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Southwark 1912

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

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POPULATION—(continued).
The Ward distribution was as follows :—

Table: TABLE 1.

TABLE 1.

WARD.Area in AcresPopulation.Persons to the Acre.
Males.Females.Total.
St. Mary12611,29210,88322,175176
St. Paul1299,5549,94719,501151
St. Peter908,8109,45318,263202
St. John8510,19410,95721,151248
Trinity1088,3037,64115,944147
All Saints899,3679,86319,230216
St. Michael9011,68210,82222,504250
St. Jude976,3727,13613,508139
St. George979,1179,37318,490190
Christchurch935,2884,1769,464101
St. Saviour1614,6225,1659,78760
Whole Borough1,16594,60195,416190,017163

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BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1912 was
5,254, of which 2,748 were males, and 2,506 females. This represents a
birth.rate of 27,6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births registered in the individual parishes was as
follows:—Newington, 3,202; St. George the Martyr, 1,526; Christchurch
and St. Saviour's, 526.
Of the 5,254 births registered in the borough 49 were transferred
away, the permanent residence of the parents being outside the borough.
384 births occurring in various lying.in and other institutions outside