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Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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POPULATION—(continued).
The ward distribution was as follows.:—
| WARD. | Area in Acres | Population. | Persons to the Acre. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
| St. Mary | 126 | 11,326 | 10,874 | 22,200 | 176 |
| St. Paul | 129 | 10,559 | 10,898 | 21,457 | 166 |
| St. Peter | 90 | 9,338 | 9,876 | 19,214 | 213 |
| St. John | 85 | 11,155 | 11,485 | 22,640 | 266 |
| Trinity | 108 | 9,523 | 8,732 | 18,255 | 169 |
| All Saints | 89 | 10,098 | 10,491 | 20,589 | 231 |
| St. Michael ... | 90 | 12,978 | 12,391 | 25,369 | 282 |
| St. Jude | 97 | 7,234 | 8,074 | 15,308 | 158 |
| St. George | 97 | 10,774 | 10,841 | 21,615 | 223 |
| Christchurch ... | 93 | 6,426 | 5,064 | 11,490 | 123 |
| St. Saviour | 161 | 6,003 | 6,302 | 12,305 | 77 |
| Whole Borough | 1,165 | 105,414 | 105,028 | 210,442 | 181 |
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1908 was
6,027, of which 3,019 were males, and 3,008 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 28.1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births belonging to the individual parishes was as
follows :—Newington, 3,644 ; St. George the Martyr, 1,820 ; Christchurch,
256 ; and St. Saviour's, 307.
In addition to the 6,027 births registered in the Borough I learn from
the Registrar General that there were 210 births during the year in
various lying-in institutions outside the Borough belonging to persons