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Bermondsey 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1922

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Table I. —Vital Statistics of whole District during 1922 and previous Years.
Year.
1
Population
estimated
to Middle
of each
Year.
Total Deaths registered in the
District.
Net Deaths at
all Ages
belonging to
the District.
Births.
Deaths
of Non-
Residents
registered
in
Public
Institutions
in the
District.
10
Deaths
of Residents
registered
in
Public
Institutions
beyond
the
District.
11
No.
3
Rate.
4
Under 1 Year
of Age.
At all Ages.
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions in
the
District.
9
No.
12
Rate.*
13
No.
5
Rate per
1,000
Births
registered. 6
No.
7
Rate.*
8
1912
125,388
3,799
30.3
433
114
1,601
12.8
483
20
538
2,119
16.9
APPENDIX.
21
1913
124,739
3,842
30.8
505
131
1,730
13.9
529
534
2,243
17.9
1914
124,213
3,757
30.2
487
129
1,694
13.6
615
26
2,184
17.6
516
1915
123,665
3,482
29.6
537
154
2,053
17.5
654
38
542
2,514
21.4
1916
123,665
3,361
27.1
364
108
1,507
13.2
608
155
453
1,960
17.2
1917
119,983
2,613
21.7
329
125
1,807
18.8
840
186
411
2,032
18.8
1918
121,465
2,323
19.1
322
139
2,142
19.8
1,007
191
2,390
22.0
439
124,239
1919
2,637
20.4
212
80
1,600
12.8
709
165
313
1,748
14,1
1920
129,189
4,038
31.2
280
69
1,466
11.3
689
105
281
1,642
12.7
1921
120,500
3,231
26.8
261
80
1,313
10.8
657
51
394
1,656
13.7
123,702
3,308
26.7
112
1,691
14.4
679
442
2,048
17.2
Averages
for
years
1912-
1921
95
373
1922
121,100
3,167
26.1
259
81
1,572
12.9
778
43
496
2,025
16.7
* 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 1921—Total population of all ages, 119,455.
Do. Number of inhabited houses, 14,967
Do. Average number of persons per house, 8.41.

Table I.—Vital Statistics of whole District during 1922 and previous Years.

Year. 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.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
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
1918121,4652,32319.13221392,14219.81,0071914392,39022.0
1919124,2392,63720.4212801,60012.87091653131,74814,1
1920129,1894,03831.2280691,46611.36891052811,64212.7
1921120,5003,23126.8261801,31310.8657513941,65613.7
Averages for years 1912- 1921123,7023,30826.73731121,69114.4679954422,04817.2
1922121,1003,16726.1259811,57212.9778434962,02516.7