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Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
| Estimated population at the middle of 1904 | 207,937 | |||||||||
| Total Births in 1904 | 6,557 | |||||||||
| Total Deaths do. | 4,169 | |||||||||
| Birth Bate for London, 1904 | 27.8 | |||||||||
| Do. Southwark, 1904 | 31.5 | |||||||||
| Death Rate for London, 1904 | 16.1 | |||||||||
| Do. Southwark, 1904 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| Total cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1904— | ||||||||||
| Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Membranous Croup. | Relapsing Fever. | Chicken Pox. | Phthisis. | Total. |
| 28 | 415 | 92 | 272 | 298 | 12 | 9 | ... | 432 | 323 | 1881 |
Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases, compared with London as a whole.
| Total excluding: Phthisis. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Tvphus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhiaea. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 648 | 1 | 191 | 12 | 26 | 118 | ... | 18 | 282 | 489 | ... |
| The Zymotic Rate per 1000 and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 3.13 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.57 | ... | 0.09 | 1.36 | 2.36 | 174 |
| The Zymotic Rate for the whole of London and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.32 | ... | 0.06 | 1.03 | 1.62 | 144 |
DEATHS of INFANTS Under ONE YEAR of Age.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 174
during the year 1904.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last ten
years were as follows:
1893 178 1899 199
1894 163 1900 192
1895 201 1901 168
1896 192 1902 166
1897 187 1903 148
1898 190 1904 174