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Southwark 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 29.
Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1910.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1910. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Corrected " Death-rate per 1000 living.† | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal meningitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||
| LONDON | 4,872,702 | 7 | 10,509 | 5494 | 3 | 1284 | 16 | 292 | 3982 | 115 | 21,702 | 4.5 | ... | 1980 | 214 | 434 | 1362 | ... | 196 | 4 | 1368 | 5558 | 11 | 61,756 | 13.3 |
| West Districts— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 153,004 | ... | 261 | 120 | 40 | 9 | 100 | 7 | 537 | 3.5 | 69 | 7 | 9 | 32 | ... | 4 | ... | 43 | 164 | 1.1 | 1796 | 12.6 | |||
| Kensington | 184,685 | ... | 263 | 155 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 142 | 2 | 612 | 3.3 | 53 | 1 | 16 | 32 | ... | 5 | ... | 34 | 141 | 0.8 | 2190 | 12.8 | ||
| Hammersmith | 127,413 | ... | 341 | 165 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 612 | 4.8 | 70 | 7 | 22 | 26 | ... | 4 | ... | 41 | 170 | 1.3 | 1548 | 12.7 | ||
| Fulham | 181,282 | ... | 354 | 257 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 112 | 7 | 770 | 4.3 | 65 | 7 | 14 | 60 | ... | 2 | ... | 56 | 204 | 1.1 | 1908 | 11.1 | ||
| Chelsea | 75,457 | ... | 120 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 242 | 3.2 | 19 | ... | 4 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | 12 | 49 | 0.7 | 950 | 13.1 | ||||
| City of Westminster | 167,233 | 1 | 248 | 149 | 48 | 6 | 61 | 2 | 515 | 3.1 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ... | 6 | ... | 19 | 78 | 0.5 | 1894 | 12.8 | |||
| North Districts— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 125,195 | ... | 208 | 127 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 117 | 2 | 481 | 3.9 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 6 | 22 | 116 | 0.9 | 1600 | 13 6 | ||||
| Hampstead | 95,7.29 | ... | 144 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 251 | 2.6 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 0.5 | 822 | 9.7 | |||||
| St. Pancras | 237,792 | ... | 681 | 263 | 63 | 13 | 191 | 10 | 1221 | 5.1 | 140 | 17 | 21 | 96 | 4 | 52 | 330 | 1.4 | 3261 | 14.4 | |||||
| Islington | 353,356 | 1 | 731 | 473 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 20 | 213 | 16 | 1546 | 4.4 | ... | 168 | 11 | 33 | 124 | ... | 17 | 1 | 78 | 432 | 1.2 | 4529 | 13.3 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,838 | ... | 85 | 53 | ... | 10 | ... | 3 | 31 | 1 | 183 | 3.3 | ... | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 31 | 0 6 | 600 | 11.5 |
| Hackney | 239,979 | ... | 403 | 190 | ... | 64 | ... | 16 | 254 | ... | 933 | 3.9 | ... | 66 | 5 | 8 | 61 | ... | 10 | ... | 52 | 202 | 0.8 | 2796 | 12.2 |
| Central Districts— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holborn | 53,142 | ... | 68 | 45 | 25 | 42 | 1 | 181 | 3.4 | ... | 14 | ... | 4 | 16 | ... | 5 | ... | 10 | 49 | 0.9 | 795 | 16.1 | |||
| Finsbury | 94,578 | ... | 165 | 150 | 30 | 7 | 170 | 4 | 526 | 5.6 | ... | 66 | 4 | 21 | 36 | ... | 4 | 1 | 50 | 182 | 1.9 | 1653 | 18.1 | ||
| City of London | 17 132 | ... | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 16 | ,1 | 63 | 3.7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 8 | 0.5 | 265 | 17.0 | ||
| East Districts— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 114,387 | 2 | 213 | 131 | 48 | 8 | 130 | 5 | 537 | 4.7 | 84 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 8 | 61 | 217 | 1.9 | 1905 | 17.5 | |||||
| Bethnal Green | 131,579 | ... | 236 | 182 | 108 | 1 | 13 | 174 | 7 | 721 | 55 | 59 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 18 | 51 | 192 | 1.5 | 2010 | 15.5 | ||||
| Stepney | 314,379 | 554 | 404 | 118 | 29 | 381 | 7 | 1493 | 4.8 | 103 | 12 | 29 | 114 | 15 | 141 | 414 | 1.3 | 4302 | 14.3 | ||||||
| Poplar | 172,432 | 1 | 470 | 175 | 1 | 62 | 15 | 209 | 3 | 936 | 5.4 | 42 | 12 | 21 | 84 | 13 | 87 | 259 | 1.5 | 2609 | 15.7 | ||||
| South Districts— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwark | 211,832 | ... | 419 | 284 | ... | 64 | ... | 16 | 244 | 3 | 1020 | 4.8 | ... | 226 | 9 | 35 | 60 | ... | 7 | ... | 90 | 427 | 2.0 | 3360 | 16.6 |
| Bermondsey | 127,238 | 1 | 364 | 210 | ... | 38 | ... | 6 | 130 | 5 | 754 | 5.9 | ... | 145 | 14 | 19 | 43 | ... | 4 | ... | 85 | 310 | 2.4 | 2240 | 18.1 |
| Lambeth | 327,074 | ... | 908 | 327 | ... | 78 | 1 | 19 | 193 | 6 | 1531 | 4.7 | ... | 122 | 22 | 26 | 53 | ... | 18 | ... | 80 | 321 | 1.0 | 4091 | 12.9 |
| Battersea | 188,222 | ... | 488 | 227 | ... | 45 | 2 | 16 | 170 | 5 | 953 | 5.1 | ... | 74 | 7 | 12 | 51 | ... | 7 | 1 | 57 | 209 | 1.1 | 2128 | 12.1 |
| Wandworth | 305 838 | ... | 681 | 286 | ... | 54 | ... | 20 | 182 | 5 | 1228 | 4.0 | ... | 43 | 11 | 13 | 70 | ... | 9 | ... | 39 | 185 | 0.6 | 3093 | 10.7 |
| Camberwell | 286.058 | ... | 511 | 272 | ... | 76 | 2 | 7 | 219 | 2 | 1089 | 3.8 | ... | 136 | 10 | 22 | 70 | ... | 9 | ... | 61 | 308 | 1.1 | 3440 | 12.5 |
| Deptford | 119,642 | ... | 301 | 130 | ... | 24 | 2 | 2 | 141 | 1 | 604 | 5.1 | ... | 59 | 3 | 11 | 48 | ... | 5 | ... | 50 | 176 | 1.5 | 14.7 | |
| Greenwich | 112,935 | ... | 171 | 168 | ... | 20 | ... | 5 | 89 | 1 | 454 | 4.0 | ... | 48 | 3 | 10 | 57 | ... | 3 | ... | 37 | 158 | 1.4 | 1305 | 11.8 |
| Lewisham | 164,899 | ... | 573 | 224 | ... | 29 | ... | 5 | 61 | 2 | 894 | 5.4 | ... | 12 | 12 | 20 | 29 | ... | 3 | ... | 24 | 100 | 0.6 | 1585 | 10.0 |
| Woolwich | 135,422 | 1 | 526 | 172 | ... | 10 | ... | 8 | 90 | 1 | 808 | 6.0 | ... | 22 | 12 | 4 | 25 | ... | 1 | 1 | 17 | 82 | 0.6 | 1415 | 11.2 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||