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Greenwich 1920

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920

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ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY STATISTICS IN LONDON DURING THE YEAR 1920. (Specially compiled for The Lancet.)

Cities and Boroughs.Estimated Civil Population, 1920.Notified Cases of Infectious Disease.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Deaths from all causes.Death-rate per 1,000 living.
Small-pox.Scarlet feverDiphtheria.Typhus fever.Enteric fever.Other continued fevers.Puerperal fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-spinal meningitis.Poliomyelitis.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Whooping-cough.Enteric fever.Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years).TotalAnnual rate per 1,000 persons living
LONDON4,531,9711622,71313,784391745225901564240,1518.941007207100975949114141760.956,03812.4
West Districts :
Paddington149,6735034651916801210867.32432514421080 .7165311.1
Kensington164,17764234826110715111046 .722522231701430 .9213513.0
Hammersmith136,200727384821575612088.71663512123930.7152511.2
Fulham158,621932626253210452172610.923945174351330.8179011.3
Chelsea62,9871851437182613715..9928110300 .574811.9
City of Westminster132,615391237161106827255 .512594323560. 4153211.6
North Districts :
St. Marylebone101,85643512231667226656.58971323600. 6126712.5
Hampstead91,519126516423139224975.4845625300.38229.0
St. Pancras228,17883673916117120617357.6621130621442100.9280812.3
Islington335,90713061330242916515728768.69312134721733851.1444713.3
Stoke Newington52,9842231662224114197 .954201013521.067612.8
Hackney225,37210937741423124720359.186669671632921.3282712 .6
Central Districts :
Holborn39,6761221476122133027. 6625210250. 658814.9
Finsbury78.291432226651134378910.1114271216700.9113614. 5
City of London14,4473733151775 31111260.419213.3
Fast Districts :
Shoreditch102.0445213981111613310089.9486271216415816156715. 4
Bethnal Green114,471105458151313373179615.76212355624921619167614. 7
Stepney241,770224556841423155141334813.91915407338626611346514. 4
Poplar159,76611140269817248411224714. 133514575444721413231914.6
South Districts :
Southwark187,142893457817178815618.4635372755319010268514. 4
Bermondsey129,18910012786121546136710.61567263713516313167313. 0
Lambeth293,572124071416321406521537.4791677351772801.0380013.0
Battersea165,6646945631331909114018.545736332521751.1204012. 3
Wandsworth346,99014701089231351761528098.1491166193481960.6345510.0
Camberwell284,712130591216120148524078.5591563375802590 .9327511.5
Deptford115,63671732011-—1883114910020221152441040 .9138612.0
Greenwich102,4081585301155532962942631320215790.8123111.7
Lewisham174,43871646479716127373984512121960.6187210.8
Woolwich141,666153142151279610557 52142414118820.6146310.4

* Including Membranous Croup.