London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lewisham 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 13.

Death rates during190SinLondonand the severalMetropolitan Boroughs,fromAll Causes,and fromCertain Diseases (1)before Distribution, and(2)after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

Boroughs.Death-rates per 1000 Living.
All Causes.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaEnteric FeverPhthisis.
Before DistributionAfter DistributionBefore Distri butionAfter DistributionBefore Distribution .After DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter Distribution
County of London15.615.10.120.120.120.120.050.051.461.42
West.
Paddington15.013 30.050. 010.020.030.030.920.96
Kensington15.91400.120.030.050.040.071.981.14
Hammersmith12.013.90.090.010.180.030.040.831.16
Fulham15015.10.400.140.330.150.130.061.331.22
Chelsea21.714.80.120.010.070.010.053.111.51
City of Westm14-513.50.010.090.010.030.040.020.891.51
North.
St. Marylebone13.115.50.120.020.040.050.050.611.46
Hampstead12.39.30.900.070.390.030.130.021.880.83
St. Pancras15.915.80.110.050.110.030.031.581.52
Islington14.214.50.010.110.040.100.030.051.501.26
Stoke Newington10.212.90.060.060.090.891.33
Hackney14.914.00.190.080.280.110.180.121.241.15
Central.
Holborn20.117.5_0.070.200.070.090.071-622.84
Finsbury10.419.00.020.210.120.090-862.02
City of London40.917.40.040.040.360.090.091-791.34
East.
Shoreditch19.219.70.030.240.040.150.010.032.021.96
Bethnal Green18.118.60.200.110.240.030.062.192.4
Stepney18.617.70.020.190.120.2000.50.071.521.72
Poplar17.917.60.010.170.080.240.060.061.671.53
South.
South wark16.318.5_0.130.130.210.040.051.332.13
Bermondsey14.918.70.020.130.020.140.020.061.621.79
Lambeth15.714.90.180.100.210.120.040031.271.38
Battersea14.414.5_0.140.020.070.030.031.241.34
Wandsworth11.812.60.260.110.170.110.060.041.011.02
Camber well15.013.70.010.110.030.070.010.031.751.21
Deptford10.014.3_0.090.030.080.030.050.741.22
Greenwich17.713.40.470.050.470.160.160.051.811.26
Lewisham12. 511.0.500.030.240.060.030.010.780.87
Woolwich11.712.80.010.080.030.140.020.060.481.52

* Taken from Registrar-General's Summary.