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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
Southwark 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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9
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1903, was
6,717, of which 3,358 were males, and 3,359 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 32.3 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Births and Birth-rates for each quarter of 1903 for the three divisions
of the Borough as formerly existed :—
| Quarter ending. | St. Mary, Newington. | St. George | the Martyr. | St. Saviour and Christ-church. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | Bate. | M. | F. | Total | Rate. | M. | F. | Total | Rate. | |
| March | 525 | 519 | 1044 | 34.0 | 219 | 276 | 495 | 32.2 | 91 | 85 | 176 | 30.0 |
| June | 519 | 493 | 1012 | 33.0 | 251 | 226 | 477 | 31.1 | 83 | 105 | 188 | 32.0 |
| September | 486 | 517 | 1003 | 32.7 | 224 | 267 | 491 | 32.0 | 89 | 78 | 167 | 28.4 |
| December | 544 | 486 | 1030 | 33.6 | 239 | 222 | 461 | 30.0 | 88 | 85 | 173 | 29.5 |
| Totals | 2074 | 2015 | 4089 | 33.3 | 933 | 991 | 1924 | 31.3 | 351 | 353 | 704 | 30.0 |
Birth-rate for the last Eleven Years, for the Three Divisions of the Borough as formerly existed :
| Newington. | St. George. | St. Saviour. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 36.2 | 35.9 | 31.7 | — |
| 1892 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 31.4 | — |
| 1893 | 36.9 | 36.3 | 29.1 | — |
| 1894 | 35.4 | 34.6 | 28.9 | — |
| 1895 | 35.4 | 36.5 | 32.4 | — |
| 1896 | 35.2 | 36.9 | 30.9 | — |
| 1897 | 34.7 | 35.1 | 30.9 | — |
| 1898 | 33.8 | 35.5 | 30.2 | — |
| 1899 | 33.6 | 35.2 | 28.7 | — |
| 1900 | 33.3 | 34.6 | 29.8 | — |
| 1901 | 33.8 | 33.6 | 30.0 | 33.3 |
| 1902 | 34.4 | 32.7 | 29.3 | 33.3 |
| 1903 | 33.3 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 32.3 |