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Southwark 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS
This is the third successive year with a decrease of 1,500 in the
population, which is now reduced to only 230 more than in 1947.
There was a slight increase in the birth rate. The death rate fell
after last year's increase.
The infant death rate is the lowest recorded; the legitimate infant
rate and the still birth rate were the lowest since 1950. Whilst
there was little change in the illegitimate birth rate, it is gratifying
to record that there were no illegitimate infant deaths during the
year.
Area 1,132 acres
Estimated Number of Dwellings (March, 1956) 24,677
Dwellings Erected by Borough Council During Year 149
Approximate Rateable Value (Total) £1,928,945
(Dwellings) £543,875
Population :
| Registrar General's estimate (mid-1956), including members of Armed Forces stationed in area | 92,300 |
| Estimated population, 1955 (mid-year) | 93,820 |
| Census, 1951 | 97.191 |
| Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 17.5 |
| Adjusted by comparability factor | 15.4 |
| Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total Births | 18.7 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population | 12.9 |
| Adjusted by comparability factor | 11.6 |
| Maternal Death Rate per 1,000 live and still births | nil |
| Infant Death Rate: | |
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 16.0 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 live legitimate births.. | 17.3 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live illegitimate births | nil |