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Lambeth 1904

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1904

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DEATH-RATES (CORRECTED) IN METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS DURING 1904 PER 1,000 PERSONS LIVING.

Births.All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Pyrexia (origin uncertain).Diarrhœa.Phthisis.Deaths under one year to 1 ,000 Births registered.
County of London27.916.12.140.010.490.080.160.32...0.060.001.021.62144
WEST—
Paddington22.513.81.560.010.270.070.130.11...0.07...0.901.20136
Kensington19.314.31.450.010.380.030.100.11...0.030.010.781.44150
Hammersmith26.915.72.53...0.913.050.190.31...0.04...1.031.38152
Fulham32.315.42.49...0.420.030.150.38...0.04...1.471.43153
Chelsea20.916.51.49...0.340.080.070.35...0.03...0.621.82156
City of Westminster16.413.50.87...0.130.050.040.10...0.060.010.481.52125
North—...
St. Marylebone30.416.21.51...0.380.070.110.10...0.02...0.831.6894
Hampstead16.610.20.66...0.200.020.050.09...0.06...0.240.83113
St. Pancras26.017.42.01...0.540.110.160.35...0.07...0.781.88150
Islington26.115.41.750.000.530.100.090.25...0.05...0.731.55129
Stoke Newington21.813.31.13...0.130.060.150.23...0.06...0.501.72114
Hackney27.314.92.13...0.340.090.240.24...0.12...1.101.39142
Central—
Holborn28.618.51.800.040.74...0.070.16...0.07...0.722.86109
Finsbury36.421.32.570.030.590.170.160.28...0.09...1.252.39140
City of London14.816.70.60......0.040.090.30.........0.171.58104
East—
Shoreditch32.120.43.200.020.690.110.150.54...0.07...1.622.18188
Bethnal Green34.919.32.950.050.690.140.360.40...0.05...1.252.16157
Stepney37.019.42.840.010.570.110.300.42...0.10...1.382.12155
Poplar32.718.63.370.020.540.140.500.48...0.08...1.611.74154
South—
Southwark31.620.13.130.000.920.060.130.57...0.09...1.362.36174
Bermondsey32.520.03.52...1.050.140.120.53...0.12...1.552.12172
Lambeth29.315.82.10...0.530.050.110.35...0.04...1.021.45138
Battersea27.714.52.02...0.340.060.080.34...0.07...1.131.42147
Wandsworth27.013.41.73...0.410.050.160.19...0.04...0.881.12122
Camberwell27.114.91.90...0.410.060.080.37...0.06...0.921.37144
Deptford28.816.12.46...0.670.090.140.43...0.03...1.101.42145
Greenwich25.914.42.26...0.390.030.110.55...0.09...1.091.33142
Lewisham25.612.01.41...0.180.050.090.26...0.01...0.820.90123
Woolwich28.714.32.40...0.240.130.240.45...0.05...1.291.67135

N.B.-0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred, ... is inserted.
The above table is taken from the Registrar-General's Annual Summary, and the rates for Lambeth Borough differ slightly from those given in this Report.
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