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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Age< belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Bate* | Number. | Bate* | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | |||||||||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1912 | 190,017 | 5589 | 29.4 | 610 | 109 | 2607 | 13.7 | 1047 | 696 | 1279 | 3190 | 16.8 |
| 1913 | 188,487 | 5931 | 31.5 | 721 | 121 | 2777 | 14.7 | 1078 | 709 | 1345 | 3371 | 17.9 |
| 1914 | 188,321 | 5604 | 29.7 | 700 | 125 | 2725 | 14.5 | 1160 | 706 | 1364 | 3350 | 17.8 |
| 1915 | 179,424 | 5247 | 29.2 | 729 | 138 | 3093 | 17.2 | 1276 | 667 | 1333 | 3727 | 20.8 |
| 1916 | 177,166 | 4896 | 27.6 | 478 | 104 | 2633 | 14.8 | 1202 | 604 | 1050 | 3039 | 17.1 |
| 1917 | 167,936 | 4135 | 24.6 | 461 | 122 | 2528 | 15.0 | 1163 | 565 | 1154 | 3087 | 18.3 |
| 1918 | 161,968 | 3450 | 21.3 | 390 | 127 | 3302 | 20.4 | 1471 | 662 | 1117 | 3757 | 23.2 |
| 1919 | 179,971 | 4170 | 23.2 | 358 | 96 | 2423 | 13.4 | 1108 | 650 | 955 | 2728 | 15.1 |
| 1920 | 187,142 | 5954 | 31.8 | 466 | 86 | 2085 | 111 | 881 | 659 | 1259 | 2685 | 14.4 |
| 1921 | 184,388 | 5038 | 27.3 | 367 | 83 | 1877 | 10.2 | 752 | 517 | 1273 | 2633 | 14.3 |
| Arerages for years 1912-1921 | 180,482 | 5002 | 27.5 | 528 | 111 | 2605 | 14.5 | 1113 | 643 | 1212 | 3156 | 17.5 |
| 1922 | 187,220 | 4576 | 24.4 | 322 | 80 | 2140 | 11.4 | 890 | 535 | 1290 | 2895 | 15-5 |
"Kates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
| Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water) | 1131.5 | ||
| Total population at all ages | 184,404 | *At Census | |
| Number of inhabited houses | *19,050 | of 1921 | |
| r Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. | Guy's Hospital, Evelina Hospital, Bethlem Hospital, Royal Eye Hospital, Catholic Nursing Home, 60, Lambeth Road. | ||
| II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | See page 8 (Outlying deaths, with localities) | ||
| III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. | Newington Institution. | ||