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Southwark 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: 1. —Area and Population.

1. —Area and Population.

Metropolitan borough.Area (land and inland water only).Population.
Census of 1921.Census of 1931.Increase (+ ) or decrease (—), 19il-31.Number of persons per acre, 1931.Estimated mid-1933. (Resident).
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City of London..acres. 67713,70910,999— 2,71016.210,200
Battersea2,163167,739159,552— 8,18773.8154,000
Bermondsey1,503119,452111,542— 7,91074.2107,300
Bethnal Green760117,238108,194— 9,044142.4104,200
Camberwell4,480267,198251,294—15,90456.1243,700
Chelsea66063,69759,031— 4,66689.458,850
Deptford1,564112,534106,891— 5,64368.3102,800
Finsbury58775,99569,888— 6,107119.166,640
Fulham..1,706157,938150,928— 7,01088.5148,200
Greenwich3,858100,450100,924+ 47426.297,830
Hackney3,287222,142215,333— 6,80965.5214,300
Hammersmith2,287130,295135,523+ 5,22859.3131,400
Hampstead2,26586,15388,947+ 2,794-39.390,380
Holborn40643,19238,860— 4,33295.736,050
Islingtm3,092330,737321,795— 8,942104.1314,200
Kensington2,290175,859180,677+ 4,81878.9181,100
Lambeth4,083302,868296,147— 6,72172.5289.000
Lewisham7,015174,194219,953+ 45,75931.4221,100
Paddington1,357144,261144,923+ 662106-8141,900
Poplar2,331162,578155,089— 7,48966-5149,300
St. Marylebone1,473104,17397,627— 6,54666-394,080
St. Pancras2,694211,366198,133—13,23373-5190,900
Shoreditch658104,24897,042— 7,206147-593,550
Southwark1,132184,404171,695— 12,709151-7164,700
Stepney..1,766249,657225,238—24,419127-5219,100
Stoke Newington86452,17251,208— 96459-351,120
Wandsworth9,107328,307353,110+ 24,80338-8350,200
Westminster (City)2,503141,578129,579—11,99951-8126,300
Woolwich8,282140,389146,881+ 6,49217-7146,200
Total, Administrative County of London74,8504,484,5234,397,003—87,52058-74,298,600