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Greenwich 1919

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919

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Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1919.

(Specially complied for the lancet)

Cities and Boroughs.Estimated civil population, 1919.Notified cases of Infectious Disease.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Deaths from all causes.Death rate per 1000 living.
Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.*Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other con-tinued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Poliomyelitis.Total.Annual rate per 1000 persons living.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.*Whooping cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhæa and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total.Annual rate per 1000 persons living.
LONDON4,358,3092612,93194791344631328291979326,2195.9535914577722059137229370.759,25513.4
West Districts:
Paddington143,938261259101577756344.311417352870.6189613.0
Kensington157,886261274191275726504.1142174821190.7238914.9
Hammersmith130,98111862379678665294.0922191651070.8167412.6
Fulham152,543369335613574928315.4135314242970.6187112.1
Chelsea60,573156768319332684.4848413370.689714.6
City of Westminster127,53324813612476414813.763152223510.4180813.9
North Districts:
St. Marylebone97,9531981564657354294.3183102230650.7151715.2
Hampstead88,012126878236132632.952717310..3100411.2
St. Pancras219,4341058735491214510511325.111552372531060.5294413.2
Islington323,034210846541612921216320176.11131250183861830.6461914.1
Stoke Newington50,954130118234122965.7221449310.665712.7
Hackney216,736653700232171116615186.96891193661930.9286013.0
Central Districts:
Holborn38,1565688212521744.52615140.463016.2
Finsburv75,2912641436650514756.299130490.6116515.2
City of London13,8931523-121423.021140.319814.0
East Districts:
Shoreditch98,134296260838246536.5142212356981.0156215.7
Bethnal Green110,085139055214916332112510.11235681691491.3155013.9
Stepney232,506110237953311321912120988.91159451761122050.9340314.4
Poplar153,644136932324171301668865.79434266651440.9224614.4
South Districts:
Southwark179,97179950412192086215508.519442103921700.9272814.9
Bermondsey124,239399283838447816.22352153521090.9172913.7
Lambeth282,32211033544161719010718186.3261662124892090.7419414.6
Battersea159,31634952441111951368785.4183206331810.5206312.7
Wandsworth333,693906535183114713916594.918741142451270.4378311.2
Camberwell273,80272551110141516814255.1311235153941900.7344112.4
Deptford111,2055212638872248787.8219161232810.7144712.8
Greenwich98,48448327620551918458.4—_1271610226730.7137213.15
Lewisham167,754657374469112311476.73920516530.3194311.4
Woolwich136,237423937427768617265.22732711519740.5168312.2
Port of London221611
* Including Membranous Croup.