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I.—VITAL STATISTICS.
GENERAL.
The area of the Borough (exclusive of area covered by water)
is 1,336 acres.
At the 1921 Census there were 18,266 structurally separate
dwellings in the Borough, which were inhabited by 28,610 families
or separate occupiers.
The rateable value of the Borough on the 31st December,
1927, was £1,095,639, the product of a penny rate being £4,420.
POPULATION.
The population of the Borough of Bermondsey, as enumerated
in the Census of 1911 and 1921, and the estimate of the year
under report are as follows: —
Estimated
1911 1921 to
June 30th, 1927
125,903 119,452 121,000
The population of Bermondsey for 1927 has been estimated
by the Registrar-General as 121,000, and this figure has been
utilised in estimating the birth and death rates.
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the Borough for the
52 weeks ended December 31st, 1927, was 2,233, consisting of 1,165
males, and 1,068 females. This is 657 below the average for the
last 10 years, and 181 below the figure for 1926.
The birth rate for 1927 was 18.5 per thousand persons living,
which is 1.1 below that for 1926 and 4.9 below the average for the
last 10 years.
The birth rate is unusually low for Bermondsey, but the same
may be said of the death rate, and subtracting the latter from
the former, leaves us with a net increase of population of 5.6.