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Southwark 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 1,132
Population (estimated, 1934) 159,930
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to rate
books 27,732
Rateable value £1,346,047
Sum represented by penny rate £5,272
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The population is chiefly a working-class one, and a large proportion
are employed in the printing and manufacturing trades, whilst others
are engaged as waterside labourers or casual workers.
The unemployment figures, according to the Board of Trade Gazette,
show a slow but steady decrease, the latest figures being 6,942 males,
1,952 females and 231 juveniles, a total of 9,125, as against 9,170 last
year.
VITAL STATISTICS.
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,283 | 1,197 | 1,086 | Birth Rate, 14.9 | |
| Live Births—Illegitimate | 108 | 56 | 52 | ||
| Still Births, 81. | Rate per 1,000 total births, 34 | ||||
| Deaths 2,160. | Death rate, 13.5 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes:— | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still Births). | ||||
| From Puerperal causes | 3 | 1.25 | |||
| From other Puerperal causes | 3 | 1.25 | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:— | |||||
| Legitimate | 76 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 92 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 65 | ||||
| Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) | 13 | ||||
| Do. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 39 | ||||