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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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STATISTICS.
The St. Saviour's District comprises the Parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch, in the County of Surrey, and forms part of the Administrative County of London.
| The area of the District is as under:— | |
| St. Saviour | 127 |
| Christchurch | 77 |
| Total | 204 acres. |
The population of the District at each of the four decennial
periods of the census since the passing of the Metropolis Local
Management Act in the year 1855, and at the quinquennial
period of the last census (29th March, 1896) was, according to
the Census Returns, as under —
POPULATION (a).
| 1861 | 1871. | 1881. | 1891. | 1896. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Saviour | 19,101 | 15,677 | 14,999 | 13,913 | 12,301 |
| Christchurch | 17,069 | 14,573 | 13,663 | 13,264 | 13,064 |
| Totals | 36,170 | 30,250 | 28,662 | 27,177 | 25,865 |
(a). The decrease of population is attributed in the Census Returns
to the demolition of houses for the construction of railways, the formation
of new streets, and the erection of business premises; the diminution in
the number of inhabited houses is due to the same causes, and to the
erection of blocks of artizans' dwellings in lieu of the smaller description
of houses, each block being counted as one house.