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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
THE HEALTH STATISTICS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF
SOUTHWARK FOR THE YEAR 1901.
By the London Government Act, 1899, the four Parishes of Christchurch,
St. Saviour, St. George the Martyr, and St. Mary, Newington,
were incorporated under the title of the Borough of Southwark. The
Fatter two parishes up to that time had existed each as a separate
Sanitary Area, whilst the former two parishes were associated together
for public health administrative work under the title of the St. Saviour'6
District Board of Works. The population of these sanitary bodies at
each Census since 1841 was—
St. Saviour's and
Newington. St. Gearge's. Christchurch.
1841 54,693 — —
1851 64,816 51,824 35,731
1861 82,157 55,510 36,169
1871 88,691 56,083 31,294
1881 107,831 58,652 28,628
1891 115,663 59,740 27,161
1901 121,863 60,998 23,319
The ancient and historic parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch
will be seen by this return to have suffered in each decade a serious
depletion of its inhabitants. This was due to the building of large warehouses,
which displaced the ordinary dwellings, and the widening of
certain main thoroughfares. This decrease in the population by the
substitution of warehouse accommodation for that of private houses has
not been so marked in the other parts of the Borough up to the present
time, yet there are indications that the same process is steadily at work.