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Greenwich 1912

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1912

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Table: Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs, and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deathsoccurring in Public Institutions, during the year 1912:—

Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs, and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deathsoccurring in Public Institutions, during the year 1912:—

Boroughs.Estimated Population, middle of 1912.Births.Deaths.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Annual rate per 1,000 Living.Annual Rate per 1,000 living.
Births.Deaths.Principal Infectious Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whoopiug Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Phthisis.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) per 1000 births.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 births.
Crude.Corrected
County of London4,519,754110,35361,10024.513.613.6.0.010.400.040.22...0.031.3512.4291
Paddington142,3623,0211,75121.312.312.3....0.220.020.040.14...0.010.8714.2398
Kensington171,7463,3262,22619.413.012.9....0.160.030.040.14...0.021.0711.1291
Hammersmith122,7502,8801,60623.513.113.0....0.240.030.110.14...0.031.3510.0790
Fulham155,4024,2131,98527.212.813.2....0.420.040.100.29...0.051.357.8394
Chelsea65,3971,22994918.814.613.8....0.340.030.080.21...0.021.306.5168
City of Westminster157,2482,3481,94215.012.413.0....0.240.030.070.10...0.031.1716.1884
St. Marylebone116,1552,2431,60219.413.814.1....0.350.090.070.16...0.041.2611.5993
Hampstead85,9661,28184214.99.810.4....0.130.010.200.05...0.010.640.7862
St. Paneras216,1455,3673,14824.914.614.6....0.440.020.120.20...0.011.586.8988
Islington326,3988,2134,66225.214.314.0....0.460.030.120.18...0.021.3510.9687
Stoke Newington50,5811,03361120.512.111.5....0.10......0.06......0.872.9072
Hackney222,9865,2662,69123.712.112.2....0.090.040.050.15...0.011.3611.3980
Holborn48,02690273318.815.315.4....0.52...0.150.15...0.022.078.8780
Finsbury86,1302,5751,61230.018.818.6....1.500.060.150.34...0.011.9217.09114
City of London18,6951852519.913.514.0....0.11...0.050.05......1.9821.6281
Shoreditch110,4303,5621,99732.318.118.7....1.050.050.170.43...0.042.1026.39123
Bethnal Green127,9853,9021,95430.615.315.9....0.710.020.090.25...0.021.6912.3096
Stepney277,3158,5334,21130.915.215.9....0.610.050.090.35...0.031.6817.93105
Poplar161,5975,0452,63531.316.416.2....0.690.020.110.40...0.041.5113.48107
South wark190,0175,5873,16429.516.716.8....0.730.030.140.26...0.021.8718.61105
Bermondsey125,2603,8722,09831.016.816.8....0.820.060.130.29...0.041.7517.30111
Lambeth297,5506,9523,95023.413.313.0....0.330.030.100.19...0.041.3714.1086
Battersea167,5894,2582,04225.512.212.3....0.330.040.090.24...0.011.1711.7484
Wandsworth321,8816,7573,26521.010.210.2....0.160.030.060.19...0.020.9310.8076
Camberwell261,5916,4223,36224.612.912.7....0.310.030.080.20...0.021.3010.1283
Deptford109,3772,8961,43226.613.113.0....0.260.060.100.23...0.021.3510.0189
GREENWICH95,9922,3931,26311625.0113.2012.91.210.000.290.090.170.310.000.021.4110.4684
Lewisham165,2493,3561,71420.410.410.2....0.070.040.160.15...0.040.707.7570
Woolwich121,9322,7381,41122.511.611.9.0.010.250.030.160.22...0.021.053.6573

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* The Corrected Death Rates represent the Crude Death Rates multiplied by the respective factors
for correction for differences of sex and age constitution of population.