaths
of NoResidents
registered in
Public
Institutions
in the
District.
10
Deaths
of Residents
registered in
Public
Institutions
beyond
the
District.
11
No.
3
Rate.*
4
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions in
the
District.
9
Under 1 Year
of Age.
At all Ages.
Rate per
1,000
Births,
registered.
6
No.
12
Rate*
13
No.
5
No.
7
Rate.*
8
4,346
33.4
1902
130,137
636
146
2,323
17.8
460
63
496
2,756
21.2
129,654
4,200
32.4
1903
596
142
1,973
15.2
414
40
449
2,382
18.4
129,187
4,193
2,142
16.6
1904
32.4
654
156
440
44
495
2,593
20.1
128,730
14.8
1905
4,288
33.3
547
127
1,911
439
33
521
2,399
18.6
128,288
1,979
1906
4,031
31.4
533
132
15.4
456
20
570
2,529
19.7
127,856
1,856
14,013
31.4
14.5
1907
441
110
460
25
507
2,338
18.3
127,438
4,172
1908
32.1
534
128
1,951
150
591
37
530
2,444
18.8
127,030
1909
4,055
31.9
480
118
1,947
15.3
562
26
466
2,387
18.8
126,634
3,957
1910
31.2
403
102
1,717
13.5
550
30
542
2,229
17.6
3,842
1911
125,840
30.5
498
130
1,782
14.2
515
22
560
2,320
18.4
Averages
for years
1902-1911
4,110
32.0
128,079
532
129
1,958
15.2
489
34
514
2,438
19.0
30.3
3,799
1912
125,388
433
114
1,601
12.8
483
20
538
2,119
16.9
* Rates in columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1336.1.
At Census of 1911 —Total population of all ages, 125,960.
Do. Number of inhabited houses, 14,967.
Do. Average number of persons per house, 8.41.
I.
Institutions within the District
receiving sick and infirm persons
from outside the District.
III.
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
56
Bermonclsey Infirmary,
Lower Road
Bermondsey Workhouse,
Ladywell—56 deaths
3
Guy's Hospital
228
Brook Hospital
7
Deaths in River
Thames, Surrey Commercial
Docks, etc.
Charing Cross Hospital
3
Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street
1
10
Evelina Hospital
18
East London Hospital
6
Railway
5
King's College Hospital
1
London Hospital
3
Street
2
Middlesex Hospital
3
Park Hospital
13
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton
8
Royal Hospital, Waterloo Road
6
St. Batholomew's Hospital
6
Total
20
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hackney
1
St. Thomas' Hospital
6
Seamen's Hospital
5
South Eastern Hospital
27
South Western Hospital
5
Westminster Hospital
1
Banstead Asylum
5
Cane Hill Asylum
6
Caterham Asylum
21
Claybury Asylum
1
Colney Hatch Asylum
1
Darenth Asylum
1
APPENDIX. Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1912 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 1,000 Births, registered. 6 | No. 7 | Rate.* 8 | |||||||||
1902 | 130,137 | 4,346 | 33.4 | 636 | 146 | 2,323 | 17.8 | 460 | 63 | 496 | 2,756 | 21.2 |
1903 | 129,654 | 4,200 | 32.4 | 596 | 142 | 1,973 | 15.2 | 414 | 40 | 449 | 2,382 | 18.4 |
1904 | 129,187 | 4,193 | 32.4 | 654 | 156 | 2,142 | 16.6 | 440 | 44 | 495 | 2,593 | 20.1 |
1905 | 128,730 | 4,288 | 33.3 | 547 | 127 | 1,911 | 14.8 | 439 | 33 | 521 | 2,399 | 18.6 |
1906 | 128,288 | 4,031 | 31.4 | 533 | 132 | 1,979 | 15.4 | 456 | 20 | 570 | 2,529 | 19.7 |
1907 | 127,856 | 14,013 | 31.4 | 441 | 110 | 1,856 | 14.5 | 460 | 25 | 507 | 2,338 | 18.3 |
1908 | 127,438 | 4,172 | 32.1 | 534 | 128 | 1,951 | 150 | 591 | 37 | 530 | 2,444 | 18.8 |
1909 | 127,030 | 4,055 | 31.9 | 480 | 118 | 1,947 | 15.3 | 562 | 26 | 466 | 2,387 | 18.8 |
1910 | 126,634 | 3,957 | 31.2 | 403 | 102 | 1,717 | 13.5 | 550 | 30 | 542 | 2,229 | 17.6 |
1911 | 125,840 | 3,842 | 30.5 | 498 | 130 | 1,782 | 14.2 | 515 | 22 | 560 | 2,320 | 18.4 |
Averages for years 1902-1911 | 128,079 | 4,110 | 32.0 | 532 | 129 | 1,958 | 15.2 | 489 | 34 | 514 | 2,438 | 19.0 |
1912 | 125,388 | 3,799 | 30.3 | 433 | 114 | 1,601 | 12.8 | 483 | 20 | 538 | 2,119 | 16.9 |
I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.
No. of Deaths. | |
---|---|
Bermonclsey Infirmary, Lower Road | 3 |
Deaths in River Thames, Surrey Commercial Docks, etc. | 10 |
Railway | 5 |
Street | 2 |
Total | 20 |
III. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.
Bermondsey Workhouse, Ladywell—56 deaths |
III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
No. of Deaths. | |
---|---|
Bermondsey Workhouse, Ladywell | 56 |
Guy's Hospital | 228 |
Brook Hospital | 7 |
Charing Cross Hospital | 3 |
Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street | 1 |
Evelina Hospital | 18 |
East London Hospital | 6 |
King's College Hospital | 1 |
London Hospital | 3 |
Middlesex Hospital | 3 |
Park Hospital | 13 |
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton | 8 |
Royal Hospital, Waterloo Road | 6 |
St. Batholomew's Hospital | 6 |
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hackney | 1 |
St. Thomas' Hospital | 6 |
Seamen's Hospital | 5 |
South Eastern Hospital | 27 |
South Western Hospital | 5 |
Westminster Hospital | 1 |
Banstead Asylum | 5 |
Cane Hill Asylum | 6 |
Caterham Asylum | 21 |
Claybury Asylum | 1 |
Colney Hatch Asylum | 1 |
Darenth Asylum | 1 |