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Bermondsey 1918

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1918

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APPENDIX.
Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1918 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 Non-Resi-dents
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.
Rate.*
13
At all Ages.
No.
12
Rate per
1,000
Births,
registered.
6
No.
5
No.
7
Rate.*
8
534
1908
127,438
4,172
32.1
128
1,951
15.0
591
37
530
2,444
18.8
4,055
480
1909
127,030
31.9
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
30
542
550
2,229
17.6
125,840
3,842
30.5
497
130
1,782
14.2
1911
515
22
560
2,320
18.4
433
1912
125,388
3,799
30.3
114
1,601
12.8
483
20
538
2,119
16.9
1913
124,739
3,842
30.8
505
131
1,730
13.9
529
534
21
2,243
17.9
1914
124,213
3,757
30.2
129
1,694
13.6
26
516
2,184
487
615
17.6
29.6
537
154
1915
123,665
3,482
2,053
17.5
654
38
542
2,514
21.4
608
1916
123,665
3,361
27.1
364
108
1,507
13.2
155
453
1,960
17.2
119,983
2,613
21.7
329
125
1,807
840
1917
18.8
186
411
2,032
18.8
Averages
for years
1908-1917
29.5
124,860
3,688
457
124
1,779
14.8
595
56
509
2,243
18.3
139
1918
121,465
2,323
19.1
322
2,142
19.8
1007
191
439
2,390
22.0
* 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, 125,903.
Do. Number of inhabited houses, 14,967.
Do. Average number of persons per house, 8.41.

Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1918 and Previous Years.

Year. 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Total Deaths registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
No. 3Rate.* 4Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.No. 12Rate.* 13
No. 5Rate per 1,000 Births, registered. 6No. 7Rate.* 8
1908127,4384,17232.15341281,95115.0591375302,44418.8
1909127,0304,05531.94801181,94715.3562264662,38718.8
1910126,6343,95731.24031021,71713.5550305422,22917.6
1911125,8403,84230.54971301,78214.2515225602,32018.4
1912125,3883,79930.34331141,60112.8483205382,11916.9
1913124,7393,84230.85051311,73013.9529215342,24317.9
1914124,2133,75730.24871291,69413.6615265162,18417.6
1915123,6653,48229.65371542,05317.5654385422,51421.4
1916123,6653,36127.13641081,50713.26081554531,96017.2
1917119,9832,61321.73291251,80718.88401864112,03218.8
Averages for years 1908-1917124,8603,68829.54571241,77914.8595565092,24318.3
1918121,4652,32319.13221392,14219.810071914392,39022.0