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Bermondsey 1922

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

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The birth-rate for 1922 was 26.2 per thousand persons living,
which is 0.6 below that for 1921 and 0.5 below the average for the
last 10 years.
Marriages.
The total number of marriages in the Borough in 1922 was
1,008, being 76 below the number for 1921, and 230 below the
average for the last 10 years.
The figures have been supplied by the Superintendent Registrar.
This makes a marriage rate of 16.64 per 1,000 of the population,
compared with a marriage rate last year of 19.93 per 1,000 of the
population, 121,100.
Year. No. Rate.
1912 1,182 18-81
1913 1,203 19.21
1914 1,236 19.90
1915 1,714 28.12
1916 1,215 19.65
1917 1,015 16.92
1918 1,106 18.21
1919 1,242 19.19
1920 1,383 21.40
1921 1,084 17.99
Average for years 1912-1921 1,238 19.94
1922 1,008 16.64
Deaths.
In Tables III and IV of Appendix will be found tables dealing
with deaths in the Borough.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough for the
year ended December 31st, 1922, was 1,572, which is 259 more than
in 1921 and 119 below the average for the last 10 years.
When this figure is corrected by exclusion of deaths of nonparishioners
occurring in the district, and the inclusion of deaths
of parishioners occurring outside the district, the number is raised
to 2,025. This is 369 more than in 1921, and 23 less than the
average for the last 10 years.