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Southwark 1923

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TABLE 16. London and the Metropolitan Boroughs. Births, Deaths, and Infantile Mortality.

Boroughs.Estimated Population, 1922.Births.Deaths fromDeath rate per 1,000 births infants under 1 year.
All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping-cough.Diphtheria.Diarrhæa and Enteritis (under 2 years).Influenza.
LONDON4,53423091,66250,74339136711242560293675260
West.
Paddington145,3002,6171,6661...322214223068
Kensington179,1003,1212,1412...1522313474771
Hammersmith134,4002,7011,4452...631020251963
Fulham159,5003,1231,669......2351520232663
Chelsea03,9201,015770.........151081555
City of Westminster139,3901,7521,4601...1...7562446
North.
St. Marylebone105,2001,6571,207.........3202152368
Hampstead86,9201.2388951...2137101742
St. Pancras212,5004,3672,5443...532821512263
Islington333,9007,1173,853......161338211026366
Stoke Newington52,6209605561.........2451348
Hackney225,4004,4332,3744...1661630305358
Central.
Holborn42,850593516......33548176
Finsbury76,8401,8451,006......11278291360
City of London13,363111153......1...11......81
East.
Shoreditch105.8002,8641,3611...2151014341480
Bethnal Green118,4002,8801,335......3252120381669
Stepney252,1705,9132.929......6571830873963
Poplar165,7004,2561,8523...224829352459
South.
Southwark187,2204,5582,3912...1342749542568
Bermondsey121,1003,0201,4562...1231131501373
Lambeth307,0006,2423,4981...22121448594158
Battersea169,2003,4341,808212061633273048
Wandsworth334,9005,4743,3751...1123026455652
Camberwell270,3005,6572,9603...3563271513956
Deptford114,1002,4281,2392...821332192058
Greenwich102,0002,1191,1026...221311191562
Lewisham176.6003,2971,8131...27626273045
Woolwich138,2502,8671,368.........342102443