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Southwark 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 29.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1931. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. Small-pox. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal meningitis. | Polio-myelitis. | Total. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||
| LONDON | 4,522,628 | 6 | 10,489 | 7389 | 1 | 1025 | 23 | 303 | 4848 | 101 | 69 | 24,311 | 5.4 9 | 2570 | 172 | 612 | 1038 | 144 5313 | 9858 | 67,827 | 15.8 | |
| Paddington | 142,521 | ... | 227 | 169 | ... | 37 | 1 | 7 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 561 | 3.9 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 5 134 | 245 | 1.7 | 1897 | 14.2 |
| Kensington | 172,296 | ... | 232 | 219 | ... | 23 | ... | 7 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 608 | 3.5 | 94 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 4 146 | 318 | 1.9 | 2349 | 14.8 |
| Hammersmith | 121,837 | ... | 239 | 196 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 569 | 4.7 | 36 | 28 | 35 | 7 178 | 289 | 2.4 | 1891 | 16.2 | |
| Fulham | 153,726 | ... | 382 | 313 | ... | 38 | 3 | 23 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 881 | 5.7 | 64 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 8 213 | 347 | 2.3 | 2203 | 15.1 |
| Chelsea | 60,218 | ... | 143 | 83 | ... | 7 | ... | 5 | 52 | ... | 1 | 291 | 4.4 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 55 | 101 | 1.5 | 1020 | 16.0 |
| City of Westminster | 159,709 | 1 | 253 | 145 | ... | 30 | 1 | 6 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 522 | 3.3 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 4 65 | 133 | 0.8 | 1984 | 14.0 |
| St. Marylebone | 117,844 | ... | 329 | 135 | ... | 18 | ... | 4 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 598 | 5.1 | 66 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 2 83 | 191 | 1.6 | 1772 | 16.1 |
| Hampstead | 85,599 | ... | 129 | 151 | ... | 14 | ... | 6 | 50 | ... | 5 | 353 | 4.2 | 14 | ... | 17 | 3 | 2 22 | 58 | 0.7 | 823 | 10.8 |
| St. Pancras | 218,031 | ... | 443 | 422 | ... | 69 | ... | 17 | 199 | 7 | 2 | 1159 | 5.3 | 108 | 12 | 37 | 55 | 7 202 | 420 | 1.9 | 3371 | 16.2 |
| Islington | 327,234 | ... | 805 | 594 | ... | 73 | ... | 14 | 270 | 13 | 1 | 1770 | 5.4 | 130 | 21 | 51 | 70 | 12 365 | 649 | 2.0 | 4853 | 15.5 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,069 | ... | 99 | 79 | ... | 6 | ... | 42 | ... | 226 | 4.5 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 1 28 | 81 | 1.6 | 658 | 13.6 | ||
| Hacknev | 222,674 | 3 | 613 | 316 | ... | 48 | ... | 16 | 364 | 7 | 4 | 1371 | 6.2 | 148 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 8 195 | 440 | 2.0 | 3185 | 14.9 |
| Holborn | 49,084 | ... | 120 | 85 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | 37 | ... | ... | 255 | 5.2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 34 | 61 | 1.2 | 771 | 17.0 |
| Finsbury | 87,639 | ... | 179 | 178 | ... | 80 | ... | 4 | 223 | 2 | ... | 666 | 7.6 | 79 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 142 | 276 | 3.2 | 1725 | 20.4 |
| City of London | 19,475 | ... | 23 | 23 | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 14 | ... | ... | 69 | 3.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 0.7 | 293 | 16.6 |
| ... | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 111,284 | 3 | 240 | 175 | ... | 22 | ... | 5 | 100 | 4 | 3 | 612 | 5.5 | 128 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 1 222 | 413 | 3.7 | 2226 | 21.1 |
| Bethnal Green | 128,247 | 3 | 243 | 210 | ... | 31 | 1 | 14 | 248 | 6 | 1 | 748 | 5.8 | 130 | 4 | 21 | 49 | 3 248 | 455 | 3.6 | 2319 | 18.3 |
| Stepney | 279,500 | 39 | 467 | 517 | ... | 80 | ... | 30 | 488 | 7 | 5 | 1633 | 5.9 7 | 303 | 8 | 32 | 49 | 6 468 | 873 | 3.1 | 4834 | 18.1 |
| Poplar | 162,290 | 11 | 376 | 284 | ... | 63 | 3 | 11 | 205 | 6 | 5 | 964 | 6.02 | 225 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 14 316 | 655 | 4.0 | 3054 | 19.5 |
| ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwark | 191,595 | ... | 480 | 293 | ... | 45 | 9, | 14 | 316 | 5 | 3 | 1158 | 6.1 | 120 | 6 | 30 | 64 | 5 298 | 523 | 2.7 | 3509 | 19.2 |
| Bermondsey | 125,840 | ... | 302 | 254 | ... | 26 | ... | 13 | 152 | 2 | 3 | 752 | 6.0 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 5 212 | 341 | 2.7 | 2311 | 18.8 |
| Lambeth | 298,032 | ... | 704 | 405 | ... | 61 | ... | 91 | 246 | - 9 | 9 | 1515 | 5.1 | 112 | 8 | 43 | 67 | 12 336 | 578 | 1.9 | 4430 | 15.4 |
| Battersea | 167,705 | ... | 354 | 223 | ... | 32 | ... | 9 | 162 | 11 | 4 | 795 | 4.8 | 112 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 3 222 | 397 | 2.4 | 2391 | 15.3 |
| Wandsworth | 313,389 | ... | 856 | 513 | ... | 58 | 5 | 24 | 204 | 5 | 5 | 1680 | 5.4 | 230 | 10 | 33 | 70 | 9 293 | 645 | 2.1 | 3743 | 12.7 |
| Camberwell | 261,407 | 1 | 634 | 352 | ... | 33 | 2 | 10 | 254 | 2 | 0 | 1293 | 5.0 | 112 | 7 | 25 | 45 | 5 276 | 470 | 1.8 | 3724 | 14.8 |
| Deptford | 109,475 | 1 | 375 | 165 | ... | 13 | 4 | 2 | 180 | ... | 1 | 741 | 6.8 | 69 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 2 171 | 301 | 2.8 | 1706 | 16.4 |
| Greenwich | 95,982 | ... | 307 | 318 | ... | 10 | ... | 9 | 133 | 1 | ... | 778 | 8.1 | 41 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 152 | 229 | 2.4 | 1409 | 15.0 |
| Lewisham | 161,677 | ... | 349 | 343 | ... | 36 | ... | 11 | 105 | 1 | 3 | 848 | 5.3 | 21 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 5 128 | 205 | 1.3 | 1821 | 11.8 |
| Woolwich | 121,509 | ... | 514 | 237 | ... | 18 | ... | 15 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 869 | 7.2 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 102 | 150 | 1.2 | 1555 | 13.7 |
| Port of London | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
* Including
... The death-rates are corrected for variations in sex and age constitution of the populations
Polio-myelitis became notifiable in the Administrative
Membranous Croup.
of the several boroughs, the population of England and Wales being taken as the standard.
County of London on September 1st, 1911.