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Southwark 1935
[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, 1935) 156,100
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to rate
books 27,810
Rateable value £1,329,108
Sum represented by penny rate £5,192
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 5,626 males,
1,823 females and 175 juveniles, a total of 7,624 as against 9,125 last
year.
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births—Legitimate | 2,225 | 1,144 | 1,081 | Birth Rate, 14.8 | |
| Live Births—Illegitimate | 90 | 49 | 41 | ||
| Still Births, 83. | Rate per 1,000 total births, | ||||
| Deaths 1,937. | Death rate, 12.4 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes:—7. | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still Births). | ||||
| From Puerperal fever | 2 | 0.83 | |||
| From other Puerperal causes | 5 | 2.07 | |||
| Death rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births:— | |||||
| Legitimate | 63 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 122 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| Do. Whooping Cough (all ages) | 15 | ||||
| Do. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 26 | ||||