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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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anxiety in regard to infant mortality and degeneracy. The wellconducted
and properly equipped workman with a trade was never more
sought after than at the present time, whilst the opposite is the case with
regard to the miserable unskilled-men, who married at twenty, and have
remained in a poverty stricken state since that age.
The population of the several 'divisions of the Borough at each Census since 1841, and also the estimated population for 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906—
| Newington | St.george's | st.saviour's and christchurch. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1841 | 54,693 | - | - |
| 1851 | 64,816 | 51,824 | 35,731 |
| 1861 | 82,157 | 55,510 | 36,169 |
| 1871 | 88,691 | 56,083 | 31,294 |
| 1881 | 107,831 | 58,652 | 31,628 |
| 1891 | 115,663 | 59,740 | 27,161 |
| 1901 | 121,863 | 60,998 | 23,319 |
| 1902 | 122,246 | 61,187 | 23,392 |
| 1903 | 122,572 | 61,343 | 23,454 |
| 1904 | 122,902 | 61,518 | 23,517 |
| 1905 | 123,247 | 61,699 | 23,582 |
| 1906 | 123,604 | 61,888 | 23,651 |
The Registrar General's estimate of the population of the Borough
at the middle of 1906 was 209,143.