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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS
| Land Area | 1,131 acres |
| Estimated Number of Dwellings | 24,836 |
| Dwellings Erected by Borough Council During Year (89 houses, 109 flats and maisonettes) | 198 |
| Approximate Rateable Value (Total) | £2,043,799 |
| (Dwellings) | £552,706 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate | £8,170 |
| Population: | |
| Registrar General's estimate (mid-1959) | 88,720 |
This represents a decrease in the figure for 1958 of 1,200. The
natural increase in population - that is, the excess of births over
deaths - was 312, compared with 456 for the previous year.
1949 - 96,810
1950 - 97,080
1951 - 97,930
1952 - 97,970
1953 - 96,870
1954 - 95,370
1955 - 93,820
1956 - 92,300
1957 - 91,140
1958 - 89,920
Live births - 1523 : Rate per 1,000 pop. 17.1
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.90) 15.3
Still births - 28: Rate per 1,000 total births 18.0
Total births - live and still 1,551
Total deaths - 1211: Rate per 1,000 pop. 13.6
Adjusted by comparability factor (0.85) 11.5
Infant deaths - 43: Rate per 1,000 live births 28.2
Rate per 1,000 live births, legitimate 27.6
illegitimate 36.3
Neo-Natal mortality - 25 (under 4 weeks)
Rate per 1,000 live births 16.4
Illegitimate Live Births - 110
Percentage of total live births 7.2
Maternal Deaths (including abortion) Nil
Rate per 1,000 live and still births Nil
Perinatal mortality -
Rate per 1,000 total births 34.1