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Greenwich 1903

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1903

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Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs, and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths
occurring in Public Institutions, during the year 1903:—
Boroughs.
Estimated
Population, middle
of 1903.
Births.
Deaths.
Annual rate per
1,000 Living.
Deaths from principal
Infectious Diseases.
1
Small-pox.
Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping Cough.
Typhus.
Enteric Fever.
Simple and Ill-defined
Fever.
Diarrhoea.
Phthisis.
Deaths of Children
under 1 year of age
to 1,000 births.
Births.
Deaths.
Principal
Infectious
Diseases.
County of London
4,613,812
130,906
69,737
28.5
15.1
1.75
8,08S
13
2,046
361
740
1,627
3
368
5
2,925
7,124
130
Paddington ...
146,032
3,303
1,928
227
13.2
1.31
191
...
40
10
15
54
...
7
...
65
155
119
Kensington
178,409
3,567
2,468
200
13.9
1.56
278
...
34
14
24
90
...
9
...
107
223
145
Hammersmith ...
115,803
2,989
1,634
25.9
14.1
1.60
185
...
27
8
17
30
...
9
1
93
170
141
Fulham ... •••
147,780
4,789
2,046
32.5
13.9
2.22
327
...
62
8
24
46
...
15
...
172
204
127
Chelsea
74,169
1,516
1,131
20.5
15.3
1.14
84
...
14
2
4
29
...
4
...
31
116
142
City of Westminster
179,052
3,018
2,432
16.9
13.6
1.00
179
3
49
9
15
34
...
14
...
55
301
123
St. Marylebone
131,234
3,984
2,148
30.5
16.4
1.60
210
...
37
17
26
56
...
13
2
19
240
96
Hampstead
85,197
1,456
848
17.1
10.0
0.58
49
...
8
4
10
16
...
2
...
9
63
88
St. Pancras
235,716
6,339
3,806
27.0
16.2
1.91
448
...
193
23
37
91
...
14
...
90
428
133
Islington
339,137
8,983
4,837
26.6
14.3
1.45
489
...
125
24
42
153
...
23
1
121
472
126
Stoke Newington
52,069
1,091
655
21.0
12.6
1.46
76
...
24
7
19
...
5
...
21
64
119
Hackney
224,082
6,182
3,099
27.7
13.9
1.78
397
...
113
21
48
67
...
36
...
112
283
119
Holborn
57,845
1,631
1,072
28.3
18.6
1.44
83
...
18
5
8
18
...
5
...
29
181
95
Finsbury
99,717
3,693
2,015
37.1
20.3
2.32
231
...
69
11
11
54
...
10
...
76
227
135
City of London
24,539
338
358
13.8
14.6
0.86
21
...
3
1
2
4
...
3
...
8
39
136
Shoreditch
117,513
3,905
2,273
33.3
19.4
2.90
340
...
102
7
22
44
...
13
...
152
272
171
Bethnal Green
130,028
4,627
2,363
35.7
18.2
2.24
290
....
85
12
27
42
...
12
...
112
272
141
Stepney
302,153
11,329
5,430
37.6
18.0
2.36
712
4
173
21
58
108
...
27
...
321
633
138
Poplar
169,550
5,832
3,078
34.5
18.2
2.99
505
2
161
19
60
80
...
17
...
166
294
154
Southwark
207,369
6,717
3,742
32.5
18.1
1.99
412
...
83
18
23
68
...
23
...
197
496
148
Bermondsey ...
129,801
4,201
2,387
32 .5
18.4
2.05
265
...
51
25
18
41
...
12
...
115
225
158
Lambeth
307,711
9,080
4,659
29.6
15.2
1.73
530
...
130
23
29
126
...
23
1
194
430
125
Battersea
173,422
4,961
2,464
28.7
14.2
1.98
343
...
108
7
29
81
...
17
...
101
223
134
Wandsworth ...
249,678
6,722
3,083
27.0
12.4
1.61
401
...
107
17
44
89
...
18
...
126
237
109
Camberwell ...
265,562
7,311
3,627
27.6
13.7
1.36
359
...
81
13
34
72
...
17
...
142
323
123
Deptford
112,537
3,379
1,674
30.1
14.9
2.9
246
...
62
18
45
45
...
4
...
72
152
134
GREENWICH
99,824
2,702
1,317
27.1
13.2
1-69
Hi4
...
25
7
27
37
...
1
...
67
115
128
Lewisham
136,405
3,563
1,516
26.2
11.1
096
131
...
34
11
21
6
...
10
...
49
114
92
Woolwich
121,478
3,684
1,638
30.4
13.5
110
133
...
25
4
13
27
...
5
...
59
176
108