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Southwark 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 8 - 1961 CENSUS
POPULATION IN INSTITUTIONS
Hospitals. 1, 186
Homes for old persons (1)
238 males
391 females
Other communal
establishments 2,342
ONE AND TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLDS OF PERSONS OF
PENSIONABLE AGE
One person households:
male pensioners 628
female pensioners 2,952
Two person households:
Couples: one pensioner 1,408
both pensioners 2,458
(1,229)
2 males: one pensioner 62
both pensioners 14
(7)
2 females: one pensioner 379
both pensioners 232
(116)
TOTALS:
1 person households 3,580
2 person households 3,201
Persons: one pensioner 5,429)
8, 133
both pensioners 2,704)