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Lewisham 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 12

Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1905, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered
Deaths from
Births.All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall-PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping-CoughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia* (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
CntyofL'nd'n27.115.11.700.000.370.120.120.320.050.000.721.42129
West.
Paddington21.613.31.390.420.050.020.340.030.530.96123
Kensington19.314.01.390.310.120.050.330.070.511.14144
Hammersmith26.213.91.700.240.090.180.480.040.671.16135
Fulham30.415.12.710.540.140.150.530.061.291.22145
Chelsea21.314.81.030.070.120.070.300.050.421.51117
Ctyof Wstmstr16.813.50.810.220.090.030.160.02-0.291.51114
North.
St. Marylebone30.015.51.120.290.120.040.190.050 010.421.4688
Hampstead16.29.30.530.090.070.030.190.020.130.8394
St.. Pancra24.715.81.500.330.110.110.350.030.571.52135
Islington25.214.51.470.000.360.110.100.330.050.521.26125
Stoke Nwingtn20.512.91.140.230.060.090.19-0.571.33122
Hackney25.81401.980.010.360.080.110.290.121.011.15129
Central
Holborn28.517.51.120.200.070.070.300.070.412.8492
Finsbury34.719.02.170.420.210.120.330.091.002.02127
City of London13.517'40.570.040.040.090.090.311.34149
East.
Shoreditch33.519.72.960.020.540.240.150.760.031.221.96167
Bethnal Green33.218.62.270.360.200.240.420.060.010.982.04151
Stepney35.317.72.580.000.520.190.200.450.070.001.151.72141
Poplar32.117.62.650.470.170.240.470.061.241.53153
South.
South wark30.018.52.390.740.130.210.380.050.882.13148
Bermondsey33.318.72.210.480.130.140.290.061.111.79148
Lambeth28.314.91.500.310.100.120.260.030.681.38115
Battersea27.414.51.990.710.140.070.290.030.751.34131
Wandsworth26012.61.460.340.110.110.290.040.571.02119
Camberwell25.613.71.300.300.110.070.250.030.541.21124
Deptford28.914.31.190.140.090.080.170.050.661.22122
Greenwich25.913.41.300.170.050.160.140.050.731.26119
Lewisham25.211.70.830 030.280.030.060.170.040.220.8793
Woolwich28.412.81.020.100.080.140.130.060.511.52102

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.