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Southwark 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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CENSUS, 1951.
| Acreage (Land and Inland Water) | TOTAL POPULATION, 1951. | Private Families and Dwellings, 1951. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Families. | Population in Private Families. | Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied. | Rooms occupied. | Persons per Room. | Percentage of persons at more than two per Room. | ||||||
| Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons per Acre. | ||||||||
| Southwark— | 1,132 | 97,221 | 47,375 | 49,846 | 85.9 | 32,052 | 92,300 | 23,082 | 98,864 | 0.93 | 2.9 |
| Christchurch | 79 | 2,125 | 1,021 | 1,104 | 26.9 | 793 | 2,027 | 620 | 2,069 | 0.98 | 4.5 |
| St. George's | 98 | 11,211 | 5,402 | 5,809 | 114.4 | 3,746 | 11,186 | 2,815 | 12,234 | 0.91 | 2.0 |
| St. John's | 101 | 13,070 | 6,230 | 6,840 | 129.4 | 4,570 | 12,825 | 3,322 | 13,369 | 0.96 | 3.4 |
| St. Jude's | 98 | 6,696 | 3,363 | 3,333 | 68.3 | 2,457 | 6,426 | 1,159 | 6,850 | 0.94 | 3.3 |
| St. Mary's | 126 | 14,903 | 7,682 | 7,221 | 118.3 | 4,961 | 13,876 | 3,051 | 14,976 | 0.93 | 2.2 |
| St. Michael's | 93 | 8,721 | 4,416 | 4,305 | 93.8 | 3,006 | 7,938 | 2,774 | 7,768 | 1.02 | 5.4 |
| St. Paul's | 133 | 11,739 | 5,721 | 6,018 | 88.3 | 3,737 | 11,512 | 2,329 | 13,391 | 0.86 | 1.6 |
| St. Peter's | 113 | 12,141 | 5,681 | 6,460 | 107.4 | 3,887 | 11,209 | 2,672 | 12,813 | 0.87 | 2.1 |
| St. Saviour. | 158 | 6,144 | 2,761 | 3,383 | 38.9 | 1,708 | 4,866 | 1,664 | 4,815 | 1.01 | 2.9 |
| Trinity | 133 | 10,471 | 5,098 | 5,373 | 78.7 | 3,187 | 10,435 | 2,676 | 10,579 | 0.99 | 4.0 |