[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bermondsey,

  • Bermondsey (London, England). Parish. Vestry.
Date:
[1900]
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    number in 1898. The total births are now 600 fewer than they were 24 years ago. The excess of births over deaths was 1,000, The annual birth-rate was 35.6 per thousand of of the estimated population. The London birth rate was 29.4, which is the lowest on record. The number of children born in the first quarter of the year was 842 ; in the second quarter, 727; in the third, 739; and in the last quarter, 755. In the first quarter alone there was a slight in crease, while in each of the other quarters a reduced number of births took place. DEATHS. The deaths registered in the parish during the year, numbered 1,529, being 261 more than in the previous year. The number of deaths of parishioners in outlying public institutions was 534, being an increase of 31. The total deaths were therefore 2,063. The death-rate before distribution of the hospital deaths was 17.9, and after such distribution 24.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. The London death-rate was 19.8; that of males being 21.5, and that of females 18.2.