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Southwark 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1905.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1905. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths from all causes. | Death rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Small pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | |||||||
| LONDON | 4,684,794 | 74 | 19,461 | 6482 | 9 | 1552 | 14 | 292 | 4972 | 32,856 | 7.0 | 10 | 1709 | 549 | 546 | 1487 | ... | 234 | 3 | 3356 | 7894 | 1.70 | 70,442 | 15.1 | 129 | |
| West Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 147,935 | 2 | 278 | 97 | ... | 46 | ... | 7 | 137 | ... | 567 | 3.8 | ... | 62 | 7 | 3 | 50 | ... | 5 | ... | 78 | 205 | 1.39 | 1961 | 13.3 | 123 |
| Kensington | 180,083 | ... | 335 | 130 | ... | 53 | 2 | 4 | 158 | ... | 682 | 3.8 | ... | 56 | 21 | 9 | 60 | ... | 13 | ... | 91 | 250 | 1.39 | 2515 | 14.0 | 144 |
| Hammersmith | 119,037 | ... | 360 | 242 | ... | 41 | ... | 13 | 122 | ... | 778 | 6.6 | ... | 28 | 11 | 21 | 57 | ... | 5 | ... | 80 | 202 | 1.70 | 1647 | 13.9 | 135 |
| Fulhan | 157,210 | ... | 780 | 286 | ... | 56 | ... | 24 | 145 | ... | 1291 | 8.2 | ... | 84 | 22 | 24 | 83 | ... | 10 | ... | 202 | 425 | 2.71 | 2364 | 15.1 | 145 |
| Chelsea | 74.496 | ... | 228 | 52 | ... | 16 | ... | 10 | 78 | ... | 384 | 5.2 | ... | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22 | ... | 4 | ... | 31 | 76 | 1.03 | 1100 | 14.8 | 117 |
| City of Westminster | 175,006 | 2 | 370 | 118 | ... | 41 | ... | 12 | 124 | ... | 667 | 3.8 | ... | 38 | 15 | 5 | 28 | ... | 4 | ... | 50 | 140 | 0.81 | 2358 | 13.5 | 114 |
| North Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 129,453 | ... | 278 | 131 | ... | 46 | ... | 6 | 162 | ... | 623 | 4.8 | ... | 38 | 15 | 5 | 24 | ... | 6 | 1 | 54 | 143 | 1.12 | 2000 | 15.5 | 88 |
| Hampstead | 88,142 | ... | 180 | 66 | ... | 18 | 1 | 2 | 44 | ... | 311 | 3.5 | ... | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | 47 | 0.53 | 821 | 9.3 | 94 |
| St. Pancras | 236,183 | 8 | 986 | 287 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 10 | 227 | ... | 1587 | 6.7 | ... | 77 | 27 | 26 | 82 | ... | 7 | ... | 135 | 354 | 1.50 | 3713 | 15.8 | 135 |
| Islington | 342.994 | 3 | 1198 | 351 | ... | 100 | ... | 25 | 252 | ... | 1929 | 5.6 | 1 | 123 | 38 | 34 | 112 | ... | 16 | ... | 178 | 502 | 1.47 | 4960 | 14.5 | 125 |
| Stoke Newington | 52.828 | 1 | 178 | 80 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 28 | ... | 298 | 5.7 | ... | 12 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 60 | 1.14 | 679 | 12.9 | 122 |
| Hackney | 228,479 | 4 | 1066 | 385 | 1 | 165 | 1 | 8 | 290 | ... | 1920 | 84 | 2 | 83 | 19 | 26 | 65 | ... | 27 | ... | 229 | 451 | 1.98 | 3201 | 14.0 | 129 |
| Central Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holborn | 56.481 | 1 | 156 | 46 | ... | 21 | 1 | 2 | 36 | ... | 263 | 4.7 | ... | 11 | 4 | 4 | 17 | ... | 4 | ... | 23 | 63 | 1.12 | 985 | ...17.5 | 92 |
| Finsbury | 98,207 | 1 | 478 | 141 | ... | 46 | ... | 6 | 115 | ... | 787 | 8.0 | ... | 41 | 21 | 12 | 32 | ... | 9 | ... | 98 | 213 | 2.17 | 1863 | 19.0 | 127 |
| City of London | 22,425 | ... | 76 | 16 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 25 | ... | 120 | 5.4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 13 | 0.57 | 390 | ...17.4 | 149 | |
| East Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 116,565 | 2 | 792 | 182 | ... | 36 | 9 | 9 | 139 | ... | 1162 | 10 0 | 2 | 63 | 28 | 18 | 88 | ... | 3 | ... | 142 | 344 | 2.96 | 2286 | 19.7 | 167 |
| Bethnal Green | 130,401 | 4 | 794 | 305 | ... | 61 | 2 | 6 | 202 | ... | 1374 | 10.6 | ... | 47 | 26 | 31 | 54 | ... | 8 | 1 | 127 | 294 | 2.27 | 2418 | 18.6 | 151 |
| Stepney | 305,466 | 13 | 1844 | 639 | 7 | 127 | ... | 15 | 519 | ... | 3164 | 10.4 | 1 | 157 | 58 | 61 | 137 | ... | 21 | 1 | 351 | 787 | 2.58 | 5381 | 17.7 | 141 |
| 170,280 | 991 | 491 | ... | 71 | ... | 8 | 208 | ... | 1769 | 10.4 | ... | 79 | 29 | 41 | 80 | ... | 11 | ... | 211 | 45 | 2.65 | 2992 | 17.6 | 153 | ||
| South Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 208,528 | ... | 776 | 304 | ... | 74 | ... | 11 | 295 | ... | 1460 | 7.0 | ... | 154 | 28 | 44 | 80 | 11 | ... | 183 | 500 | 2.39 | 3848 | 18 5 | 148 | ||
| 129,006 | ... | 752 | 167 | ... | 41 | ... | 7 | 160 | ... | 1127 | 8.8 | ... | 62 | 17 | 18 | 37 | ... | 8 | ... | 143 | 285 | 2.21 | 2408 | 18 7 | 148 | |
| 313,045 | ... | 1025 | 451 | ... | 75 | 2 | 12 | 293 | ... | 1858 | 6.0 | ... | 96 | 31 | 37 | 80 | ... | 10 | ... | 211 | 465 | 1.50 | 4G46 | 14.9 | 115 | |
| 177,532 | ... | 848 | 192 | ... | 33 | ... | 16 | 176 | ... | 1265 | 7.1 | ... | 125 | 24 | 12 | 51 | ... | 6 | ... | 133 | 351 | 1 99 | 2567 | 14.5 | 131 | |
| 265,392 | l | 1490 | 350 | ... | 99 | 1 | 18 | 254 | ... | 2213 | 8.4 | ... | 89 | 28 | 30 | 76 | ... | 11 | ... | 152 | 386 | 1.46 | 3331 | 12.6 | 119 | |
| 271,240 | 18 | 1220 | 247 | ... | 62 | ... | 24 | 344 | ... | 1910 | 7.1 | ... | 82 | 31 | 19 | 68 | ... | 9 | ... | 145 | 354 | 1.30 | 3705 | 13.7 | 124 | |
| 114,495 | 2 | 609 | 148 | ... | 34 | ... | 7 | 153 | ... | 953 | 8.3 | ... | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | ... | 6 | ... | 75 | 135 | 1.19 | 1631 | 14.3 | 122 | |
| 103,493 | 4 | 283 | 147 | ... | 27 | ... | 6 | 92 | ... | 559 | 5.4 | ... | 18 | 5 | 16 | 14 | ... | 5 | ... | 75 | 133 | 1.30 | 1383 | 13.4 | 119 | |
| 144,420 | 9 | 572 | 157 | ... | 38 | ... | 11 | 108 | ... | 895 | 6.2 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 26 | ... | 6 | ... | 47 | 137 | 0.95 | 1682 | 11.7 | 92 | |
| 125,372 | 7 | 515 | 274 | ... | 26 | 1 | 19 | 83 | ... | 918 | 7.3 | ... | 13 | 10 | 18 | 16 | ... | 7 | ... | 64 | 128 | 1.02 | 1604 | 12.8 | 102 | |
| Port of London | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | 3 | ... | 22 | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| * Including Membranous Croup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||