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Southwark 1911

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

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Table: POPULATION—continued. The Ward distribution was as follows:—table 1.

POPULATION—continued. The Ward distribution was as follows:—

table 1.

ward.Area in AcresPopulation.Persons to the Acre.
Males.Females.Total.
St. Mary12611,39010,88922,279177
St. Paul1299,6319,97119,602152
St. Peter908,9099,44018,349204
St. John8510,29810,94921,247250
Trinity1088,3887,63816,026148
All Saints899,4669,85019,316217
St. Michael9011,63811,07022,708252
St. Jude976,3947,17813,572140
St. George979,6789,82419,502201
Christchurch935,2094,3139,522102
St. Saviour1614,7955,0449,83961
Whole Borough1,16595,79696,166191,962164

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BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1911 was
5,408, of which 2,680 were males, and 2,728 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 28.2 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births registered, belonging to the individual parishes
was as follows:—Newington, 3,239; St. George the Martyr, 1,647;
Christchurch and St. Saviour's, 522.
In addition to these 5,408 births registered in the Borough I learn
from the Registrar General that there were 284 births during the year in
various lying-in and other institutions outside the Borough belonging to