Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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POPU LATION—(continued).
The Ward distribution was as follows:—
WARD. | Area in Acres | Population. | Persons to the Acre. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
St. Mary | 126 | 11,373 | 10,914 | 22,287 | 177 |
St. Paul | 129 | 10,595 | 10,933 | 21,528 | 167 |
St. Peter | 90 | 9,338 | 9,876 | 19,214 | 213 |
St. John | 85 | 11,196 | 11,535 | 22,731 | 267 |
Trinity | 108 | 9,558 | 8,768 | 18,326 | 169 |
All Saints | 89 | 10,138 | 10,532 | 20,670 | 232 |
St. Michael | 90 | 13,018 | 12,432 | 25,450 | 283 |
St. Jude | 97 | 7,259 | 8,098 | 15,357 | 158 |
St. George | 97 | 10,813 | 10,880 | 21,693 | 224 |
Christchurch | 93 | 6,443 | 5,082 | 11,525 | 124 |
St. Saviour | 161 | 6,022 | 6,322 | 12,344 | 77 |
Whole Borough | 1,165 | 105,753 | 105,372 | 211,125 | 181 |
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1909 was
5,720, of which 2,918 were males, and 2,802 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 27.1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births belonging to the individual parishes was as
follows Newington, 3,452; St. George the Martyr, 1,718; Christchurch,
240; and St. Saviour's, 310.
In addition to the 5,720 births registered in the Borough I learn from
the Registrar General that there were 249 births during the year in
various lying-in institutions outside the Borough belonging to persons