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Bethnal Green 1909

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.Birth=rates based upon births registered in each Borough, and Death=rates after distributor of Deaths in Public Institutions, of Persons belonging to London and the 'Metropolitan Boroughs during the 52 Weeks of 1909.*

Boroughs.Per 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births.
BirthsDeaths from
All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases,Small.pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria,Whooping cough.Enteric Fever.Pyrexia †(Origin uncertain).Diarrhœa,Phthisis.
COUNTY OF LONDON24.2Crude 14.0Corrected. 14.71.31..0.480.080.130.260.030.000.331.31108
West.
Paddington20.612.913.80.91..0.240.090.070.240.03...0.241.08100
Kensington18.413.314.41.00..0.320.050.100.220.04...0.270.96113
Hammersmith23.914.314.91.67..0.640.090.180.370.04...0.351.09120
Fulham24.512.012.61.57..0.420.060.230.280.02...0.561.17108
Chelsea18.514.415.01.00..0.320.080.200.170.03...0.201.45107
City of Westminster16.213.114.70.630.010.150.110.110.110.04...0.101.3495
North.
St. Marylebone20.614.615.60.83...0.260.060.070.200.01...0.231.3599
Hampstead14.18.910.10.52...0.150.040.050.190.05...0.040.6175
St. Pancras23.714.815.50.97...0.440.070.110.130.03...0.191.61102
Islington23.814.014.61.22...0.570.070.090.250.04...0.201.23101
Stoke Newington18.911.311.80.63...0.180.060.040.260.02...0.070.8380
Hackney22.912.613.10.93...0.240.040.080.220.03...0.321.22102
Central.
Holborn18.215.616.80.85...0.260.060.060.280.02...0.172.05102
Finsbury29.619.219.92.36...0.890.120.150.540.03...0.632.22131
City of London13.620.322.30.72...0.33......0.220.06...0.112.15113
East.
Shoreditch31.719.020.02.87...1.140.080.190.630.05...1.781.75140
BETHNAL GREEN31.616.81701.99...0.600.190.130.310.03...0.731.54129
Stepney30.515.316.01.680.000.760.080.160.220.02...0.441.67119
Poplar30.316.316.82.37...0.910.130.120.490.08...0.641.29129
South.
Southwark28.316.817.51.67...0.600.070.160.270.03...0.541.79119
Bermondsey32.318.819.22 74...1.570.120.070.430.02...0.531.78138
Lambeth23.414.114.51.19...0.320.080.180.260.030.000.321.41109
Battersea24.013.014.01.29...0.490.040.120.340.04...0.261.22107
Wandsworth23.611.912.50.96...0.370.050.090.230.020.000.200.9386
Camberwell23.713.413.91.08...0.370.060.150.180.02...0.301.19100
Deptford26.413.614.31.51...0.570.100.130.400.05...0.261.25102
Greenwich22.412.212.41.03...0.340.080.060.180.04...0.330.99100
Lewisham22.010.310.80.57...0.040.090.130.120.01...0.180.8074
Woolwich22.211.912.81.02...0.410.140.200.110.02...0.141.2082

In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred,
is inserted
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901,
No deaths from Typhus