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Plumstead 1896

Third annual report 1896-7

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TABLE VII. TABLE VII.— (continued). Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1896.

Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population in the middle of 1896.Notified cases of Infectious Diseases.Deaths from Principal Inrectious Diseases.Deaths from all causesDeath-rate per 1000 livingDeaths of infants under one year to 1000 births
Small PoxScarlet FeverDiphtheria*Typhus FeverEnteric FeverOther Continued FeversPuerperal FeverErysipelasCholeraTotalAnnual rate per 1000 persons living.Small PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtherialWhooping CoughTyphus FeverEnteric FeverOther continued FeversDiarrhoeaTotalAnnual rate per 1000 persons living
London4,421,95522525,64713,8086319010327764361349,70511.19369294026632931556413319214,0093.181,72118.2160
1 Vest Districts. Paddington124,8384795247..61110119..12379.71103226549..131663202.5194715.3156
Kensington170,660131020372..9578275..179010.3..173407099..161604592.6291416.8178
Hammersmith104,551353221815149121..9398.8..622152621132852982.8182817.2179
Fulham115,0082628356..545999211559.9..101297769..9..1344193.6205717.6175
Chelsea96,6572571488..6626120..125512.8..1102311563..101663883.9185018.8168
St. George, Hanover-sq80,0411342124..541256..5807.1..32112415..9..201111.4110813.6149
Westminster53,4772224109..352179..4528.3..18102026..9..351182.297818.0170
St. James, Westminster22,95537537..6220..1436.1..31323..3..10522.239717.0149
North District. Marylebone141,1144811292..107..3248..146510.2..195267470..20..684533.2285519.9141
Hampstead75,812..289199..582654..6087.9..5873022..7..171411.891611.9123
St. Pancras241,06661079482..200121355..21448.7..1333799128..31..1806082.5444218.1168
Islington337,6395120471117..236631394..388211.3127557255247..47116010433.0587117.1150
Stoke Newington33,615222680..16..140..36510.7..581916..5..27802.343412.7126
Hackney213,77481533593..202'76311..266012.2..953610314713711926122.8341415.7146
Central Districts. St. Giles38,158..18060..21..180..3428.8..417714..4..16892.373719.0147
St. Martin-in-the-Fields13,00317316..182112..1239.3..11335..3..5302.321416.2164
Strand23,820..13237..8..111..1897.8..28638..1..13592.455022.7193
Holborn30,9321123721301265..2959.4133122715..221013.273623.4194
Clerkenwell66,1955461246..67..4108..89113.2..53154242..15..882553.8139320.7184
St. Luke41,4782264133..3822133..57413.6..35212623..4..521613.8105925.1154
City of London31,409219772..211..34..32710.2..67117..10..5461.462619.6137
East Districts. Shoreditch122,2651708371..11793297..150612.111433974126..17..1365364.3265621.4180
Bethnal Green129,15121257460..129412327..219116.7..1533575160..2011135574.229.1222.1170
Whitechapel78,8864638351..62..2138..119514.9..51204836..91452102.6165520.6141
St. George in-the-East47,5892378214..331289..71914.9..28183017..5..601583.3118724.5154
Limehouse58,3477350270..2714110..76913.0..62154961..3..462364.0135722.9176
Mile End Old Town111,2262764551..11325197..163414.5..84349783..16..954093.6225219.9157
Poplar169,3799964701..184873151218912.7..14733105158..26..1686373.7355020.6176
South Districts. St. Saviour, Southwark25,276414083..9....35..27110.5..1751819..1..23833.258722.8213
St. George, Southwark60,3013335193..48..395..67711.0..77174055..7..642604.2147224.0181
Newington121,1913677407..8819194..137911.2198297166..18..1274103.3252720.5184
St. Olave, Southwark11,673..6244..9....21..13611.5..115913..2..17574.826122.0153
Bermondsey85,5084394258..65..5131..8579.9..75207397..11..523283.8187321.6160
Rotherhithe40,4325198123..4516113149212.0..43102636..11..311573.883420.3159
Lambeth296,03618159569211651420355628669.521826513914012411757292.4508116.9136
Battersea165,86181175419..109110253..197511.7..1793282138..1611666143.6298517.7177
Wandsworth188,90821000299..102811265116888.8..1512940158..21..1215202.7274914.3150
Camberwell253,97513122214303175..163191317912.3..20652260196137..1769283.6460217.8156
Greenwich176,293141163836..113317242..238813.3219351140127..3211206663.7332318.5157
Lewisham (excldg. Penge)83,7951343355..58..979..85510.0..3977528..9..602182.6121614.3136
Woolwich41.3341146102..213145..3197.6..7293122..21281653.986120.5172
Lee38,714116875..28..637..3158.0..1481718..2..15741.952613.4141
Port of London..556..17....2..35..............................
Plumstead59,6104363208..293343165410.8..69185535..4..332143.593615.4133

* Including 446 cases of Membranous Croup.
† Including deaths from Membranous Croup.