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Greenwich 1895

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1896

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299 in excess of the average. The mortality from Diphtheria was
considerably greater in the East group of sanitary areas than in
any other, being equal to 0.81 per 1,000, the South group coming
next with a rate of 0.51. The rates for the West, the Central,
and the North groups were 0 48 and 0.40 respectively.
"The following Table shews the deaths from Diphtheria for
each of the last nine years in the several sanitary areas of
London, after distribution of the deaths in public institutions:-

DEATHS from DIPHTHERIA in the METROPOLITAN SANITARY AREAS in the Nine Years 1887 to 1895, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions.

Sanitary Area.Enumerated Populatn. 1891.188718881889189018911892189318941895
Paddington117,846297642402428709347
Kensington166,3084091111342834837790
Hammersmith97,239443845497373535044
Fulham91,6391910122219316410577
Chelsea96,253191424561639525257
St. George, Hanover Sq78,364134630132026341924
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster55,77425372891144142621
St. James, Westminster24,99535237614154
St. Marylebone142,404142334272648947235
Hampstead68,41613168211327382014
St. Pancras234,37962726213271107201118131
Islington319,14346506381158150200221146
Stoke Newington30,936407697677913120655
Hackpney198,60612383
St. Giles39,782231117101221221413
St. Martin-in-the-Fields14,6165321412867
Strand25,217103845822913
Holborn33,26495171891722207
Clerkenwell66,216172624192828763434
St. Luke42,440121013161214461520
City of London38,320511121113241168
Shoreditch124,0092732695865441377558
Bethnal Green129,132275210211661117136133101
Whitechapel74,46262434515459614658
St. George-in-the-East45,795151543301933625150
Limehouse57,376142547281625615145
Mile End Old Town107,5922220534437818081111
Poplar166,748304264705578168108152
St. Saviour27,177813125116172013
St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark59,712122320141826454917
Newington115,804271855324438936152
St. Olave12,723241453734
Bermondsey84,682161423191620806629
Rotherhithe39,25568168411313131
Lambeth275,2031051071567678130184141112
Battersea150,55851273340705416711692
Wandsworth156,94265442236651148046
Camberwell235,344656470514778130192179
GREENWICH inc. Dept'rd165,413373430474652147132184
Lee36,103855536202111
Lewisham (exclud. Penge)72,2721131515820533014
Woolwich40,84833652481414
Plumstead52,43611191314638653636