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Southwark 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Vital Statistics
The increase in the estimated population in this Borough
for 1952 was only 40, and although the population is now higher
than at any time since 1940 the increase during the current
year was the lowest since then.
The current population estimated includes members of H.M.
Forces stationed in the area.
The birth-rate continued to fall, but there was again an increase in the death-rate. There was a decline in the stillbirth rate but the infant death-rate was the highest since 1949.
| Area | 1,132 acres | |
| Estimated Number of Dwellings (April, 1953) | 24,690 | |
| Rateable Value—(Approximate) | £410,279 | |
| Population: | ||
| Registrar General's estimate (mid-1952), including members of Armed Forces stationed in area | 97,970 | |
| Estimated population, 1951 (mid-year) | 97,930 | |
| Census, 1951 | 97,191 | |
| 1952 | 1951 | |
| Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 17.6 | 18.04 |
| Adjusted by comparability factor | 17.2 | 17.8 |
| Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total Births | 21.4 | 23.2 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population | 14.0 | 13.5 |
| Adjusted by comparability factor | 14.1 | 13.6 |
| Maternal Death Rate per 1,000 live and still births | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Infant Death Rate: | ||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 28.9 | 18.6 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births | 27.8 | 18.6 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | 34.4 | 18.6 |