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235
Deaths in the Parish of Non-Parishioners.
Males. Females. Total.
150 75 225
Of these, 163 were from Bermondsey; 8 from St. Olave's ; 18 from St. John's; 5
drowned in River; 4 from Deptford ; 3 from Camberwell; 2 from New Cross; 2 from
Walworth ; one from each of the following places Kent, Scotland, Shoreditch, Lavender
Hill, Fleet Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne, Guernsey, Bow, East Greenwich, Plaistow, Plumstead,
Copenhagen, Shadwell, Durham, Russia, Brixton, Ratcliff, Blackfriars Road, Whitechapel,
Hull, South Shields, and 1 unknown.
Birth Rate.
The Birth Rate per thousand per annum is 33.
Death Rate.
The Death Rate per thousand per annum is 20.6.
Uncertified Deaths.
Thirteen deaths were uncertified. Three were of adults and ten of infants. On all
these cases the Coroner stated that, in his opinion, an inquest was not necessary. In 1891
fifteen deaths were not certified. In 1892 nineteen. In 1893 seventeen. In 1894 twelve.
In 1895 eighteen.
Inquests.
Sixty-five Inquests have been held. Verdicts were :
During the month of January—Six. Two drowned in Docks; Two drowned in the
Thames ; Cerebral Hæmorrhage; Septicemia.
During the month of February—Eleven. Two drowned in Docks; Two Pneumonia;
Heart Disease; Rupture of the Aorta; Phthisis; Bronchitis; Exhaustion
following fracture of thigh; Malnutrition ; Acute Pericarditis