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Southwark 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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POPULATION—continued.
The Ward distribution was as follows:—
| WARD. | Area in Acres | Population. | Persons to the Acre. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
| St. Mary | 126 | 11,422 | 10,954 | 22,376 | 177 |
| St. Paul | 129 | 10,632 | 10,969 | 21,601 | 167 |
| St. Peter | 90 | 9,338 | 9,876 | 19,214 | 213 |
| St. John | 85 | 11,236 | 11,591 | 22,827 | 268 |
| Trinity | 108 | 9,593 | 8,806 | 18,399 | 170 |
| All Saints | 89 | 10,179 | 10,576 | 20,755 | 233 |
| St. Michael | 90 | 13,058 | 12,477 | 25,535 | 284 |
| St. Jude | 97 | 7,284 | 8,123 | 15,407 | 159 |
| St. George | 97 | 10,848 | 10,925 | 21,773 | 224 |
| Christchurch | 93 | 6,461 | 5,100 | 11,561 | 124 |
| St. Saviour | 161 | 6,042 | 6,342 | 12,384 | 77 |
| Whole Borough | 1,165 | 106,093 | 105,739 | 211,832 | 182 |
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1910 was
5,627, of which 2,805 were males, and 2,822 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 266 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births registered, belonging to the individual parishes
was as follows:—Newington, 3,381; St. George the Martyr, 1,689;
Christchurch, 259; and St. Saviour's, 298.
In addition to these 5,627 births registered in the Borough I learn
from the Registrar General that there were 246 births during the year in
various Lying-in and other institutions outside the Borough belonging to