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Southwark 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1906 and Previous Years. Name of District—BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
| 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 Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate* | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate* | |||||||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1895 | ||||||||||||
| 1896 | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | ||||||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 1900 | 209,309 | 6979 | 33.3 | 1218 | 174 | 3652 | 17.4 | 728 | 263 | 1581 | 1970 | 23.7 |
| 1901 | 206,219 | 6875 | 33.3 | 1150 | 167 | 3600 | 17.4 | 770 | 482 | 1295 | 4413 | 21.4 |
| 1902 | 206,825 | 6897 | 33 3 | 1143 | 166 | 3765 | 18.2 | 900 | 570 | 1300 | 4495 | 21.7 |
| 1903 | 207,369 | 6717 | 32.3 | 1021 | 148 | 3240 | 15.6 | 913 | 584 | 1086 | 3742 | 18.1 |
| 1904 | 207,937 | 6557 | 31.5 | 1202 | 183 | 3746 | 180 | 1116 | 710 | 1133 | 4169 | 20.0 |
| 1905 | 208,528 | 6250 | 30.0 | 984 | 157 | 3397 | 16.2 | 1093 | 724 | 1175 | 3848 | 18.5 |
| Averages for years 1900-1905 | 207,364 | 6712 | 32.3 | 1119 | 166 | 3566 | 17.1 | 920 | 555 | 1261 | 4273 | 20.6 |
| 1906 | 209,143 | 6079 | 29.1 | 961 | 158 | 3244 | 15.5 | 1026 | 674 | 1197 | 3767 | 18.0 |
*Rates 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 206,180 At Census of 1901
Number of inhabited houses 20,878
Average number of persons per house 9.8
Institutions within the District receiving sick and Guy's Hospital, Evelina Hospital, Bethlem
infirm persons from outside the District. Hospital, Tloyal Eye Hospital.
IL
Institutions outside the District receiving sick and See page 11.
infirm persons from the District. (Outlying deaths, with localities)
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been Newington Workhouse, St. George's Work-
distributed among the several localities in the house, Christchurch Workhouse.