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]
This page requires JavaScript
4
1.—GENERAL STATISTICS, 1923.
Estimated population (1923) 187,464
Area (acres) 1,131
Number of inhabited houses (1923) 20,312
Number of families or separate occupiers (Census) 46,727
Eateable value £1,251,096
Sum represented by penny rate £5,120
2 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Births—Legitimate | 4,376 |
Illegitimate | 182 |
Total | 4,558 |
Birth Rate, 24 3.
Deaths 2,391
Death Rate, 12 8.
Number of women dying in, or in consequeuce of childbirth —
From sepsis | 2 |
Other causes | 7 |
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births, 68. | |
Legitimate | 294 |
Illegitimate | 18 |
Total | 312 |
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 13
Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) 27
Do. Diarrhæa under 2 years of age 54