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Southwark 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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The natural increase in population - that is, the excess of births over deaths - was 470 compared with 391 for the previous year.
| 1954 - 95,370 | 1959 - 88,720 | |
| 1955 - 93,820 | 1960 - 88,690 | |
| 1956 - 92,300 | 1961 - 86,270 | |
| 1957 - 91,140 | 1962 - 86,440 | |
| 1958 - 89,920 | 1963 - 85,870 | |
| Live - Births - 1,565: Rate per 1,000 pop | 18.4 | |
| Adjusted by comparability factor (0.93) | 17.1 | |
| Still births-27: Rate per 1,000 total births | 16.9 | |
| Total births-Live and still | 1,592 | |
| Total deaths-1,095: Rate per 1,000 pop | 12.8 | |
| Adjusted by comparability factor (0.97) | 12.4 | |
| Infant deaths - 33: Rate per 1,000 live births | 21.0 | |
| Rate per 1 000 live births, legitimate | 20.5 | |
| illegitimate | 25.8 | |
| Neo-Natal mortality 20 (under 4 weeks) Rate per 1 000 live births | 12.7 | |
| Illegitimate Live Births - 155 | ||
| Percentage of total live births | 9.9 | |
| Maternal Deaths (including abortion)Rate per 1 000 live and still births | nil | |
| Deaths under 1 week excl. still births | 17 | |
| Perinatal rate per 1,000 total births | 27.6 | |
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VITAL STATISTICS
Land Area 1,131 acres
Estimated Number of Dwellings 25,211
Dwellings Erected by Borough Council During
Year 187
*Approximate Rateable Value (Total) £6,270,720
(Dwellings) £1,646,197
*Sum represented by a Penny Hate £25,195
Population:
Census 1961 86,249
Registrar General's estimate (mid-1964) 84,830
This estimate represents a decrease in
the figure for 1963 of 1,040