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Plumstead 1893
Annual report 1893-94
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TABLE VIII.
| SANITARY AREAS. | Estimated Population middle of 1893. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever | Simple and Undefined Fever. | Diarrhoea. | 0Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| London | 4,306,411 | 132965 | 90,060 | 30.9 | 20.9 | 3.0 | 13,091 | 186 | 1658 | 1587 | 3196 | 2327 | 5 | 675 | 21 | 3436 | 164 |
| Paddington | 120,421 | 3,010 | 2,141 | 25.0 | 17.8 | 2.3 | 275 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 70 | 60 | .. | 21 | .. | 57 | 150 |
| Kensington | 167,029 | 3,671 | 2,942 | 22.0 | 17.6 | 2.1 | 348 | 10 | 21 | 52 | 83 | 65 | .. | 17 | .. | 100 | 169 |
| Hammersmith | 103,044 | 2,966 | 1,872 | 28.8 | 18.2 | 2.4 | 246 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 53 | 50 | .. | 15 | 2 | 83 | 160 |
| Fulham | 104,735 | 3,711 | 2,024 | 35.4 | 19.3 | 3.3 | 342 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 64 | 82 | .. | 17 | .. | 132 | 176 |
| Chelsea | 98,182 | 2,854 | 1,955 | 29.1 | 19.9 | 2.7 | 268 | 1 | 23 | 32 | 52 | 68 | .. | 17 | 2 | 73 | 158 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 76,043 | 1,496 | 1,228 | 19.7 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 34 | 14 | .. | 12 | 2 | 26 | 133 |
| Westminster | 54,829 | 1,358 | 1,290 | 24.8 | 23.5 | 2.0 | 110 | .. | 5 | 25 | 14 | 15 | .. | 7 | 1 | 43 | 188 |
| St. James, Westminster | 24,000 | 528 | 474 | 22.0 | 19.7 | 1.8 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | 146 |
| Marylebone | 139,726 | 4,379 | 3,192 | 31.3 | 22.8 | 2.7 | 382 | 5 | 32 | 68 | 94 | 78 | .. | 20 | 1 | 84 | 151 |
| Hampstead | 73,380 | 1,507 | 948 | 20.5 | 12.9 | 1.3 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 38 | 6 | .. | 8 | .. | 22 | 102 |
| St. Pancras | 233,936 | 7,044 | 5,138 | 30.1 | 22.0 | 3.3 | 761 | 9 | 154 | 100 | 201 | 106 | .. | 27 | .. | 164 | 172 |
| Islington | 327,919 | 9,750 | 6,405 | 29.7 | 19.5 | 2.8 | 930 | 2 | 129 | 94 | 200 | 197 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 259 | 164 |
| Hackney | 240,584 | 6,911 | 4,532 | 28.7 | 18.8 | 3.0 | 724 | 4 | 57 | 74 | 206 | 165 | .. | 53 | 1 | 164 | 152 |
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| St. Giles | 38,641 | 1,094 | 925 | 28.3 | 23.9 | 2.4 | 93 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 18 | .. | 6 | .. | 23 | 131 |
| St. Martin-in-the Field | 14,034 | 223 | 2,18 | 15.9 | 21.2 | 1.5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .. | l | .. | 5 | 188 |
| Strand | 23,788 | 594 | 713 | 25.0 | 30.0 | 2.9 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 22 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | 219 |
| Holborn | 32,690 | 864 | 886 | 26.4 | 27.1 | 3.3 | 109 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 16 | .. | 13 | .. | 27 | 214 |
| Clerkenwell | 65,589 | 2,106 | 1,745 | 32.1 | 26.6 | 4.9 | 319 | .. | 79 | 30 | 76 | 51 | .. | 10 | .. | 73 | 202 |
| St. Luke | 41,577 | 1,770 | 1,282 | 42.6 | 30.8 | 5.6 | 232 | 1 | 58 | 28 | 46 | 40 | .. | 12 | .. | 47 | 174 |
| London City | 35,870 | 627 | 843 | 17.5 | 23.5 | 1.3 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 132 |
| Shoreditch | 123,440 | 4,450 | 3,153 | 36.1 | 25.5 | 4.6 | 566 | 3 | 129 | 39 | 137 | 80 | .. | 16 | l | 161 | 178 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,620 | 4,756 | 3,257 | 36.7 | 25.1 | 4.1 | 527 | 7 | 83 | 71 | 136 | 60 | .. | 25 | .. | 145 | 177 |
| Whitechapal | 75,178 | 3,096 | 1,916 | 41.2 | 25.5 | 3.1 | 235 | 5 | 37 | 32 | 61 | 26 | .. | 8 | .. | 66 | 168 |
| St. George-in-tlie-East | 45,493 | 1,966 | 1,403 | 43.2 | 30.8 | 4.9 | 221 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 62 | 23 | .. | 4 | .. | 85 | 209 |
| Limehouse | 57,115 | 1,953 | 1,613 | 34.2 | 28.2 | 4.7 | 269 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 61 | 64 | 1 | 18 | .. | 61 | 205 |
| Mile End Old Town | 108,041 | 4,146 | 2,430 | 38.4 | 22.5 | 3.3 | 361 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 80 | 44 | .. | 29 | .. | 121 | 149 |
| Poplar | 169,141 | 5,918 | 3,905 | 34.9 | 23.1 | 3.8 | 639 | 12 | 32 | 105 | 168 | 74 | 1 | 62 | .. | 185 | 169 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 26,854 | 780 | 649 | 29.0 | 24.2 | 3.1 | 82 | .. | 6 | 18 | 17 | 20 | .. | 3 | .. | 18 | 154 |
| St. George, Southwark | 59,953 | 2,169 | 1,700 | 36.2 | 28.4 | 4.8 | 286 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 45 | 74 | .. | 13 | .. | 70 | 206 |
| Newington | 117,672 | 4,345 | 2,856 | 36.9 | 24.3 | 3.7 | 432 | 6 | 34 | 51 | 93 | 109 | .. | 13 | .. | 126 | 176 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 12,903 | 412 | 312 | 31.9 | 24.2 | 2.2 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | 141 |
| Bermondsey | 84,246 | 3,202 | 2,004 | 38.0 | 23.8 | 3.3 | 275 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 80 | 46 | 1 | 8 | .. | 70 | 168 |
| Rotherhithe | 40,020 | 1,379 | 927 | 34.5 | 23.2 | 3.4 | 136 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 33 | .. | 8 | .. | 25 | 165 |
| Lambeth | 280,284 | 9,212 | 5,749 | 32.9 | 20.5 | 2.7 | 761 | 5 | 113 | 69 | 185 | 151 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 197 | 149 |
| Battersea | 158,105 | 5,225 | 2,980 | 33.1 | 18.9 | 3.6 | 570 | 12 | 93 | 40 | 107 | 114 | .. | 22 | .. | 122 | 169 |
| Wandsworth | 172,143 | 4,569 | 2,617 | 26.5 | 15.2 | 2.5 | 422 | 1 | 36 | 53 | 113 | 81 | .. | 18 | 1 | 119 | 142 |
| Camberwell | 245,143 | 7,472 | 4,724 | 30.5 | 19.3 | 2.5 | 619 | 11 | 83 | 73 | 130 | 109 | .. | 27 | .. | 186 | 161 |
| Greenwich | 171,120 | 5,377 | 3,510 | 31.4 | 20.5 | 3.5 | 606 | 13 | 103 | 71 | 147 | 100 | .. | 28 | 1 | 143 | 165 |
| Lewisham | 77,473 | 1,899 | 1,133 | 24.5 | 14.6 | 1.7 | 135 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 53 | 8 | .. | 9 | 1 | 29 | 128 |
| Woolwich | 41,854 | 1,302 | 842 | 31.1 | 20.1 | 2.4 | 101 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 20 | .. | 5 | 1 | 33 | 160 |
| Plumstead | 94,596 | 2,874 | 1,547 | 30.4 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 285 | 2 | 53 | 48 | 85 | 32 | .. | 11 | .. | 54 | 137 |
| Plumstead Parish | 57,073 | 1,914 | 994 | 33.6 | 17.5 | 3.71 | 211 | 2 | 47 | 31 | 65 | 23 | .... | 8 | .. | 35 | 140 |