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Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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9
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1904, was
6,557, of which 3.283 were males, and 3,274 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 31.5 per 1.000 inhabitants.
Births and Birth-rates for each quarter of 1904 for the three divisions
of the Borough as formerly existed:—
TABLE 2.
| Quarter ending. | St. Mary, Newington. | St. George the Martyr. | St. Saviour and Christ-church. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | Rate. | M. | F. | Total | Rate. | M. | F. | Total | Rate. | |
| March | 521 | 516 | 1037 | 33.7 | 236 | 282 | 518 | 33.6 | 90 | 71 | 161 | 27.3 |
| June | 488 | 468 | 956 | 311 | 224 | 260 | 484 | 31.4 | 82 | 85 | 167 | 28.4 |
| September | 529 | 495 | 1024 | 33.3 | 247 | 210 | 457 | 29.7 | 77 | 87 | 164 | 27.8 |
| December | 468 | 489 | 957 | 311 | 241 | 233 | 474 | 30.8 | 80 | 78 | 158 | 26.8 |
| For the Year | 2006 | 1968 | 3974 | 32.3 | 948 | 985 | 1933 | 31.2 | 329 | 321 | 650 | 27.6 |
Birth rate for the last Fourteen Years, for the Three Divisions of the Borough as formerly existed:
| Newington. | St. George. | St. Saviour | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 362 | 35.9 | 31.7 | — |
| 1892 | 350 | 360 | 31.4 | — |
| 1893 | 36.9 | 36.3 | 29.1 | — |
| 1894 | 35.4 | 34.6 | 28.9 | — |
| 1895 | 35.4 | 36.5 | 32.4 | — |
| 1896 | 35.2 | 36.9 | 30.9 | — |
| 1897 | 34.7 | 351 | 309 | |
| 1898 | 33.8 | 35.5 | 30.2 | |
| 1899 | 33.6 | 35.2 | 28.7 | — |
| 1900 | 33.3 | 34.6 | 29.8 | — |
| 1901 | 33.8 | 33.6 | 30.0 | 33.3 |
| 1902 | 34.4 | 32.7 | 29.3 | 33.3 |
| 1903 | 33.3 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 32.3 |
| 1904 | 32.3 | 31.2 | 27.6 | 31.5 |