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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 13.
Death rates
| Boroughs. | Death.rates per 1000 Living. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Scarlet | Fever | Diphtheria | Phthisis | ||||
| Before Distribution. | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | |
| County of London | 15.7 | 15.2 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1.60 | 1.55 |
| West. | ||||||||
| Paddington | 14.4 | 13.2 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 1.13 | 1.06 |
| Kensington | 15.7 | 13.9 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 2.05 | 1.25 |
| Hammersmith | 11.5 | 14.1 | — | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.89 | 1.47 |
| Fulham | 14.7 | 13.9 | 0.24 | 005 | 0.54 | 0.16 | 1.60 | 1.38 |
| Chelsea | 21.3 | 15.3 | — | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 2.85 | 1.57 |
| City of Westminster | 14.1 | 13.6 | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 1.03 | 1;69 |
| North. | ||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 14.2 | 16.4 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.94 | 1.83 |
| Hampstead | 12.4 | 10.0 | 0.65 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.12 | 1.55 | 0.74 |
| St. Pancras | 16.5 | 16.2 | — | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 1.90 | 1.82 |
| Islington | 14.1 | 14.3 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 1.66 | 1.40 |
| Stoke Newington | 10.1 | 12.6 | — | - | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.89 | 1.23 |
| Hackney | 14.7 | 13.9 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.21 | 1.40 | 1.27 |
| Central. | ||||||||
| Holborn | 18.9 | 18.6 | — | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 1.80 | 3.14 |
| Finsbury | 11.7 | 20.3 | — | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 1 09 | 2.28 |
| City of London | 36.1 | 14.6 | — | 0 04 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 2.49 | 1.59 |
| East. | ||||||||
| Shoreditch | 19.0 | 19.4 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0 .02 | 0.19 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Bethnal Green | 17.4 | 18.2 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 2.39 | 2.10 |
| Stepney | 18.8 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 1.83 | 2.10 |
| Poplar | 18.9 | 18.2 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 1.98 | 1.74 |
| South. | ||||||||
| South wark | 15.7 | 18.1 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 1.38 | 2.40 |
| Bermondsey | 15.3 | 18.4 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 1.57 | 1.74 |
| Lambeth | 15.8 | 15 2 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 1.35 | 1.40 |
| Battersea | 14.0 | 14.2 | — | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 1.28 | 1.29 |
| Wandsworth | 11.6 | 12.4 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
| Camberwell | 15.1 | 13.7 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 1.88 | 1.22 |
| Deptford | 12.2 | 149 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.58 | 040 | 0 96 | 1.35 |
| Greenwich | 17.6 | 13 3 | 0.50 | 0.09 | 0.94 | 0.27 | 1.70 | 1.12 |
| Lewisham | 11.5 | 11. 1 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.15 | 0.79 | 0.84 |
| Woolwich | 12.5 | 13.5 | — | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 1.32 | 1.45 |
* Taken from Registrar General's Annual Summary.