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 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 age | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bermondsey— | 82,119 | 81,781 | 2,502 | 30.6 | 1,409 | 17.2 | 333 | 133 |
Ward 1 | 14,260 | 14,201 | 424 | 29.9 | 269 | 18.9 | 87 | 205 |
„ 2 | 14,341 | 14,282 | 484 | 33.9 | 253 | 17.7 | 63 | 130 |
„ 3 | 15,564 | 15.500 | 518 | 33.4 | 285 | 18.4 | 56 | 108 |
„ 4 | 16,264 | 16,197 | 422 | 26.1 | 223 | 13.8 | 46 | 109 |
„ 5 | 11,752 | 11,704 | 331 | 28.3 | 177 | 15.1 | 29 | 88 |
„ 6 | 9,938 | 9,897 | 323 | 32.6 | 202 | 20.4 | 52 | 161 |
Rotherhithe— | 35,142 | 34,134 | 1,023 | 29.9 | 554 | 16.2 | 116 | 113 |
Ward 1 | 14,170 | 13,763 | 449 | 32.7 | 268 | 19.5 | 58 | 129 |
„ 2 | 13,748 | 13,354 | 408 | 30.5 | 185 | 13.8 | 40 | 98 |
„ 3 | 7,224 | 7,017 | 166 | 23.6 | 101 | 14.4 | 18 | 108 |
St. Olave— | 8,699 | 8,298 | 232 | 28.2 | 173 | 20.9 | 36 | 160 |
St. John | 5,304 | 5,054 | 125 | 24.7 | 100 | 19.8 | 19 | 152 |
St. Olave | 1,994 | 1,900 | 69 | 36.3 | 41 | 21.6 | 6 | 87 |
St. Thomas | 1,401 | 1,335 | 38 | 28.4 | 32 | 24.0 | 11 | 289 |
Whole Borough—Totals | 125,960 | 124,213 | 3,757 | 30.2 | *2,184 | 17.6 | 487‡ | 129 |