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Southwark 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: POPULATION—(continued). The ward distribution was as follows :—TABLE 1.

POPULATION—(continued). The ward distribution was as follows :—

TABLE 1.

WARD.Area in AcresPopulation.Persons to the Acre.
Males.Females.Total.
St. Mary12611,28510,83322,118175
St. Paul12910,52410,86421,383166
St. Peter909,3389,87619,214213
St. John8511,11111,44422,555265
Trinity1089,4888,69818,186168
All Saints8910,05810,45220,510230
St. Michael9012,93612,35125,287281
St. Jude977,2108,05115,261157
St. George9710,73610,80321,539222
Christchurch ...936,4095,04711,456123
St. Saviour1615,9846,28312,26776
Whole Borough1,165105,079104,702209,781180

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BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1907 was
6,023, of which 3,081 were males, and 2,942 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 28.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births in the individual parishes was 3,613 in Newington,
1,815 in St. George the Martyr, 264 in Christchurch and 331 in
St. Saviour's.
In addition to the 6,023 births registered in the Borough I learn from
the Registrar General that there were 209 births during the year in
various lying-in institutions outside the Borough belonging to persons