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Lewisham 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 13.

Birth and Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1906, after distribution of Deaths in Public institutions.

BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.
Births.Deaths fromDeaths under 1 year to 100) Births registered
All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall.PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping.CoughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia. (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
Cnty of L.nD.n26.515.11.920.400.110.150. 26.0.060.000.941.44131
West.
Paddington22.712.51.300.110.120.100.080.05.0.841.12105
Kensington19.213. 81.560.450.060.110.110.03.0.801.27132
Hammersmith25.914.82.130.470.120.220.160.071.091.25138
Pulham30.013.72. 400.330.110.200.190.081.491.13134
Chelsea21.415.72.030.780.120. 200 .230.701. 57133
Cty of Wstmstr1721290.84.0.100.080.090.130.030.010.401.39110
North
St. Marylebone21.214.91.28.0.370.110.090.09.0.02.0.601. 56117
Hampstead16.59.40.570.110.060.090.02.0.03.0.260.6777
St. Panoras26.015.91 .650.410.140.100.30.0.060.000.641.81123
islington25.514.71.620.560.110.090.22.0.060.581.23124
Stoke Nwingtn20.811.51.100.210.020.080.32...0 .471.04102
Hackney24.713.31.580.280.100.090.170.060.881. 30119
Central.
Holborn22.318.01.440.450.050.110. 180 .020.632. 37120
Finsbury30.220. 73.591.270.150.240.56.0.141.232.18160
City of London16.717.31.080. 140.330.090.19.0.050.281.74101
East.
Shoreditch34.219.63.130.650.160. 130.53.0.04.1.622.01163
Bethnal Green34.518.92.550.460.170.150.48.0.111.182.25155
Stepney35.317.7..740.570.120.200.34.0. 08.1.431.72134
Poplar31.617.62 .950.630.080.160. 310.061.711.55152
South.
Southwark29. 818.12.230.460.220.150. 26.0.06.1.082.06144
Bermondsey31.819.72.940.730.230.260.40.0.03.1.292.01153
Lambeth26.315.01.690.240.090.160.23.0. 070.000.901.37131
Battersea26.213.41. 820.230.130.100.44.0.040.881.28126
Wandsworth26 .412.81.600.240.070.180.22.0.06.0.831.01121
Camberwell25.714.61.880.410.090.150.28.0.050 .901.26130
Deptford28.616. 12.690.600.130.170.54.0.051.201.28143
Greenwich25.413.51.870.290.160.280.40.0.05.0.691.19119
Lewisham23.212. 01. 31.0.140.090.140.18.0. 01.0.750.80113
Wooiwich27.913.11.520.240.040.170.170.070.831.33109
in this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred, — is inserted. "Originally described Simple Continued Fever.