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Deptford 1902
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1902
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Table No. 6. SHOWING THE NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX DURING THE OUTBREAK WITH PROPORTIONATE FATALITY FOR EACH METROPOLITAN BOROUGH.
| BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1902. | 1901. | 1902. | Total. | Rate per 10,000 Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | ||||
| West— | |||||||||
| Paddington | 145107 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 11 | ... | 20 | 1.4 |
| Kensington | 177605 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | ... | 12 | 0.6 |
| Hammersmith | 114210 | ... | 2 | 13 | 8 | ... | 5 | 28 | 2.4 |
| Fulham | 143102 | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0.1 |
| Chelsea | 74018 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0.1 |
| City of Westminster | 180800 | ... | 1 | 15 | 33 | 6 | ... | 55 | 3.0 |
| North— | |||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 132069 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | ... | 31 | 2.3 |
| Hampstead | 83743 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 0.6 |
| St. Pancras | 235596 | ... | 20 | 21 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 122 | 5.1 |
| Islington | 337268 | ... | 2 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 62 | 1.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 51700 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ... | 11 | 2.1 |
| Hackney | 221926 | ... | 1 | 4 | 25 | 44 | 1 | 75 | 3.3 |
| Central— | |||||||||
| Holborn | 58535 | ... | 1 | 29 | 43 | 3 | ... | 76 | 13.1 |
| Finsbury | 100487 | ... | ... | 7 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 4.3 |
| City of London | 25598 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | 9 | 3.6 |
| East— | |||||||||
| Shoreditch | 117980 | ... | ... | 5 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 81 | 6.8 |
| Bethnal Green | 129889 | 1 | ... | 1 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 66 | 5.1 |
| Stepney | 300551 | ... | ... | 22 | 172 | 77 | 11 | 282 | 9.4 |
| Poplar | 169214 | ... | ... | 10 | 50 | 40 | 3 | 103 | 6.0 |
| South— | |||||||||
| Southwark | 206825 | ... | 1 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 92 | 4.4 |
| Bermondsey | 130218 | ... | ... | 14 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 3.4 |
| Lambeth | 305102 | ... | 1 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 64 | 2.0 |
| Battersea | 171401 | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 1.6 |
| Wandsworth | 241810 | ... | ... | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 1.1 |
| Camberwell | 262775 | ... | ... | 7 | 17 | 42 | 3 | 69 | 2.6 |
| Deptford | 111577 | ... | ... | 1 | 18 | 15 | ... | 34 | 3.0 |
| Greenwich | 98013 | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 2.5 |
| Lewisham | 132432 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.9 |
| Woolwich | 119556 | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 3.2 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 4579107 | 2 | 35 | 192 | 734 | 506 | 73 | 1542 | 3.3 |