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The Ward distribution was as follows:—
TABLE 1.
WARD.
Area in Acres
Males.
Population.
Total.
Persons
to the
Acre.
Females.
St. Mary
127
11,345
11,647
22,992
181
St. Paul
133
9,336
10,143
19,479
146
St. Peter
90
8,458
9,044
17,502
194
St. John
85
9,354
10,(il0
19,364
228
Trinity
109
8,156
8,295
16,451
151
All Saints
89
10,479
11,233
21,712
244
St. Michael
93
10,259
10,385
20,644
222
St. Jude
97
6,490
7,431
13,921
144
St. George
98
8,772
9,273
18,045
184
Christchurch
77
4,298
4,126
8,424
109
St. Saviour
133
4,210
4,970
9,180
69
Whole Borough
1,131
91,157
96,557
187,714
166
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered in the Borough during 1924 was
3,641, of which 1,859 were males, and 1,782 females. This represents a
birth-rate of 19-4 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births registered in the individual parishes was as
follows:—Newington, 2,227; St. George the Martyr, 1,003; Christchurch
and St. Saviour's, 411.
Of the 3,641 births registered in the Borough 73 were transferred
away, the permanent residence of the parents being outside the Borough.
652 births occurring in various lying-in and other institutions outside
the Borough, but belonging to Southwark parents, were notified to me by
the Registrar-General. When the 73 "outward" transfers are deducted