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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1897
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Table No. 7. —{continued.)
| Table No. 7.(continued.) | REGISTRATION DISTRICTS. | Enumerated POPULATION, 1896. | Total Births in 53 Weeks. | Total Deaths in 53 Weeks. | The Deaths registered in the 53 Weeks include | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths of | Deaths from | Inquest Cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Infants under 1 Yenr of Age. | Persons aged 60 Years and upwards. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever | Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Diarihœa. | Cholera. | Violence. | ||||||||
| Central Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. St. Giles | 38237 | 1064 | 583 | 146 | 144 | ... | 39 | ... | 2 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 17 | ... | 22 | 53 | 158 | ... | |
| 12. Strand | 24916 | 504 | 817 | 109 | 188 | ... | 24 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ... | 14 | ... | 15 | ... | 53 | 89 | 523 | 4 | |
| 13. Holborn | 138771 | 5074 | 2501 | 850 | 332 | 1 | 122 | 10 | 57 | 85 | 1 | 15 | ... | 142 | 2 | 97 | 267 | 475 | 8 | |
| 14. London City | 31711 | 546 | 1121 | 144 | 181 | ... | 6 | 3 | 36 | 15 | ... | 26 | ... | 16 | ... | 148 | 207 | 737 | 2 | |
| East Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Shoreditch | 122358 | 4387 | 2666 | 793 | 597 | ... | 143 | 12 | 45 | 125 | ... | 11 | ... | 140 | 7 | 102 | 309 | 701 | 2 ... | |
| 16. Bethnal Green | 129162 | 4869 | 2717 | 798 | 538 | ... | 151 | 18 | 47 | 159 | ... | 10 | 1 | 112 | 1 | 76 | 296 | 638 | ||
| 17. Whitechapel | 78676 | 3241 | 2359 | 511 | 328 | ... | 52 | 4 | 62 | 39 | ... | 32 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 214 | 402 | 1440 | 1 | |
| 18. St. George-in-the-East. | 47506 | 2098 | 958 | 284 | 191 | ... | 28 | 8 | 10 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | 55 | 1 | 44 | 163 | 226 | ... | |
| 19. Stepney | 58305 | 2042 | 1211 | 457 | 116 | ... | 59 | 6 | 44 | 62 | ... | 4 | ... | 55 | ... | 67 | 178 | 268 | ... | |
| 20. Mile End Old Town | 111060 | 4300 | 1996 | 621 | 508 | ... | 83 | 15 | 46 | 79 | ... | 13 | ... | 96 | 1 | 49 | 187 | 340 | ||
| 21. Poplar | 169267 | 6011 | 3629 | 1038 | 746 | ... | 150 | 15 | 79 | 159 | ... | 21 | ... | 165 | 7 | 205 | 530 | 899 | ... | |
| South Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 22. St. Saviour, Southwark | 206582 | 7279 | 3130 | 1277 | 513 | ... | 183 | 15 | 66 | 151 | ... | 13 | ... | 203 | 3 | 122 | 288 | 246 | 65 | |
| 23. St. Olave, Southwark | 137585 | 4968 | 3259 | 807 | 573 | 1 | 127 | 10 | 81 | 141 | ... | 25 | ... | 104 | 1 | 216 | 354 | 991 | 73 | |
| 24. Lambeth | 295033 | 9579 | 5369 | 1369 | 1226 | ... | 184 | 98 | 199 | 137 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 176 | 5 | 257 | 475 | 1564 | 65 | |
| 25. Wandsworth | 352379 | 10183 | 5593 | 1633 | 1220 | ... | 333 | 108 | 252 | 293 | ... | 27 | l | 284 | 14 | 191 | 430 | 872 | 41 | |
| 26. Camberwell | 253076 | 7662 | 4857 | 1198 | 1275 | ... | 210 | 21 | 173 | 196 | ... | 25 | ... | 174 | 9 | 84 | 212 | 1238 | 72 | |
| 27. Greenwich, in} cluding Deptford} | 175774 | 5723 | 3412 | 891 | 714 | 1 | 199 | 97 | 224 | 127 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 122 | 5 | 114 | 181 | 880 | 68 | |
| 28. Lewisham | 105873 | 2584 | 1434 | 352 | 434 | ... | 42 | 3 | 38 | 37 | ... | 12 | ... | 67 | ... | 47 | 72 | 222 | 29 | |
| 29. Woolwich | 116494 | 3645 | 1970 | 538 | 403 | ... | 152 | 38 | 97 | 66 | ... | 12 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 74 | 116 | 319 | 68 | |
| Metropolitan Hospitals} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| and Asylums outside} | ... | ... | 1492 | 7 | 531 | 6 | ... | 80 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | ... | 12 | 12 | 1492 | ... | |
| Registration London .} | ||||||||||||||||||||