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Bermondsey 1920
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1920
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Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1920 and Previous Years.
St. Olave.
Bermondsey.
Rotherhithe.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Births
registered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Population
estimated
to middle
of each
year.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Births
registered.
Deaths
at all
Ages.
Deaths
under
1 year.
Births
registered.
Year.
27
1910
81,304
2,661
1,441
38,125
134
341
1,040
603
7,205
256
185
35,059
666
1911
82,110
2,528
1,470
403
1,067
167
8,671
247
184
41
82,073
1,439
290
34,747
1,065
511
113
8,568
232
169
30
1912
2,502
118
8,429
220
158
30
1913
81,833
2,548
1,501
357
34,477
1,074
584
8,298
173
36
1914
81,781
2,502
1,409
333
34,134
1,023
554
116
232
2,306
1,665
349
32,194
991
642
153
7,839
185
207
35
1915
77,155
1916
233
34,620
479
102
8,542
211
140
29
80,503
2,200
1,341
950
33,590
8,275
136
25
1917
78,118
1,716
1,328
215
762
568
89
135
8,377
79,083
1,589
209
34,005
694
640
91
142
161
22
1918
1,487
874
36,232
486
67
8,939
167
155
18
1919
84,249
1,672
177
798
34,718
115
8,314
174
80,821
2,212
1,406
291
946
589
203
Averages
of years
1910 - 1919
29
1920
227
1140
155
84,099
1,001
36,167
486
90
8,923
226
20
2,672
Table II.—Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1920 and Previous Years.
| Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
| 1910 | 81,304 | 2,661 | 1,441 | 341 | 38,125 | 1,040 | 603 | 134 | 7,205 | 256 | 185 | 27 |
| 1911 | 82,110 | 2,528 | 1,470 | 403 | 35,059 | 1,067 | 666 | 167 | 8,671 | 247 | 184 | 41 |
| 1912 | 82,073 | 2,502 | 1,439 | 290 | 34,747 | 1,065 | 511 | 113 | 8,568 | 232 | 169 | 30 |
| 1913 | 81,833 | 2,548 | 1,501 | 357 | 34,477 | 1,074 | 584 | 118 | 8,429 | 220 | 158 | 30 |
| 1914 | 81,781 | 2,502 | 1,409 | 333 | 34,134 | 1,023 | 554 | 116 | 8,298 | 232 | 173 | 36 |
| 1915 | 77,155 | 2,306 | 1,665 | 349 | 32,194 | 991 | 642 | 153 | 7,839 | 185 | 207 | 35 |
| 1916 | 80,503 | 2,200 | 1,341 | 233 | 34,620 | 950 | 479 | 102 | 8,542 | 211 | 140 | 29 |
| 1917 | 78,118 | 1,716 | 1,328 | 215 | 33,590 | 762 | 568 | 89 | 8,275 | 135 | 136 | 25 |
| 1918 | 79,083 | 1,487 | 1,589 | 209 | 34,005 | 694 | 640 | 91 | 8,377 | 142 | 161 | 22 |
| 1919 | 84,249 | 1,672 | 874 | 177 | 36,232 | 798 | 486 | 67 | 8,939 | 167 | 155 | 18 |
| Averages of years 1910 – 1919 | 80,821 | 2,212 | 1,406 | 291 | 34,718 | 946 | 589 | 115 | 8,314 | 203 | 174 | 29 |
| 1920 | 84,099 | 2,672 | 1,001 | 227 | 36,167 | 1140 | 486 | 90 | 8,923 | 226 | 155 | 20 |