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Lewisham 1909

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909

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Table 12.

BirthandDeath Ratesof London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year1909,after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.
Births.Deaths fromDeaths under 1 year to 1000 Biiths
All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall-PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping-CoughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrcxia† (Origin uncertain)DiarrhœaPhthisis
CntyopL'nd'n24.214.01.310.000.480.080.130.26-0.030.000.331.31108
West.
Paddington20.612.90.91-0.240.090.070.24-0.08-0.241.08100
Kensington18.413.31.00-0.320.050.100.22-0.040.270.96113
Hammersmith23.914.31.87-0.640.090.180.370.040.351.09120
Fnlham24.512.01.570.420.060.230.280.020.561.17108
Chelsea18.514.41.000.320.080.200.170.030.201.45107
Cty of Wstmstr16.213.10.630.010.150.110.110.110.040.101.3495
North
St. Marylebone20.614.60.83-0.260.060.070.20-0.01-0.231.3599
Hampstead14.18.90.520.150.040.050.190.05-0.040.6175
St. Pancras23.714.80.970.440.070.110.130.030.191.61102
Islington23.814.01.220.570.070.090.250.04-0.201.23101
Stoke Nwingtn18.911.30.63-0.180.060.040.26-0.02-0.070.8380
Hackney22.912.60.930.240.040.080.220.03-0.321.22102
Central
Holborn18.215.60.850.260.060.060.280.02-0.172.05102
Finsbury29.619.22.360.890.120.150.540.03-0.632.22131
City of London13.620.30.720.330.220.06-0.112.15113
East.
Shoreditch31.719.02.87-1.140.080.190.63-0.05-0.781.75140
Bethnal Green31.616.81.990.600.190.130.010.030.731.54129
Stepney30.515.31.680.000.760.080.160.220.020.441.67119
Poplar30.316.32.370.910.130.120.490.080.641.29129
South.
South wark28.316.81.670.600.070.160.270.030.541.79119
Bermondsey32.318.82.741.570.120.070.430.020.531.78138
Lambeth23.414.11.190.320.080.180.260.030.000.321.41109
Battersea24.013.01.290.490.040.120.340.040.261.22107
Wandsworth23.611.90.960.370.050.090.23-0.020.000.200.9386
Camberwell23.713.41.080.370.060.150.180.020.301.19100
Deptford26.413.61.510.570.100.130.400.050.261.25102
Greenwich22.412.21.030.340.080.060.180.040.330.99100
Lewisham21.910.40.470.040.100.130.120.010.060.7875
Woolwich22.211.91.02-0.410.140.200.11-0.02-0.141.2082

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.