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Cholera and the Water Supply in the South Districts of London in 1854

Table VI. The Mortality from Cholera in 1854, in Thirty-one Sub-Districts, as compared with Calculations founded on the Results shewn in Table V.

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Registration Districts. Registration Sub-Districts. Population in 1851. Estimated population supplied with water as under. Deaths from cholera in 1854. Calculated mortality in the population, supplied with water as under.

Southwark and Vauxhall Co. Lambeth Co. Both Companies together. Total deaths. Deaths per 10,000 living. Southwark and Vauxhall Co. at 160 per 10,000. Lambeth Co. at 27 per 10,000. The two Companies. Calculated deaths per 10,000 supplied by the two Companies.

St. Saviour, Southw. 1. Christchurch 16,022 2,915 13,234 16,149 113 71 46 36 82 57

2. St. Saviour 19,709 16,337 898 17,235 378 192 261 2 263 153

St. Olave 1. St. Olave 8,015 8,745 0 8,745 161 201 140 0 140 160

2. St. John, Horselydown 11,300 9,360 0 9,360 152 134 150 0 150 160

Bermondsey 1. St. James 18,899 23,173 693 23,866 362 192 370 2 372 156

2. St. Mary Magdalen 13,934 17,258 0 17,258 247 177 276 0 276 160

3. Leather Market 15,295 14,003 1,092 15,095 237 155 224 3 227 150

St. George, Southw. 1. Kent Road 18,126 12,630 3,997 16,627 177 98 202 11 213 134

2. Borough Road 15,862 8,937 6,672 15,609 271 171 143 18 161 104

3. London Road 17,836 2,872 11,497 14,369 95 53 46 31 79 55

Newington 1. Trinity 20,922 10,132 8,370 18,502 211 101 162 22 184 99

2. St. Peter, Walworth 29,861 14,274 10,724 24,998 391 131 228 29 257 103

3. St. Mary 14,033 2,983 5,484 8,467 92 66 48 15 63 74

19Lambeth 1. Waterloo, part 1 14,088 3,548 11,939 15,487 59 42 57 31 86 55

2. Waterloo, part 2 18,348 7,171 12,533 19,704 118 64 115 34 149 76

3. Lambeth church, pt. 1 18,409 3,113 15,878 18,991 49 27 50 43 93 49

4. Lambeth church, pt. 2 26,784 7,868 16,023 23,891 195 73 126 43 167 71

5. Kennington, part 1 24,261 15,775 2,708 18,483 305 126 253 7 260 146

6. Kennington, part 2 18,848 7,874 5,620 13,494 143 75 126 15 141 105

7. Brixton 14,610 1,922 9,356 11,278 48 33 31 25 56 49

8. Norwood 3,977 0 1,066 1,066 10 25 0 3 3 28

Wandsworth 1. Clapham 16,290 6,747 134 6,881 167 103 108 0 108 158

2. Battersea 10,560 6,276 276 6,552 171 162 100 1 101 152

3. Wandsworth 9,611 907 94 1,001 59 61 15 0 15 149

4. Putney 5,280 74 0 74 9 17 1 0 1 160

5. Streatham 9,023 0 3,244 3,244 15 17 0 9 9 27

Camberwell 1. Dulwich 1,632 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0

2. Camberwell 17,742 9,139 639 9,778 242 136 146 2 148 151

3. Peckham 19,444 5,438 392 5,830 175 90 87 1 88 151

4. St. George 15,849 4,295 5,437 9,732 132 83 69 15 84 86

Rotherhithe Rotherhithe 17,805 12,218 0 12,218 283 159 196 0 196 160

Houses supplied in streets where no death occurred 28,929 23,338 52,267

Houses not identified 2,712 165 2,877

Totals 482,435 267,625 171,528 439,153 5,067 105 4,282 462 4,744 108

Population as estimated by the Registrar-General 266,516 173,748 440,264 4,267 473 4,740 108

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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