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Bermondsey 1914

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1914

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1,023
29.9
554
16.2
116
113
Rotherhithe —
35,142
34,134
268
58
Ward 1
14,170
13,763
449
32.7
19.5
129
13,748
13,354
408
30.5
185
13.8
98
40
„ 2
166
23.6
101
14.4
18
108
„ 3
7,224
7 ,017
20.9
36
160
St. Olave—
8,699
8,298
232
28.2
173
19.8
152
St. John
5,304
5,054
1,900
125
24.7
100
19
St. Olave
69
36.3
21.6
6
87
1,994
41
St. Thomas
1,401
1,335
38
28.4
32
24.0
11
289
*2,184
17.6
487‡
129
Whole Borough—Totals
125,960
124,213
3,757
30.2
*Note.—48 Deaths in outlying Institutions could not be allocated to any particular Ward, but are included in the total for the whole Borough
† The Ward populations in this column are estimated, as the census figures have not been supplied.
‡ 2 Deaths under this heading could not be allocated to any particular Ward, but arc included in the total for the whole Borough.

Table VI.—Population, Births and Deaths in Wards.

Wards.Population at Census, 1911.†Estimated population, 1914.Births, 1914.Birth-rate.Deaths, 1914.Death-rate.Deaths under one year of ageInfantile Mortality per 1,000 Births.
Bermondsey—82,11981,7812,50230.61,40917.2333133
Ward 114,26014,20142429.926918.987205
„ 214,34114,28248433.925317.763130
„ 315,56415.50051833.428518.456108
„ 416,26416,19742226.122313.846109
„ 511,75211,70433128.317715.12988
„ 69,9389,89732332.620220.452161
Rotherhithe—35,14234,1341,02329.955416.2116113
Ward 114,17013,76344932.726819.558129
„ 213,74813,35440830.518513.84098
„ 37,2247,01716623.610114.418108
St. Olave—8,6998,29823228.217320.936160
St. John5,3045,05412524.710019.819152
St. Olave1,9941,9006936.34121.6687
St. Thomas1,4011,3353828.43224.011289
Whole Borough—Totals125,960124,2133,75730.2*2,18417.6487‡129