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Bermondsey 1926
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1926
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TABLE I.—VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1926 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
Population
estimated
to Middle
of each
Year
2
Deaths
of Non-Residents
registered
in
Public
Institutions, etc.
in the
District
10
Total
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions
in
the
District
9
Deaths
of Residents
registered in
Public
Institutions
beyond
the
District
11
Year
1
Births
Total Deaths registered in the
District
Net Deaths at
all Ages
belonging to
the District
No.
3
Rate
4
At all Ages
Under 1 Year
of Age
No.
12
No.
5
Rate per
1,000
Births
registered
6
Rate
8
VIII.—APPENDIX.
No.
7
Rate
13
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
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
120,500
3,231
26.8
1921
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
1923
121,709
2,912
23.9
220
76
1,192
9.7
330
42
288
1,480
12.1
1924
122,100
2,913
23.8
200
68
1,277
10.4
720
337
1,657
43
13.6
123,000
21.6
188
1925
2,652
71
1,280
10.4
669
47
321
1,554
12.6
Averages
for years
1916-1925
122,695
2,985
24.2
264
90
1,516
701
103
373
1,814
15.4
13.0
2,414
19.6
52
1,163
9.4
624
31
352
1,484
12.1
1926
123,100
126
TABLE I.—VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1926 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-Residents registered in Public Institutions, etc. in the District 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | 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 |
| 1923 | 121,709 | 2,912 | 23.9 | 220 | 76 | 1,192 | 9.7 | 330 | 42 | 288 | 1,480 | 12.1 |
| 1924 | 122,100 | 2,913 | 23.8 | 200 | 68 | 1,277 | 10.4 | 720 | 43 | 337 | 1,657 | 13.6 |
| 1925 | 123,000 | 2,652 | 21.6 | 188 | 71 | 1,280 | 10.4 | 669 | 47 | 321 | 1,554 | 12.6 |
| Averages for years 1916-1925 | 122,695 | 2,985 | 24.2 | 264 | 90 | 1,516 | 13.0 | 701 | 103 | 373 | 1,814 | 15.4 |
| 1926 | 123,100 | 2,414 | 19.6 | 126 | 52 | 1,163 | 9.4 | 624 | 31 | 352 | 1,484 | 12.1 |