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Plumstead 1897

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1897

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TABLE VII. TABLE VII .Continued.

Analysis of Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis after Distribution of Deaths occurring in

Public Institutions during the year 1897.

Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population in the middle of 1897.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1000 living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox.Measles.Searlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhœa.Phthisis.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zy. motic Diseases.
London4,463,16913.3,61878,97130017.72.5611,453161927778224018371557840897629158
West Districts.
Paddington126,1613,0181,81424.014.41.94243221644491102142149
Kensington171,4.273,6832,67721.515.71.7830432308119211120247166
Hammersmith105,9593,1391,76029.716.71.99211511302881128146171
Fulham120.0404,1062,03434.317.03.036251266361121148184162
Chelsea96,6922,5491,71326.417.82.552441817544114100175161
St. George, Hanover sq80,3301,3691,05917.113.21.10891771713102593133
Westminster53,0271,2371,00423.419.02.4713126132316647143166
St. James, Westminster22,57645939320.417.51.8742138363951163
North Districts
Marylebone140,8084,1352,57229.518.31.6122799464114108246136
Hampstead77,2751,47991119.211.81.169096172552857127
St. Pancras242,2557,0174,51829.018.72.475971872411412438209486168
Islington341,1349,8455,38728.915.81.916531996112913445184491136
Stoke Newington34,13683548824.514.32.1272721915101940121
Hackney216,6986,3123,57329.216.52.90626127371349735190310147
Central Districts.
St. Giles37,84098169626.018.41.636197718614113146
St. Martin.in.the.Fields12,71116920613.316.31.1915112351233178
Strand23,55257050124.321.32.064821035641879161
Holborn30,49?78170325.723.12.7985614161953584184
Clerkenwell66,1622,0921,45931.722.13.612381491448491166155184
St. Luke41,2791,8601,05645.225.73.8215740132128451128149
London, City30,22847864215.921.31.665017810109557130
East Districts.
Shoreditch121,8834,3142,62735.521.64.07496111629786320189247183
Bethnal Green129,09«4,8182,76137.421.43.41.4391142584571171140255171
Whitechapel79,7243,1501,62339.620.42.1617145153416853200148
St. George.in.the.East47,9172,0291,26242.526.44.27204681428241060132197
Limehouse58 5081,9971,46234.225.13.5420663122937461149193
Mile End Old Town111,8834,2572,08538.218.72.97330771262582398156149
Poplar169,8115,8493,35334.519.83.0751983281208330175319170
South Districts.
St. Saviour, Southwark24,91976961130.924.63.6691327121222680195
St. George, Southwark60,3882,1141,42635.123.74.35262167142832101109171189
N ewington122,1914,2482,58834.921.23.59439853365829165269177
St. Olave, Southwark11,48043425337.922.12.9634622811533154
Bermondsey85,6293,1761,88337.222.14.353717634626213124174190
Rotherhithe40,6431.C5876631.018.93.261322122211724964174
Lambeth300,0489,3885,24731.417.52.657911404214414426295500151
Battersea168,8775,2662.73431.316.22.7947079471067919140251162
Wandsworth195,6125,0422,60625.813.41.91370272911142161144222135
Camberwell257,5757,4834,27629.116.62.9175051413217011131260386159
Greenwich178,3675,5633,05831.317.22.2740523532705729180263157
Lee39,21588151622.513.21.43566317532243135
Lewisham86,1522,1861,09925.412.81.71147179361975981129
Woolwich41,4091,30773531.717.82.541052833845079158
Plumstead61,0571,97583432.413.71.97120362422316195116