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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1923
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1923
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Table I. —Vital Statistics of whole District during 1923 and previous Years.
Population
estimated
to Middle
of each
Year.
2
Year.
1
Births.
Total Deaths Registered in the
District
Net Deaths at
all Ages
belonging to
the District.
Deaths
of Residents
registered
in Public
Institutions
bevond
the
District
11
Deaths
of Non-
Resident'
registered
in Public
Institutions
in the
District.
10
Rate. *
4
No.
3
At all Ages
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions
in
the
District.
9
Under 1 Year
of age.
No.
12
Rate.*
13
Rate per
1,000
Births
registered.
6
Rate.*
8
No.
5
No.
7
APPENDIX.
1913
3,842
124,739
30.8
505
131
1,730
18.9
529
21
534
2,243
17.9
1914
124,213
487
129
1,694
13.6
6l5
26
516
2,184
17.6
3,757
30.2
1915
123,665
3,482
29.6
17.5
21.4
537
154
2,053
654
38
542
2,514
123,665
1916
3,361
27.1
364
1,507
13.2
608
155
453
1,960
17.2
108
1917
119,983
2,613
21.7
329
1,807
18.8
840
411
18.8
125
186
2,032
1918
121,465
2,323
19.1
322
139
2,142
1007
2,390
22.0
19.8
191
439
1919
124,239
212
1,600
709
1,748
2,637
20.4
80
12.8
165
313
14.1
1920
129,189
4,038
31.2
280
69
1,466
11.3
689
105
281
1,642
12.7
3,231
1921
120,500
26.8
261
1,313
10.8
51
394
80
657
1,656
13.7
121,100
3,167
26.1
259
81
1,572
12.9
16.7
1922
778
43
496
2,025
Averages
for
years
1912-
1922
123,275
3,245
26.3
355
109
1,688
14.4
708
98
437
2,039
17.2
1923
2,912
23.9
76
1,192
330
288
1,480
121,700
220
9.7
42
12.1
Table I.—Vital Statistics of whole District during 1923 and previous Years.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9 | Deaths of Non-Resident' registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions bevond the District 11 | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 3 | Rate.* 4 | Under 1 Year of age. | At all Ages | No. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||||
| No. 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6 | No. 7 | Rate.* 8 | |||||||||
| 1913 | 124,739 | 3,842 | 30.8 | 505 | 131 | 1,730 | 18.9 | 529 | 21 | 534 | 2,243 | 17.9 |
| 1914 | 124,213 | 3,757 | 30.2 | 487 | 129 | 1,694 | 13.6 | 6l5 | 26 | 516 | 2,184 | 17.6 |
| 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 | 1007 | 191 | 439 | 2,390 | 22.0 |
| 1919 | 124,239 | 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 |
| 1922 | 121,100 | 3,167 | 26.1 | 259 | 81 | 1,572 | 12.9 | 778 | 43 | 496 | 2,025 | 16.7 |
| Averages for years 1912- 1922 | 123,275 | 3,245 | 26.3 | 355 | 109 | 1,688 | 14.4 | 708 | 98 | 437 | 2,039 | 17.2 |
| 1923 | 121,700 | 2,912 | 23.9 | 220 | 76 | 1,192 | 9.7 | 330 | 42 | 288 | 1,480 | 12.1 |