Cholera and the Water Supply

Table II. — Shewing the Results of the Inquiry Made by Mr. Whiting in Eleven Sub-Districts

Registration Districts.	Registration Sub-Districts.	Number of inhabited houses in 1851.	Population in 1851.	Estimated constant population per house.	“Number of houses, and estimated number of persons, supplied in 1854 with water as under.”				Water supply of the houses in which fatal attacks of cholera took place during first seven weeks of epidemic of 1854.					Deaths from cholera in first 7 weeks of epidemic of 1854.	Mortality per 10,000 supplied with water as under.
					By Southwark and Vauxhall Co.		By the Lambeth Company.		Southwark and Vauxhall Co.	Lambeth Co.	Thames, canals, or ditches.	From pumpwells.	Supply not ascertained.		Southwark and Vauxhall Co.	Lambeth Co.
					No. of houses.	Estim. Population.	No. of houses.	Estim. Population.
St. Saviour, Southw.	2. St. Saviour	2,713	10,709	7·3	2,238	16,337	123	898	115	0	10	0	0	125	70·3
St. Olave, Southwark	1. St. Olave	880	8,015	9·1	961	8,745	0	0	43	0	5	0	5	53	49·1
	2. St. John, Horselydown	1,480	11,360	7·7	1,170	9,360	0	0	48	0	3	0	0	51	50·1
Bermondsey	1. St. James	2,863	18,899	6·6	3,511	23,173	105	693	102	0	21	0	0	123	44·0
	2. St. Mary Magdalen	1,865	13,934	7·5	2,301	17,258	0	0	83	0	4	0	0	87	48·0
	3. Leather Market	2,279	15,295	6·7	2,090	14,003	163	1,092	81	0	0	0	0	81	57·8
Wandsworth	1. Clapham	2,657	16,290	6·1	1,106	6,747	22	134	19	0	0	5	0	24	28·1
	2. Battersea	1,760	10,560	6·0	1,046	6,276	46	270	42	0	8	4	0	54	66·9
Camberwell	2. Camberwell	2,851	17,742	6·2	1,474	9,139	103	639	96	0	0	0	0	96	104·8
	3. Peckham	3,457	19,444	5·6	971	5,438	70	392	59	0	0	0	0	59	108·4
Rotherhithe	Rotherhithe	2,792	17,805	6·4	1,909	12,218	0	0	68	0	35	0	0	103	55·6
Totals		25,597	169,053	6·5	18,777	128,694	632	4,124	756	0	86	9	5	856	58·7
Totals of Table I.		47,548	317,883	6·6	16,038	107,290	20,554	143,901	507	98	16	20	17	658	47·2	6·8
Houses in streets where no death occurred				6·4	4,500	28,929	3,643	23,338	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not identified				6·6	411	2,712	25	165
Totals of thirty-two Sub-districts		73,145	480,936	6·0	39,726	267,625	24,854	171,528	1263	98	102	29	22	1514	47·2	5·7

Table III.
Shewing the results of the whole Inquiry during the First Seven Weeks of the Epidemic, arranged in Districts.

Registration Districts.	Number of inhabited houses in 1851.	Population in 1851.	Estimated constant population per house.	“Number of houses, and estimated number of persons, supplied in 1854 with water as under.”				Water supply of the houses in which fatal attacks of cholera took place during first seven weeks of epidemic of 1854.					Deaths in first seven weeks of epidemic.	Mortality per 10,000 supplied with water as under.
				By the Southwark and Vauxhall Co.		By the Lambeth Company.		Southwark and Vauxhall Co.	Lambeth Co.	Thames, canals, or ditches.	Pump-wells.	Supply not ascertained.		Southwark and Vauxhall Co.	Lambeth Co.
				No. of houses.	Estimated population.	No. of houses.	Estimated population.
St. Saviour, Southwark	4,600	35,731	7·8	2,631	19,617	1,689	14,201	126	13	10	0	1	150	64·4	9·1
St. Olave, Southwark	2,360	19,375	8·2	2,193	18,638	0	0	91	0	8	0	5	104	48·8
Bermondsey	7,007	48,128	6·9	8,402	57,884	268	1,785	266	0	25	0	0	291	45·9
St. George, Southwark	6,992	51,824	7·4	3,419	25,039	3,183	23,712	134	20	0	0	3	157	53·5	8·4
Newington	10,458	64,816	6·2	5,224	31,940	5,473	33,531	155	11	0	1	2	169	48·5	3·2
Lambeth	20,447	139,325	6·8	8,077	54,982	11,763	83,786	176	43	8	7	9	243	32·8	4·9
Wandsworth	8,276	50,764	6·1	3,028	18,390	618	3,870	62	1	16	17	0	96	33·7	3·3
Camberwell	9,412	54,667	5·8	4,005	23,472	1,835	10,478	185	9	0	2	1	197	78·8	8·5
Rotherhithe	2,792	17,805	6·4	2,336	14,951	0	0	68	0	35	0	0	103	45·4
Sub-district of Sydenham	801	4,501	5·6	0	0	unknow.	unknow.	0	1	0	2	1	4
Not identified			6·6	411	2,712	25	165
Totals	73,145	486,936	6·7	39,726	267,625	24,854	171,528	1263	98	102	29	22	1514	47·2	5·7