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Lewisham 1902

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902

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Table 21.

Showing Cases of mistaken Diagnosis of Cases of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria admitted to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals during the years1899, 1900,and1901.

Parish or Union.No. of Cases Admitted.Percentage of Mistakes to Total Cases.
1899.1900.1901.1899.1900.1901.
Kensington3351435.68.36.8
Hammersmith2426247.35.55.3
Fulham5370734.26.56.6
Paddington1828383.87.35.5
Chelsea2522195.96.08.2
St. George's1631303.47.88.7
Westminster1315247.99.413.2
St. Marylebone3046395.78.07.3
St. Pancras66701155.56.27.0
Hampstead1215104.86.34.3
Islington131881128.06.86.7
Hackney111931578.98.19.6
Bloomsbury4695.55.35.9
Strand3794.410.612.7
Holborn7537728.56.97.3
City of London1451313.44.59.3
Shoreditch817411912.011.914.4
Bethnal Green4455828.210.48.4
Whitechapel49758213.612.416.1
St. George-in-the-East17293610.413.214.0
Stepney1739666.211.714.7
Mile End Old Town2736586.48.612.6
Poplar49601318.47.313.1
Southwark1261151736.57.79.8
St. Olave's76881305.910.411.0
Lambeth701061324.47.910.1
Wandsworth and Clapham1081221224.97.67.5
Camberwell941241565.79.89.0
Greenwich66581254.86.410.5
Woolwich4237633.74.011.0
Lewisham5248556.06.59.3
Tottenham33274810.67.49.4
Extra-Metropolitan436.018.2
Totals1583170623656.37.99.2