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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 13.

Death rates during1904inLondonand the severalMetropolitan Boroughs,fromAll Causes,and fromCertain Diseases (1)before Distribution, and(2)after Distribution of Deaths in Public

Institutions.

Boroughs.Death-rates per 1000 Living.
All Causes.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaEnteric FeverPhthisis.
Before DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter Distribution
County of London16.616.10.080.080 160. 160.060.061.671.62
West.-
Paddington15.213.8-0.070 060.130.060.071.191.20
Kensington16.314.30.030010.100.030.032.221.44
Hammersmith13.915.70.050 040.190.020 .040.991.38
Fulham15.315.40.220.030.400.150 .060.041.541.43
Chelsea22.716.50.080030.07_0.033.131.82
City of Westm'r.14.913.50.010 .050.040.040 .050 .060.951.52
North.-
St. Marylebone14.116.20.010.070040.110.020.020.991.68
Hampstead13.010.20.530.020.560.050.280.061.760 .83
St. Pancras17.817.40.000.110.070.160 .040 .071.931.88
Islington15.515.40.010.100.040.090.040.051.841.55
Stoke Newington11.113.30.060.080.150.040.061.381.72
Hackney15.714.90.130.090.480 .240 .120.121.431 .39
Central.
Holborn19.918.50.020.120.070 .050.071.812 .86
Finsbury11.921.30.010.170.020 .160.091.082.39
City of London39 .716.7-—0.040.380.090 .471.921.58
East.-
Shoreditch19.720 .4_0.110.030.150.030.072.172.18
Bethnal Green18.419.30.010.140.120.360.020.052.402 .16
Stepney19.919.40.010.110.170.300.070.101.822.12
Poplar19.318.60.020.140.150.500.050.082.051.74
South.
Southwark18.120 .1_0.060.110 .130.060.091.452.36
Bermondsey16.620 .00.010 .140.010 .120.030.121.972.12
Lambeth16.715 .80.100.050.190.110.070.041.351.45
Battersea14.414 .50.010 .060. 020.080.020.071.411.42
Wandsworth12.413 .40.110 .050.220 .160.090.041.061.12
Camberwell16.314 .90.010.060.010.080.030.061.941.73
Deptford11.816.10.010.090 040 .14-0.030.871042
Greenwich19.314 .40.540.030 760.110.250.092 .041.33
Lewisham12 .912 .00.340 .050 400 .090 .110 .010 .860 .84
Woolwich13.314.30.020.130 060 .240.020 .051.581.67
Taken from Registrar-General's Summary.