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Battersea 1899

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899

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TABLE IV.—Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the Year 1899.

SANITARY AREAS.Estimated Population middle of 1899.BirthsDeaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhoea.Phthisis.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,ooo Births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
West Districts.LONDON4,546,752133,12087,53029.419.32.4611,14732,1413981,9461,7I7275814,1818,275166
Paddington120,7942,9412,06522.916.11.551986529439106148151
Kensington172,8993,5903,05420.817.71.5326324104361—_24101231180
Hammersmith108,7853,0612,05828.219.02.112302213254623101187183
Fulham130,7204,5742,50735.119.23.2342368335954251183238189
Chelsea96,7212,3811,89324.719.62.132051882671—_1864173164
St, George's, Hanover Sq,80,8761,3481,14216.714.21.09881771214—_029110120
Westminster52,1171,1151,15921.522.31.6485175105939172207
North Districts.St. James, Westminster21,82743738920.117.91.122431363846142
Marylebone140,1393,9872,59628.518.61.7023612415363426100277124
Hampstead80,2521,57792619.811.61.16932261543567129
St.Pancras244,5486,6214,94827.120.32.696531022511114242231489178
Islington348,0859,6586,29927.818.12.307981643412617048256552160
Stoke Newington35,18779944622.812.71.33471036451931103
Central Districts.Hnackney222,5716,4533,75329.116.93.2249211016894835194332153
St. Giles37,1961,13273930.519.91.4052—_l6_51—_426116112
St. Martin-in-the-Fields12,14214818912.215.61.0713511622203
Strand23,01647252120.622.71.30305171762189
Holborn29,62172173724.424.92.2366113613—_72691226
Clerkenwell66,0682,0501,49231.122.63.0420036132830237o153193
St. Luke40,8681,8111,15944.428.43.031232681014659144149
London City27,98641659914.921.51.3638—_4175—_12961144
East Districts.Shoreditch121,0714,1322,85734.223.83.644389013654725198253204
Bethnal Green128,9384,7532,93637.022.83.i5405989594538156303174
Whitechapel81,3913,0001,7i437.021.12.12173—_5822724—_1546194147
St. George-in-the-East48,5602,0681,31242.727.13.4416615831225—_959121200
Limehouse58,8071,9331,50033.025.63.78221—_6213431—_22—_71135216
Mile End Old Town113,1614,2502,40637.721.32.72307525654826111205158
Poplar170,6065,9183,76234.822.13.41582104107710638247364176
South Districts.St. Saviour, Southwark24,20769460728.725.13.51852121710—_1—_3483203
St. George, Southwark60,5362,1281,67335.227.74.53274_—63663328102213205
Newington124,1664,1782,96933.724.03.67455871310410423124325191
St. Olave, Southwark11,09836127632.624.92.6129—_1029—_2628147
Bermondsey85,8353,0632,06335.824.13.46296—_6810882911882183187
Rotherhithe41,0501,26686530.921.12.8O115141132141113275I70
Lambeth308,1089,4335,89430.719.22.658191702515813050286537158
Battersea174,9965,1792,91029.616.72.2238710514625238116277162
Wandsworth209,6555,5423,20326.515.31.89395—_599686518176253153
Camberwell264,8177,4444,60228.217.42.52667130191608633239404158
Greenwich182,5135,6823,41531.218.82.7650312717735330203281167
Lee40,21997660624.315.12.068325414942740141
Lewisham91,0272,5971,47828.616.32.23203114668121191104143
Woolwich41,5421,26087930.421.22.441011342113545102163
Plumstead64,0311,97191430.914.31.35863616105193124