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Southwark 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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1.—GENERAL STATISTICS, 1924.
Estimated population (1924) 187,714
Area (acres) 1,131
Number of inhabited houses (1924) 20,474
Number of families or separate occupiers (Census) 46,727
Rateable value £1,250,047
Sum represented by penny rate £5,100
2 —EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Births—Legitimate 4,051
Illegitimate 169
Total 4,220
Birth Rate, 22.5.
Deaths 2,661
Death Rate, 14.2.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth —
From sepsis 2
Other causes 7
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births, 71.
Legitimate 288
Illegitimate 15
Total 303
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 77
Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) 17
Do. Diarrhæa under 2 years of age 44