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Southwark 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: The Ward Distribution was as follows :—TABLE 1.

The Ward Distribution was as follows :—

TABLE 1.

WARD.Area in AcresPopulation.Persons to the Acre.
Males.Females.Total.
St. Mary12611,24410,79622,040175
St. Paul12910,49010,83221,322165
St. Peter909,3389,87619,214213
St. John8511,07111,40322,474264
Trinity1089,4538,66718,120168
All Saints8910,01910,41520,434229
St. Michael9012,89212,31525,207280
St. Jude977,1868,02915,215157
St. George9710,69810,76821,466221
Christchurch936,3915,03111,422123
St. Saviour1615,9646,26512,22976
Whole Borough1,165104,746104,397209,143179

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BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1906 was
6,079, of which 3,131 were males, and 2,948 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 29'1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births in the individual parishes was 3,591 in Newington,
1,891 in St. George the Martyr, 253 in Christchurch and 344 in
St. Saviour's.
In addition to the 6,079 births registered in the Borough I learn from
the Registrar General that there were 146 births during the year in
various lying-in institutions outside the Borough belonging to persons
resident in Southwark, and this number (146) must be added to the total
as above, making the actual number of births for the year 6,225, which