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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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*Table 13.
Death-rates during 1907 in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution, (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.
| Boroughs. | Death-rates per 1000 Living. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Phthisis. | ||||||
| Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distri bution | |
| County of London | 14.8 | 14.6 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.38 | 1.40 |
| West. | ||||||||||
| Paddington | 14.4 | 13.5 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 1.01 | 1.09 |
| Kensington | 15.6 | 13.7 | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.79 | 1.03 |
| Hammersmith | 14.6 | 14.3 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 1.20 |
| Fulham | 11.8 | 13.2 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.58 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 1.09 | 1.19 |
| Chelsea | 22.6 | 15.0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2.89 | 1.50 |
| City of Westm'r | 14.0 | 13.0 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 1.37 |
| North. | ||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 14.0 | 15.0 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.84 | 1.48 |
| Hampstead | 11.6 | 9.0 | 0.70 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1.54 | 0.70 |
| St. Pancras | 15.4 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.72 | 1.66 |
| Islington | 14.4 | 14.7 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1.57 | 1.32 |
| Stoke Newington | 9.4 | 11.5 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.79 | 0.94 |
| Hackney | 14.4 | 13.6 | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 1.29 | 1.17 |
| Central. | ||||||||||
| Holborn | 20.6 | 17.4 | — | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 1.71 | 2.58 |
| Finsbury | 9.6 | 18.7 | — | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.17 | — | 0.02 | 0.85 | 2.33 |
| City of London | 43.9 | 16.8 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.69 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 1.98 | 2.02 |
| East. | ||||||||||
| Shored itch | 19.0 | 20.5 | — | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.17 | — | 0.05 | 2.19 | 2.10 |
| Bethnal Green | 16.9 | 17.5 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 2.00 | 1.90 |
| Stepney | 17.0 | 15.9 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 1.39 | 1.56 |
| Poplar | 17.0 | 16.9 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 1.47 | 1.33 |
| South. | ||||||||||
| South wark | 14.7 | 18.0 | — | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.94 | 2.03 |
| Bermondsey | 14.5 | 18.3 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1.72 | 1.88 |
| Lambeth | 15.5 | 14.6 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 1.53 |
| Battersea | 13.4 | 13.3 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.22 | 1.25 |
| Wandsworth | 11.9 | 12.3 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.89 | 0 95 |
| Caraberwell | 15.4 | 13.9 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.87 | 1.31 |
| Deptford | 11.5 | 14.1 | 0.60 | 0.12 | 0.85 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.96 | 1.34 |
| Greenwich | 17.0 | 12.7 | 0.75 | 0.09 | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 1.62 | 1.08 |
| Lewisham | 12.4 | 11.5 | 0.51 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0 .03 | 0.01 | 0.87 | 0.90 |
| Woolwich | 11.5 | 12.5 | — | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.15 | 1.25 |
. The deaths "before Distribution" are those actually registered in the several Boroughs without
any correction whatever.