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Southwark 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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8
POPU LATION—(continued).
The Ward distribution was as follows:—

Table: TABLE 1.

TABLE 1.

WARD.Area in AcresPopulation.Persons to the Acre.
Males.Females.Total.
St. Mary12611,37310,91422,287177
St. Paul12910,59510,93321,528167
St. Peter909,3389,87619,214213
St. John8511,19611,53522,731267
Trinity1089,5588,76818,326169
All Saints8910,13810,53220,670232
St. Michael9013,01812,43225,450283
St. Jude977,2598,09815,357158
St. George9710,81310,88021,693224
Christchurch936,4435,08211,525124
St. Saviour1616,0226,32212,34477
Whole Borough1,165105,753105,372211,125181

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BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1909 was
5,720, of which 2,918 were males, and 2,802 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 27.1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births belonging to the individual parishes was as
follows Newington, 3,452; St. George the Martyr, 1,718; Christchurch,
240; and St. Saviour's, 310.
In addition to the 5,720 births registered in the Borough I learn from
the Registrar General that there were 249 births during the year in
various lying-in institutions outside the Borough belonging to persons