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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Table showingPopulation, BirthandDeathRates, and Infant Mortality, in theMetropolitan Boroughsand the County of London.

Table showingPopulation, BirthandDeathRates, and Infant Mortality, in theMetropolitan Boroughsand the County of London.

Boroughs.Population estimated to the middle of 1912.Births.Deaths.Birth Rate.Death Rate.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.
Number.Rate per 1000 Births.
County of London45197541103536110024.513.61005691
West.
Paddington1423623021175121.312.329698
Kensington1717463320222619.412.930391
Hammersmith1227502880160623.513.025990
Fulham1554024213198527.213.239694
Chelsea65397122994918.813.88468
City of Westminster1572482348194215.013.019784
North.
St. Marylebone1161552243160219.414.120993
Hampstead85966128194214.910.47962
St. Pancras2161455367314824.914.647288
Islington3263988213466225.214.071287
Stoke Newington50581103361120.511.57472
Hackney ...2229865266269123.712.242180
Central.
Holborn4802690273318.815.47280
Finsbury861302575161230.018.6294114
City of London186951852519 914.01581
East.
Shoreditch1104303562199732.318.7439123
Bethnal Green ...1279853902195430.615.937596
Stepney2773158533421130.915.9897105
Poplar1615975045263531.316.2541107
South.
Southwark1900175587316429.516.8587105
Bermondsey1252603872209831.016.8431111
Lambeth2975506952395023.4l3.060186
Battersea1675894258204225.512.335884
Wandsworth3218316757326521.010.251376
Camberwell2615916422336224.612.753583
Deptford1093772896143226.613.025989
Greenwich959942391125425.012.920184
Lewisham1652493343172620.410.523369
Woolwich1219322738141122.511.920073