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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 1.
The following particulars taken from the Census return show the population of the several Wards, the area of each,
and the number of inhabited houses:—
Area
in
Statute
Acres.
Houses. 1901.
Population.
Inhabited.
Uninhabited.
Building.
1891.
1901.
In Occupation.
Not in Occupation.
Persons.
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Persons
per Acre.
The whole of the
Borough
1131.5
20,878
996
508
45
202,479
206,180
103,260
102,920
182
Civil Parishes —
Newington
632.7
13,233
323
165
22
115,578
121,863
60,746
61,117
192
St. George the Martyr
288.5
5,502
348
251
12
59,740
60,998
30,328
30,670
211
Christchurch
78.0
1,072
94
25
2
12,622
11,263
6,309
4,954
144
St. Saviour
132.3
1.071
231
67
9
14,539
12,056
5,877
6,179
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