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Hammersmith 1906
Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907
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134 The following table of Infectious Diseases notified and Deaths from Infectious in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the 135 Diseases registered, compiled from the Registrar's General Report give the cases 52 weeks ending 29th December, 1906.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1906. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death rate per iooo living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever, | Enteric Fever. | Other continued. Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria * | Whooping cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||
| LONDON | 4,721,217 | 31 | 20,329 | 8045 | 7 | 1600 | 9 | 298 | 5019 | 2 | 35,340 | 7.5 | ||||||||||||||
| ... | 1909 | 533 | 691 | 1226 | ... | 260 | 4 | 4424 | 9047 | 1.93 | 71155 | 151 | 131 | |||||||||||||
| Paddington | 148,913 | 1 | 717 | 183 | ... | 34 | 1 | 12 | 139 | ... | 1087 | 7.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Kensington | 180,952 | ... | 470 | 178 | ... | 39 | ... | 13 | 148 | ... | 848 | 4.7 | ... | 16 | 18 | 15 | 12 | ... | 7 | ... | 125 | 193 | 1.30 | 1856 | 12.5 | 112 |
| *Hammersmith. | 120,679 | ... | 437 | 278 | ... | 33 | 1 | 12 | 125 | ... | 886 | 7.4 | ... | 81 | 11 | 19 | 20 | ... | 5 | ... | 144 | 280 | 1.56 | 2490 | 13.8 | 137 |
| Fulham | 161,965 | ... | 674 | 404 | ... | 45 | ... | 18 | 140 | ... | 1281 | 7.9 | ... | 57 | 15 | 27 | 19 | ... | 8 | ... | 131 | 257 | 2.13 | 1777 | 14.8 | 142 |
| Chelsa | 74,672 | ... | 271 | 16? | ... | 17 | ... | 12 | 60 | ... | 522 | 7.0 | ... | 53 | 18 | 32 | 31 | ... | 13 | ... | 241 | 388 | 2.40 | 2214 | 13.7 | 136 |
| city of Wstmnstr | 173,905 | ... | 537 | 209 | ... | 47 | 2 | 9 | 127 | ... | 931 | 5.4 | ... | 58 | 9 | 15 | 17 | ... | ... | 52 | 151 | 2.03 | 1168 | 15.7 | 141 | |
| ... | 17 | 14 | 16 | 23 | ... | 5 | 1 | 69 | 145 | 0.84 | 2244 | 12.9 | 119 | |||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 128,580 | ... | 396 | 141 | ... | 48 | ... | 6 | 148 | 1 | 740 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampstead | 89,633 | ... | 387 | 99 | ... | 21 | 1 | 2 | 51 | ... | 561 | 6.3 | ... | 47 | 14 | 12 | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | 77 | 164 | 1.28 | 1910 | 14.9 | 79 |
| St. Pancras | 236,455 | ... | 798 | 279 | ... | 95 | ... | 10 | 235 | ... | 1417 | 6.0 | ... | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 23 | 51 | 0.57 | 844 | 9.4 | 79 |
| Islington | 344,987 | 1 | 1392 | 439 | 3 | 146 | 1 | 24 | 277 | ... | 2283 | 6.6 | ... | 96 | 32 | 23 | 70 | ... | 15 | 1 | 155 | 392 | 1.65 | 3743 | 15.9 | 131 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,217 | ... | 135 | 47 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 47 | ... | 240 | 4.5 | ... | 193 | 37 | 30 | 74 | ... | 20 | ... | 201 | 555 | 1.62 | 5071 | 14.7 | 128 |
| Hackney | 230 721 | 9 | 1049 | 389 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 19 | 301 | ... | 1863 | 8.1 | ... | 11 | 1 | 4 | 17 | ... | ... | 25 | 58 | 1.10 | 612 | 11.5 | 104 | |
| ... | 65 | 22 | 20 | 39 | ... | 14 | ... | 203 | 363 | 1.58 | 3061 | 13.3 | 116 | |||||||||||||
| Holborn | 55,805 | ... | 138 | 66 | ... | 15 | ... | 57 | ... | 278 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Finsbury | 97,466 | ... | 449 | 198 | ... | 45 | ... | 7 | 139 | ... | 838 | 8.6 | ... | 25 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 35 | 80 | 1.44 | 1001 | 18.0 | 91 |
| City of London | 21,367 | ... | 113 | 18 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | 159 | 7.5 | ... | 123 | 15 | 23 | 54 | ... | 14 | ... | 120 | 349 | 3.59 | 2011 | 20.7 | 136 |
| ... | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 23 | 1.08 | 369 | 17.3 | 106 | |||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 116,108 | ... | 627 | 144 | ... | 37 | ... | 6 | 150 | ... | 964 | 8.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bethnal Green | 130,609 | 6 | 650 | 252 | ... | 55 | ... | 11 | 245 | ... | 1219 | 9.4 | ... | 75 | 19 | 15 | 61 | ... | 5 | ... | 187 | 362 | 3.13 | 2275 | 19.6 | 169 |
| Stepney | 307 176 | 4 | 1219 | 604 | 1 | 194 | ... | 6 | 415 | ... | 2373 | 7.7 | ... | 60 | 22 | 20 | 63 | ... | 14 | ... | 154 | 333 | 2.55 | 2464 | 18.9 | 157 |
| Poplar | 170,673 | 2 | 571 | 249 | ... | 86 | ... | 8 | 206 | ... | 1122 | 6.6 | ... | 175 | 37 | 61 | 104 | ... | 26 | ... | 437 | 840 | 2.74 | 5431 | 17.7 | 133 |
| ... | 108 | 13 | 28 | 62 | ... | 11 | ... | 291 | 503 | 2.95 | 2999 | 17.6 | 155 | |||||||||||||
| Southwark | 209,143 | ... | 1470 | 401 | ... | 111 | ... | 13 | 332 | 1 | 2328 | 11.2 | ... | 95 | 45 | 31 | 54 | ... | 12 | ... | 225 | 462 | 2.23 | 3768 | 18.1 | 144 |
| Bermondsey | 128,629 | 1 | 990 | 336 | 2 | 41 | ... | 195 | ... | 1567 | 12.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Lambeth | 315,774 | ... | 1264 | 422 | ... | 90 | 1 | 25 | 273 | ... | 2075 | 6.6 | ... | 94 | 29 | 34 | 51 | 4 | ... | 165 | 377 | 2.94 | 2532 | 19.7 | 154 | |
| Battersea. | 179,662 | ... | 1048 | 275 | ... | 45 | ... | 13 | 161 | ... | 1542 | 8.6 | ... | 77 | 28 | 51 | 71 | ... | 22 | 1 | 282 | 532 | 1.89 | 4726 | 15.0 | 121 |
| Wandsworth | 273,381 | ... | 1069 | 556 | ... | 96 | ... | 269 | ... | 2013 | 7.4 | ... | 41 | 24 | 18 | 78 | ... | 8 | ... | 158 | 327 | 1.82 | 2892 | 13.4 | 129 | |
| Camberwell | 274,132 | 6 | 1161 | 355 | ... | 59 | ... | 15 | 305 | ... | 1910 | 7.0 | ... | 66 | 19 | 49 | 60 | ... | 15 | ... | 226 | 435 | 1.60 | 3481 | 12.8 | 24 |
| Deptford | 115,495 | 1 | 643 | 305 | ... | 41 | ... | 9 | 158 | ... | 1157 | 10.0 | ... | 112 | 25 | 40 | ... | 13 | ... | 247 | 514 | 1.88 | 3998 | 14.0 | 132 | |
| Greenwich | 105,350 | ... | 567 | 409 | ... | 43 | ... | 6 | 100 | ... | 1125 | 10.7 | ... | 69 | 15 | 20 | 62 | ... | 6 | ... | 138 | 310 | 2.69 | 1849 | 16.1 | 145 |
| Lewisham | 148,463 | ... | 557 | 261 | ... | 25 | ... | 6 | 97 | ... | 946 | 6.4 | ... | 31 | 17 | 29 | 42 | ... | 5 | ... | 72 | 196 | 1.87 | 1415 | 13.5 | 119 |
| Woolwich | 127,345 | ... | 525 | 386 | ... | 41 | ... | 8 | 97 | ... | 1057 | 8.3 | ... | 21 | 14 | 21 | 27 | ... | 1 | 1 | 130 | 215 | 1.45 | 1777 | 12.0 | 113 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 30 | 5 | 22 | 21 | ... | 9 | ... | 105 | 192 | 1.52 | 1668 | 13.1 | 110 |
| ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
* Including
The Figures in this Table slightly differ from the revised return in this Report
Registrar
Membranous Croup.
owing to subsequent correction of diagonsis and distribution of Deaths by the
General.