London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Southwark 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Area of Borough (including area covered by water) | 7,115 acres | |||
| Population (Registrar General's estimate mid-1970) | 284,690 | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 88,684 | |||
| Rateable Value (April, 1970) | £19,068,839 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £72,000 | |||
| Live Births — | Male | 2,085 | 1,809 | 276 |
| Female | 1,965 | 1,683 | 282 | |
| 4,050 | 3,492 | 558 | ||
| Still Births — | Male | 23 | 20 | 3 |
| Female | 16 | 15 | 1 | |
| 39 | 35 | 4 | ||
| Birth rate per 1,000 population | 14.2 | |||
| Number of deaths — all ages | 3,267 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 11.5 | |||
| Deaths under 1 year | 77 | |||
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 19 | |||
Maternal Mortality
Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth,
including abortion 1
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births 0.24
Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis 14
Death rate per 1,000 population 0.05
Deaths from cancer of lung and bronchus 245
Death rate per 1,000 population 0.86
Deaths from all forms of cancer 793
Death rate per 1,000 population 2.73
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