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Southwark 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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and the 682 "inward" transfers are added to the 3,065 births actually
registered in the Borough, the net amount of births belonging to Southwark
for the year is found to be 3,508. This gives a corrected birth-rate of
19.0.
Birth-rate for the last Thirty Years for the Three Divisions of the Borough as formerly existed.
| Newington. | St. George's | St. Saviour's and Christchurch. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 33.8 | 35.5 | 30.2 | — |
| 1899 | 33.6 | 35.2 | 28.7 | — |
| 1900 | 33.3 | 34.6 | 29.8 | — |
| 1901 | 33.8 | 33.6 | 30.0 | 33.3 |
| 1902 | 34.4 | 32.7 | 29.3 | 33.3 |
| 1903 | 33.3 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 32.3 |
| 1904 | 32.3 | 31.2 | 27.6 | 31.5 |
| 1905 | 30.3 | 30.6 | 26.2 | 30.0 |
| 1906 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 25.2 | 29.1 |
| 1907 | 29.1 | 29.2 | 25.1 | 28.7 |
| 1908 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 23.2 | 28.1 |
| 1909 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 23.0 | 28.3 |
| 1910 | 28.2 | 28.1 | 24.3 | 27.8 |
| 1911 | 29.0 | 31.7 | 27.9 | 29.6 |
| 1912 | 29.0 | 30.7 | 28.0 | 29.4 |
| 1913 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 26.0 | 31.5 |
| 1914 | 29.7 | 31.4 | 25.5 | 29.7 |
| 1915 | 28.8 | 30.2 | 29.2 | 29.2 |
| 1916 | 28.4 | 27.1 | 24.4 | 27.6 |
| 1917 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 20.2 | 24.6 |
| 1918 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 18.4 | 21.3 |
| 1919 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 16.8 | 23.2 |
| 1920 | 32.1 | 32.2 | 28.5 | 31.8 |
| 1921 | 27.7 | 28.7 | 21.3 | 27.3 |
| 1922 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 24.3 | 24.4 |
| 1923 | 23.9 | 25.4 | 23.7 | 24.3 |
| 1924 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 20.1 | 23.9 | 21.1 | 21.2 |
| 1926 | 19.9 | 21.6 | 18.1 | 20.2 |
| 1927 | 18.6 | 20.6 | 17.4 | 19.0 |