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Lewisham 1904

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1904

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Table 12.

Death Bates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year1904,after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Girths registered
Deaths from
All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall.PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping.CoughTyphus FeverEnteric FeverPyrexia (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
County of London16.1214o.o10.490080.160.32_0 060001021.62144
West.
Paddington13.81.560010.270.070.130.11_0.07_0 .901.20136
Kensington14.31. 450.010.380.030.100.11_0.030.010.781.44150
Hammersmith15.72.530.910.050.190.310.041.031.38152
Fulham15.42.49_0.420.030.150.38_0.041.471.43153
Chelsea16.51.49_0.340.080.070.35_0.03_0.621.82156
City of Westminster13.50.870.130.050.040.100.060.010.481.52125
North.
St. Marylebone16.21.510 .380.070.110.100.020.831.6894
Hampstead10.20.660 .200.020.050.090.060.240.83113
St. Panoras17.42.010.540.110.160.350.070.781.88150
Islington15.41.750.000.530.100.090.250.050.731.55129
Stoke Newington13.31.130.130.060.150.230.060.501.72114
Hackney14.92.130.340.090.240.240.121.101.39142
Central.
Holborn18.51.800.040.740.070.160.070.722.86109
Finsbury21.32.570.030. 590.170.160.280.091.252.39140
City of London16.70.600.040.090.300.171.58104
East.
Shoreditch20.43.200.020.690.110.150.54_0.071.622.18188
Bethnal Green19.32.950.050.690.140.360.400.050.011.252.16157
Stepney19.42.840.010.570.110.300.420.101.332.12155
Poplar18.63.370.020.540.140.500.480.081.611.74154
South.
Southwark20.13.130.000.920.060.130.57_0.090.001.362.36174
Bermondsey20.03.521.050.140.120.530.120.011.552.12172
Lambeth.15.82.10_0.530.050.110.35_0.04_1.021.45138
Battersea1.452.020.340.060080.340.07—.1.131. 42147
Wandsworth1341.73_0. 410.050.160.19_0.04_0.881.121.22
Camberwell14.91.900.410.060.080.37-0.06_0.921.37144
Deptford16.12. 46_0.67009014043_003_1.101.42145
Greenwich14. 42.26_0.390.030.110.55_0.09_1.091.33142
Lewisham12.01.400.160.050.090.270.010.810.84122
Woolwich14.32. 400.240.130.240.450.051.291.67135
In this Table 0 00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred, — is inserted. Originally termed Simple Continued Fever.