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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 13.

Death-ratesduring1909inLondonand the severalMetropolitan Boroughs,fromAll Causes,and fromCertain Diseases(1)before Distribution,(2)after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.

Boroughs.Death-rates per 1000 Living.
All Causes.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaEnteric FeverPhthisis
Before distributionAfter DistributionBefore Distri butionAfter distributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter Distri bution
County of London14.214.00.070.080.130.130.030.031.291.31
West.
Paddington14.212.90.010.090.030.070.020.031.031.08
Kensington15.113.30.050.010.100.030.041.650.96
Hammersmith14.214.30.010.090.050.180.020.040.931.09
Fulham11.012.00.270.060.560.230.090.021.031.17
Chelsea21.814.40.010.080.090.200.010.032.691.45
City of Westm'r14.313.10.110.040.110.040.040.751.34
North.
St. Marylebone14.014.60.020.060.020.070.020.010.791.35
Hampstead11.38.90.370.040.390.050.050.051.470.61
St . Pancras15.214.80.070.050.110.030.031.541.61
Islington13.714.00.030.070.020.090.030.041.461.23
Stoke Newington8.611.30.020.060.04-0.020.590.83
Hackney13.012.60.110.040.230.080.040.031.301.22
Central.
Holborn19.915.6-0.060.110.060.040.021.472.05
Finsbury9.219.2-0.120.150.010.030.742.22
City of London50.720.3-0.88-0.170.062.482.15
East.
Shoreditch17.719.0-0.080.020.190.040.051.741.75
Bethnal Green17.116.80.010.190.050.130.030.031.631.54
Stepney16.715.30.010.080.110.160.030.021.501.67
Poplar16.216.30.020.130.040.120.030.081.371.29
South.
South wark14.216.80.010.070.090.160.010.030.931.79
Hermondsey15.418.80.010.12-0.07-0.021.601.78
Lambeth15.114.10.120.080.260.180.050.031.371.41
Batterrsea13.213.0-0.040.010.120.010.041.301.22
Wandsworth11.111.90.00.050.160.090.010.020.890.93
Camberwell14.613.4-0.060.040.150.010.021.731.19
Deptford10.313.60.460.100.330.130.080.050.741.25
Greenwich15.612.20.410.080.330.060.140.041.450.99
Lewisham10.710.40.260.100.320.130.010.010.780.78
Woolwich10.611.90.010.140.050.20-0.021.081.20

*The deaths ' before Distribution " are those actually registered in the several Boroughs
without any correction whatever.