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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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| Borough. | Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | *All Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904 | |
| Paddington | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2.85 | 2.47 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 5.09 | 4.66 |
| Kensington | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.87 | 1.48 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 4.31 | 3.67 |
| Hammersmith | 0.06 | — | 2.72 | 2.42 | 1.43 | 1.74 | 5.73 | 5.64 |
| Fulham | 0.07 | — | 2.74 | 1.93 | 1.98 | 1.96 | 6.27 | 5.06 |
| Chelsea | 0.09 | — | 2.81 | 1.45 | 1.32 | 0.82 | 5.23 | 3.14 |
| City of Westminster | 0.26 | 0.03 | 1.96 | 1.76 | 1.03 | 0.81 | 4.31 | 3.66 |
| St. Marylebone | 0.03 | 0.06 | 3.15 | 2.25 | 1.73 | 0.90 | 6.87 | 4.98 |
| Hampstead | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2.04 | 1.83 | 1.00 | 0.66 | 3.90 | 3.66 |
| St. Pancras | 0.13 | 0.03 | 2.79 | 3.59 | 2.21 | 1.48 | 6.48 | 6.81 |
| Islington | 0.03 | 0.05 | 2.55 | 3.37 | 2.21 | 1.01 | 5.06 | 5.71 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.03 | 0.15 | 1.67 | 2.93 | 0.76 | 1.16 | 3.78 | 5.58 |
| Hackney | 0.01 | 0.05 | 2.97 | 3.79 | 2.43 | 2.33 | 8.01 | 8.48 |
| Holborn | 0.03 | 0.10 | 2.48 | 1.7.1 | 0.89 | 0.80 | 6.02 | 4.79 |
| Finsbury | 0.02 | 0.15 | 2.93 | 3.34 | 1.29 | 1.47 | 5.92 | 6.56 |
| City of London | — | 0.08 | 2.97 | 1.36 | 1.10 | 1.70 | 5.09 | 4.64 |
| Shoreditch | — | 0.12 | 2.20 | 2.93 | 1.31 | 1.66 | 5.68 | 6.64 |
| Bethnal Green | 0.02 | 0.96 | 3.01 | 5.07 | 1.86 | 3.26 | 7.07 | 11.59 |
| Stepney | 0.08 | 0.29 | 2.90 | 4.15 | 1.79 | 2.70 | 6.73 | 9.38 |
| Poplar | 0.16 | 0.24 | 2.65 | 3.22 | 2.50 | 3.94 | 6.77 | 9.25 |
| Southwark | 0.19 | 0.13 | 2.46 | 1.99 | 1.70 | 1.34 | 6.17 | 5.41 |
| Bermondsey | 0.05 | 0.14 | 3.08 | 3.50 | 1.34 | 1.49 | 6.66 | 7.19 |
| Lambeth | 0.23 | 0.08 | 2.42 | 2.12 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 5.06 | 4.44 |
| Battersea | 0.21 | 0.04 | 2.73 | 2.19 | 1.81 | 1.29 | 6.18 | 4.84 |
| Wandsworth | 0.11 | 0.02 | 3.28 | 2.95 | 2.13 | 1.56 | 6.94 | 5.94 |
| Camberwell | 0.07 | 0.07 | 2.50 | 3.52 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 5.25 | 6.20 |
| Deptford | 0.01 | 0.09 | 4.46 | 3.56 | 4.05 | 1.72 | 10.08 | 7.06 |
| Greenwich | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.64 | 2.09 | 2.08 | 1.49 | 5.01 | 4.94 |
| Lewisham | 0.00 | — | 3.28 | 2.29 | 1.83 | 0.83 | 6.09 | 3.93 |
| Woolwich | 0.04 | 0.06 | 3.21 | 3.80 | 1.51 | 1.32 | 5.64 | 6.04 |
| County of London | 0.09 | 0.10 | 2.71 | 2.89 | 1.67 | 1.55 | 6.00 | 6.08 |
*Note.—Chicken Pox, which was notifiable during parts of 1903 and 1904, has been omitted.