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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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POPULATION.
According to the returns supplied by the Registrar-General, the
population of this Borough has again been depleted by 4,770 persons.
How far this figure is correct is difficult for one to say, but there is no
doubt that many families have been removed from the Borough as a result
of the Housing activities generally, including overcrowding and slum
clearance. It is a matter of concern from the financial aspect, and I fear
that there will be still further depletion during the next two or three
years. I feel, however, that when the demolished areas are rebuilt and
families re-housed, we shall see the population figure again rising; not
to the same extent as it was some few years ago, but certainly on its
present level. The population figures of all the Metropolitan Boroughs
are at present in a state of fluxion.
The population of the several divisions of the Borough at each Census since 1851, and also the estimated population for 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933 and 1934 are as follows:—
Newington. | St. George's. | St. Saviour's and Christchurch. | |
---|---|---|---|
1851 | 64,816 | 51,824 | 35,731 |
1861 | 82,157 | 55,510 | 36,169 |
1871 | 88,691 | 56,083 | 31,294 |
1881 | 107,831 | 58,652 | 31,628 |
1891 | 115,663 | 59,740 | 27,116 |
1901 | 121,863 | 60,998 | 23,319 |
1911 | 116,819 | 55,782 | 19,316 |
1921 | 114,987 | 52,114 | 17,303 |
1922 | 116,683 | 52,996 | 17,541 |
1923 | 117,200 | 52,690 | 17,574 |
1924 | 117,500 | 52,610 | 17,604 |
1925 | 118,300 | 52,980 | 17,720 |
1926 | 118,120 | 52,760 | 17,720 |
1927 | 115,500 | 51,650 | 17,100 |
1928 | 113,850 | 50,730 | 16,720 |
1929 | 112,350 | 49,900 | 16,250 |
1930 | 112,350 | 49,900 | 16,250 |
1931 | 107,692 | 48,552 | 15,451 |
1932 | 105,873 | 47,836 | 15,191 |
1933 | 103,240 | 46,646 | 14,814 |
1934 | 100,250 | 45,294 | 14,386 |