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Southwark 1938

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

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Table: VITAL STATISTICS.

VITAL STATISTICS.

Total.M.F.
Live Births—Legitimate1,924974950Birth Rate, 14.0
Live Births—Illegitimate1065848
Still Births, 67. (Registered).Rate per 1,000 total births, 32.0
Deaths 1,812.Death rate, 12.5
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:— .
Rate per 1,000 Deaths. (Live and Still Births).
From Puerperal fever00.00
From other Puerperal causes20.95

Table: Death rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:—

Death rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:—

All Infants under 1 year of age57
Legitimate57
Illegitimate66
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)238
Do. Measles (all ages)11
Do. Whooping Cough (all ages)2
Do. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)30

Table: POPULATION. The population of the several divisions of the Borough at each Census since 1861, and also the estimated population for 1937 and 1938 are as follows:—

POPULATION. The population of the several divisions of the Borough at each Census since 1861, and also the estimated population for 1937 and 1938 are as follows:—

Newington.St. George's.St. Saviour's and Christchurch.
186182,15755,51036,164
187188,69156,08331,299
1881107,83158,65231,628
1891115,66359,74027,116
1901121,86360,99823,319
1911116,81955,78219,316
1921114,98752,11417,303
1931107,69248,55215,451
193792,36541,77313,262
193891,04941,17713,074