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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of]
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APPENDIX. Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1917 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | | Deaths of Non-Resi-dents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate*. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| No.3 | Rate.*4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Rate per 1.000 Births, registered.6 | No.7 | Rate.*8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | No Rate 12 | No Rate 13 | ||
| 1907 | 127,856 | 4,013 | 31.4 | 441 | 110 | 1,856 | 14.5 | 460 | 25 | 507 | 2,338 | 18.3 |
| 1908 | 127,438 | 4,172 | 32.1 | 534 | 128 | 1,951 | 15.0 | 591 | 37 | 530 | 2,444 | 18.8 |
| 1909 | 127,030 | 4,055 | 31.9 | 480 | 118 | 1,947 | 15.3 | 562 | 26 | 466 | 2,387 | 18.8 |
| 1910 | 126,634 | 3,957 | 31.2 | 403 | 102 | 1,717 | 13.5 | 550 | 30 | 542 | 2,229 | 17.6 |
| 1911 | 125,840 | 3,842 | 30.5 | 497 | 130 | 1,782 | 14.2 | 515 | 22 | 560 | 2,320 | 18.4 |
| 1912 | 125,388 | 3,799 | 30.3 | 433 | 114 | 1,601 | 12.8 | 483 | 20 | 538 | 2,119 | 16.9 |
| 1913 | 124,739 | 3,842 | 30.8 | 505 | 131 | 1,730 | 13.9 | 529 | 21 | 534 | 2,243 | 17.9 |
| 1914 | 124,213 | 3,757 | 30.2 | 487 | 129 | 1,694 | 13.6 | 615 | 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 |
| Averages for years | ||||||||||||
| 1907-1916 | 125,646 | 3,828 | 30.5 | 468 | 122 | 1,784 | 14.4 | 566 | 40 | 519 | 2,274 | 18.3 |
| 1917 | 119,983 | 2,613 | 21.7 | 329 | 125 | 1,807 | 18.8 | 840 | 186 | 411 | 2,032 | 18.8 |
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* 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 1911 Total population of all ages, 125,903
Do. Number of inhabited houses, 14,967.
Do. Average number of persons per house, 8.41.