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Battersea 1899

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899

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TABLE IV.—Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the Year 1899.

SANITARY AREAS.Estimated Population middle of 1899.BirthsDeaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhoea.Phthisis.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,ooo Births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
West Districts.LONDON4,546,752133,12087,53029.419.32.4611,14732,1413981,9461,7I7275814,1818,275166
Paddington120,7942,9412,06522.916.11.55198—652943—9—106148151
Kensington172,8993,5903,05420.817.71.53263—24104361—_24—101231180
Hammersmith108,7853,0612,05828.219.02.11230—22132546—23—101187183
Fulham130,7204,5742,50735.119.23.23423—68335954—251183238189
Chelsea96,7212,3811,89324.719.62.13205—1882671—_18—64173164
St, George's, Hanover Sq,80,8761,3481,14216.714.21.0988—1771214—_0—29110120
Westminster52,1171,1151,15921.522.31.6485—175105—9—39172207
North Districts.St. James, Westminster21,82743738920.117.91.1224—3136—3—846142
Marylebone140,1393,9872,59628.518.61.70236124153634—26—100277124
Hampstead80,2521,57792619.811.61.1693—22615—4—3567129
St.Pancras244,5486,6214,94827.120.32.69653—10225111142—42—231489178
Islington348,0859,6586,29927.818.12.30798—16434126170—48—256552160
Stoke Newington35,18779944622.812.71.3347—10364—5—1931103
Central Districts.Hnackney222,5716,4533,75329.116.93.22492—110168948—35—194332153
St. Giles37,1961,13273930.519.91.4052—_l6_51—_4—26116112
St. Martin-in-the-Fields12,14214818912.215.61.0713—5—1——1—622203
Strand23,01647252120.622.71.3030—517————1762189
Holborn29,62172173724.424.92.2366—113613—_7—2691226
Clerkenwell66,0682,0501,49231.122.63.04200—36132830—23—7o153193
St. Luke40,8681,8111,15944.428.43.03123—2681014—6—59144149
London City27,98641659914.921.51.3638—_4175—_12—961144
East Districts.Shoreditch121,0714,1322,85734.223.83.64438—90136547—25—198253204
Bethnal Green128,9384,7532,93637.022.83.i5405—9895945—38—156303174
Whitechapel81,3913,0001,7i437.021.12.12173—_5822724—_15—46194147
St. George-in-the-East48,5602,0681,31242.727.13.4416615831225—_9—59121200
Limehouse58,8071,9331,50033.025.63.78221—_6213431—_22—_71135216
Mile End Old Town113,1614,2502,40637.721.32.72307—5256548—26—111205158
Poplar170,6065,9183,76234.822.13.41582—1041077106—38—247364176
South Districts.St. Saviour, Southwark24,20769460728.725.13.5185—2121710—_1—_3483203
St. George, Southwark60,5362,1281,67335.227.74.53274_—6366332—8—102213205
Newington124,1664,1782,96933.724.03.67455—8713104104—23—124325191
St. Olave, Southwark11,09836127632.624.92.6129—_1029——_2—628147
Bermondsey85,8353,0632,06335.824.13.46296—_68108829118—82183187
Rotherhithe41,0501,26686530.921.12.8O115—14113214111—3275I70
Lambeth308,1089,4335,89430.719.22.65819—17025158130—50—286537158
Battersea174,9965,1792,91029.616.72.22387—105146252—38—116277162
Wandsworth209,6555,5423,20326.515.31.89395—_5996865—18—176253153
Camberwell264,8177,4444,60228.217.42.52667—1301916086—33—239404158
Greenwich182,5135,6823,41531.218.82.76503—127177353—30—203281167
Lee40,21997660624.315.12.0683—254149—4—2740141
Lewisham91,0272,5971,47828.616.32.2320311466812—11—91104143
Woolwich41,5421,26087930.421.22.44101—1342113—5—45102163
Plumstead64,0311,97191430.914.31.3586—361610———5193124