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Southwark 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Births, Deaths and Notified Cases of Infectious Diseases, 1922.
| Boroughs. | Enumerated Population, 1921. | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Notified Cases of Principal Infectious Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhæa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Influenza. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Polio-myelitis. | Polio-Encephalitis. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Typhus Fever. | Anthrax. | Pneumonia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Death Rate per 1,000 Births, Infants under 1 year. | ||||
| LONDON | 4,514405 | 94,792 | 60,349 | 44 | ... | 1559 | 299 | 1123 | 1,137 | 669 | 2,582 | 7,048 | 62 | 17,225 | 15,272 | 265 | 311 | 84 | 38 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 7,066 | 871 | 74 |
| Paddington | 145,600 | 2,730 | 1,852 | 1 | ... | 31 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 70 | 188 | ... | 532 | 420 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 342 | 18 | 69 |
| Kensington | 177,300 | 3,152 | 2,373 | 2 | ... | 58 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 31 | 86 | 264 | ... | 491 | 414 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 187 | 21 | 84 |
| Hammersmith | 128,708 | 2,748 | 1,707 | 4 | ... | 36 | 11 | 40 | 47 | 11 | 70 | 196 | ... | 498 | 435 | 14 | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 153 | 34 | 71 |
| Fulham | 159,400 | 3,242 | 1,912 | 4 | ... | 41 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 74 | 222 | 2 | 625 | 434 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 299 | 29 | 68 |
| Chelsea | 64,290 | 1,070 | 838 | ... | ... | 11 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 52 | 67 | ... | 195 | 130 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70 | 3 | 63 |
| City of Westminster | 139,893 | 1,882 | 1,747 | 1 | ... | 11 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 91 | 104 | ... | 263 | 303 | 12 | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 49 | 22 | 55 |
| St. Marylebone | 105,200 | 1,679 | 1,415 | 2 | ... | 30 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 58 | 113 | ... | 348 | 288 | 13 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 112 | 23 | 67 |
| Hampstead | 86,890 | 1,290 | 947 | 3 | ... | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 36 | 70 | ... | 271 | 241 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 99 | 10 | 54 |
| St. Pancras | 212,900 | 4 559 | 3,070 | 1 | ... | 107 | 21 | 29 | 44 | 32 | 142 | 333 | 1 | 1,170 | 735 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 550 | 61 | 73 |
| Islington | 333,000 | 7,549 | 4,579 | ... | ... | 138 | 30 | 100 | 57 | 72 | 224 | 576 | ... | 1,496 | 1,121 | 9 | 19 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 157 | 127 | 76 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,590 | 937 | 714 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 62 | ... | 159 | 99 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 4 | 66 |
| Hackney | 224,200 | 4,743 | 2,847 | 1 | ... | 49 | 11 | 68 | 25 | 49 | 141 | 342 | ... | 674 | 736 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 50 | 30 | 72 |
| Holborn | 43,520 | 664 | 554 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 49 | ... | 170 | 116 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 65 | 11 | 74 |
| Finsbury | 76,690 | 1,934 | 1,237 | 1 | ... | 30 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 69 | 153 | ... | 346 | 376 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83 | 17 | 79 |
| City of London | 13,820 | 148 | 191 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | 12 | ... | 33 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | 81 |
| Shoreditch | 105,200 | 2,958 | 1,708 | ... | ... | 86 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 36 | 71 | 303 | ... | 353 | 448 | 5 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 388 | 66 | 102 |
| Bethnal Green | 118,300 | 2,981 | 1,803 | 2 | ... | 100 | 6 | 83 | 33 | 28 | 74 | 268 | 1 | 360 | 540 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 131 | 35 | 90 |
| Stepney | 252,000 | 6,011 | 3,497 | 1 | ... | 68 | 9 | 123 | 79 | 64 | 138 | 479 | 5 | 638 | 845 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 559 | 45 | 80 |
| Poplar | 164,100 | 4,418 | 2,352 | ... | ... | 65 | 6 | 92 | 57 | 23 | 84 | 346 | 49 | 415 | 616 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 596 | 36 | 78 |
| Southwark | 186,000 | 4,576 | 2,895 | 3 | ... | 145 | 17 | 62 | 61 | 23 | 92 | 363 | 2 | 802 | 749 | 3 | 17 | 4 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | 391 | 44 | 79 |
| Bermondsey | 120,500 | 3,258 | 2,038 | 1 | ... | 102 | 12 | 70 | 92 | 23 | 74 | 330 | 1 | 657 | 1.096 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 234 | 12 | 101 |
| Lambeth | 305,700 | 6,365 | 4,185 | 7 | ... | 70 | 21 | 60 | 50 | 46 | 161 | 490 | 1 | 1,345 | 645 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 4 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 277 | 57 | 77 |
| Battersea | 169,200 | 3,667 | 2,203 | 1 | ... | 65 | 13 | 22 | 59 | 18 | 110 | 254 | ... | 768 | 712 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 509 | 41 | 69 |
| Wandsworth | 331,500 | 5,505 | 3,700 | 2 | ... | 75 | 19 | 45 | 75 | 24 | 148 | 337 | ... | 1,263 | 856 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 655 | 42 | 61 |
| Camberwell | 269.600 | 5,802 | 3,598 | 4 | ... | 96 | 26 | 87 | 61 | 41 | 174 | 452 | ... | 1,073 | 828 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 297 | 25 | 78 |
| Deptford | 113,500 | 2,631 | 1,558 | 2 | ... | 58 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 11 | 62 | 195 | ... | 547 | 451 | 7 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 125 | 10 | 74 |
| Greenwich | 101,400 | 2,131 | 1,304 | ... | ... | 29 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 4 | 52 | 123 | ... | 595 | 699 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 163 | 17 | 58 |
| Lewisham | 175,800 | 3,208 | 1,945 | ... | ... | 18 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 19 | 111 | 174 | ... | 618 | 448 | 6 | 5 | ... | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 169 | 4 | 54 |
| Woolwich | 137,604 | 2,941 | 1,580 | 1 | ... | 21 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 65 | 183 | ... | 520 | 448 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 321 | 26 | 62 |