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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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1.-GENERAL STATISTICS, 1922.
Enumerated Population (Census 1921) 184,404
Estimated population (1922) 187,220
Area (acres) 1,131
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 19,050
Number of families or separate occupiers 46,727
Rateable value (March, 1922) £1,256,766
Sum represented by penny rate £5,124
2.-EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
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Births-Legitimate 4,395
Illegitimate 181
Total 4,576
Birth Bate, 24.4.
Deaths 2,895
Death Rate, 15.5.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth-
From sepsis 4
Other causes 9
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births, 79.
Legitimate 341
Illegitimate 22
Total 363
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 145
Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) 62
Do, Diarrhæa under 2 years of age 23