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Lewisham 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 12.

Birth and Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1907, after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered
Births.Deaths from
All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall.PoxMeaslesScarlct FeverDiphtheriaWhooping.Cough--- TyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia* (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
Cntyof L'nd'n25.614.614.20.380.140.160.380.040.000.321.40116
West.
Paddington21.813.51.130.250.090.130.350.030.281.09109
Kensington19.013.71.040.170.050.130.450.030.211.03128
Hammersmith25.314.31.160.440.080.150.270.050171.20117
Fulham27.813.21.730.420.080.230.450.050.501.19122
Chelsea20.315.01.440.560.030.090.330.040.391.50122
Ctyof Wstmstr17.213.00.720.110.070.100.150.050.241.37102
North.
St. Marylebone20.915.00.970.140.150.120.350.020.191.48101
Hampstead15.19.00.510.130.060.080.130.020.090.7069
St. Pancras24.715.01.170.370.110.130.330.020.211.66108
Islington25.014.71.250.380.060.120.360.040.000.291.32116
Stoke Nwingtn20.011.51.020.130.190.130.360.060.150.94100
Hackney24.313.61.370.260.190.200.290.090.341.17112
Central.
Holborn19.417.41.280.220.040.180.510.040.292.58131
Finsbury29.818.71.830.510.180.170.540.02_—0.412.33130
City of London13.716.80.850.050.050.250.350.100.052.0294
East.
Shoreditch33.020.53.011.030.240.170.880.050.642.10150
Bethnal Green31.817.51.960.540.330.140.460.050.441.90138
Stepney33.615.91.970.500.270.300.330.070.000.501.56117
Poplar31.016.92.110.560.260.290.480.060.461.33124
South.
South wark29.818.01.900.540.170170.490.050.482.03138
Bermondsey31.718.31.710.410.280160.430.050381.88123
Lambeth24.614.61 280.340.130150.35—_0.02—_0.291.53120
Batter sea25.513.31.340.380.100.210.380.020.251.25114
Wandsworth25.612.31.160.230.09 0.140.400.040.260.9599
Camberwell24.413.91.430.440.13 0.140.430.030.261 31115
Deptford28.314.11.470.460.12 0.220.32—_0.050.010.291.34108
Greenwich24.312.71.440.540.09 0.170.24—_0.05—_0.351.08100
Lewisham23.711.50.710.110.08 .0.110.33—_0.010.070.19090
Woolwich25.812.51.380.560.11 0.120.290.030.010.261.25112

In this Table O'OO indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no
death occurred, — is inserted. *Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.