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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 1,131
Population (Census, 1921) 184,404
Population (estimated, 1931) 172,900
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 26,496
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1931) according to rate
books 26,382
Number of families or separate occupiers (Census, 1921) 46,727
Rateable value £1,301,551
Sum represented by penny rate £4,980
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The northern end of this Borough is rapidly being commercialised,
the industries chiefly represented being the warehouses and food factories
on the river banks; within this area the printing trade is largely in
evidence, while scattered through the Borough are engineering works
of considerable size and well-known reputation.
The Walworth area is largely inhabited by costermongers, and other
districts are peopled by city workers and artizans. None of these
occupations have any definite effect on the health of the people, which is
quite up to the average for London.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births—Legitimate 2,792 1,412 1,380
Live Illegitimate Birth Rate, 16.9
Live Births—Illegitimate 136 79 57
Still Births, 99. Rate per 1,000 total births, 34.
Deaths, 2,428. Death rate, 14.0
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 66.9.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth:—
From sepsis 5
Other causes 5
Death rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate 61
Illegitimate 88
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 3
Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) 18
Do. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 16
No excessive or unusual mortality has occurred during the year.