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Southwark 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 29.
Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1906.
| Cities and Boiioughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1906. | Notified Cases or Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants 1 under one year to 1000 births. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Er.teric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. 1 | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||
| LONDON | 4,721,217 | 31 | 20,329 | 8045 | 7 | 1600 | 9 | 298 | 5019 | 2 | 35,340 | 7.5 | ... | 1909 | 533 | 691 | 1226 | ... | 260 | 4 | 4424 | 9047 | 1.93 | 71,155 | 15.1 | 131 |
| Paddington | 148,913 | 1 | 717 | 183 | ... | 34 | 1 | 12 | 139 | ... | 1087 | 7.3 | ... | 16 | 18 | 15 | 12 | ... | 7 | ... | 125 | 193 | 1.30 | 1856 | 12.5 | 112 |
| Kensington | 180,952 | ... | 470 | 178 | ... | 39 | ... | 13 | 148 | ... | 848 | 4.7 | ... | 81 | 11 | 19 | 20 | ... | 5 | ... | 144 | 280 | 1.56 | 2199 | 13.8 | 137 |
| Hammersmith | 120,079 | ... | 437 | 278 | ... | 33 | 1 | 12 | 125 | ... | 886 | 7.4 | ... | 57 | 15 | 27 | 19 | ... | 8 | ... | 131 | 257 | 213 | 1777 | 14.8 | 142 |
| Fulham | 161,965 | ... | 674 | 404 | ... | 45 | ... | 18 | 140 | ... | 1281 | 7.9 | ... | 53 | 18 | 32 | 31 | ... | 13 | ... | 241 | 388 | 2.40 | 2214 | 13.7 | 136 |
| Chelsea | 74,672 | ... | 271 | 162 | ... | 17 | ... | 12 | 60 | ... | 522 | 7.0 | ... | 58 | 9 | 15 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 151 | 2.03 | 1168 | 15.7 | 141 |
| City of Westminster | 173,905 | ... | 537 | 209 | ... | 47 | 2 | 9 | 127 | ... | 931 | 5.4 | ... | 17 | 14 | 16 | 23 | ... | 5 | 1 | 69 | 145 | 0.84 | 2244 | 12.9 | 119 |
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| St. Marylebone | 128,580 | ... | 396 | 141 | ... | 48 | ... | 6 | 148 | 1 | 740 | 5.8 | ... | 47 | 14 | 12 | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | 77 | 164 | 1.28 | 1910 | 14.9 | 79 |
| Hampstead | 89,633 | ... | 387 | 99 | ... | 21 | 1 | 2 | 51 | ... | 561 | 6.3 | ... | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 23 | 51 | 0.57 | 844 | 9.4 | 79 |
| St. Pancras | 236,455 | ... | 798 | 279 | ... | 95 | ... | 10 | 235 | ... | 1417 | 6.0 | ... | 96 | 32 | 23 | 70 | ... | 15 | 1 | 155 | 392 | 1.65 | 3743 | 15.9 | 131 |
| Islington | 344,987 | 1 | 1392 | 439 | 3 | 146 | 1 | 24 | 277 | ... | 2283 | 6.6 | ... | 193 | 37 | 30 | 74 | ... | 20 | ... | 201 | 555 | 1.62 | 5071 | 14.7 | 128 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,217 | ... | 135 | 47 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 47 | ... | 240 | 4.5 | ... | 11 | 1 | 4 | 17 | ... | ... | 25 | 58 | 1 10 | 612 | 11.5 | 104 | |
| Hackney | 230,721 | 9 | 1049 | 389 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 19 | 301 | ... | 1863 | 8.1 | ... | 65 | 22 | 20 | 39 | ... | 14 | ... | 203 | 363 | 1.58 | 3061 | 13.3 | 116 |
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| Holborn | 55,805 | ... | 138 | 66 | ... | 15 | ... | 2 | 57 | ... | 278 | 5.0 | ... | 25 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 35 | 80 | 1.44 | 1001 | 18.0 | 91 |
| Finsbury | 97,466 | ... | 449 | 198 | ... | 45 | ... | 7 | 139 | ... | 838 | 8.6 | ... | 123 | 15 | 23 | 54 | ... | 14 | ... | 120 | 349 | 3.59 | 2011 | 20.7 | 136 |
| City of London | 21,367 | ... | 113 | 18 | ... | 10 | ... | 18 | ... | 159 | 7.5 | ... | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 23 | 1.08 | 369 | 17.3 | 106 | |
| Shoreditch | 116,108 | ... | 627 | 144 | ... | 37 | ... | 6 | 150 | ... | 964 | 8.3 | ... | 75 | 19 | 15 | 61 | ... | 5 | ... | 187 | 362 | 3.13 | 2275 | 19.6 | 169 |
| Bethnal Green | 130,609 | 6 | 050 | 252 | ... | 55 | ... | 11 | 245 | ... | 1219 | 9.4 | ... | 60 | 22 | 20 | 63 | ... | 14 | ... | 154 | 333 | 2.55 | 2464 | 18.9 | 157 |
| Stepney | 307,176 | 4 | 1219 | 604 | 1 | 124 | ... | 6 | 415 | ... | 2373 | 7.7 | ... | 175 | 37 | 61 | 104 | ... | 26 | ... | 437 | 840 | 2.74 | 5431 | 17.7 | 133 |
| Poplar | 170,673 | 2 | 571 | 249 | ... | 86 | ... | 8 | 206 | ... | 1122 | 6.6 | ... | 108 | 13 | 28 | 52 | ... | 11 | ... | 291 | 503 | 2.95 | 2999 | 17.6 | 155 |
| Southwark | 209,143 | ... | 1470 | 401 | ... | 111 | ... | 13 | 332 | 1 | 2328 | 11.2 | ... | 95 | 45 | 31 | 54 | ... | 12 | ... | 225 | 462 | 2.23 | 3768 | 18.1 | 144 |
| Bermondsey | 128,629 | 1 | 980 | 336 | 2 | 41 | ... | 2 | 195 | ... | 1567 | 12.2 | ... | 94 | 29 | 34 | 51 | ... | 4 | ... | 165 | 377 | 2.94 | 2532 | 19.7 | 154 |
| Lambeth | 315,774 | ... | 1264 | 422 | ... | 90 | 1 | 25 | 273 | ... | 2075 | 6.6 | ... | 77 | 28 | 51 | 71 | ... | 22 | 1 | 282 | 532 | 1.89 | 4726 | 15.0 | 121 |
| Battersea | 179,622 | ... | 1048 | 275 | ... | 45 | ... | 13 | 161 | ... | 1542 | 8.6 | ... | 41 | 24 | 18 | 78 | ... | 8 | ... | 158 | 327 | 1.82 | 2392 | 13.4 | 129 |
| Wandsworth | 273,381 | ... | 1069 | 556 | ... | 96 | ... | 23 | 269 | ... | 2013 | 7.4 | ... | 66 | 19 | 49 | 60 | ... | 15 | ... | 226 | 435 | 1.60 | 3481 | 12.8 | 124 |
| Camberwell | 274.132 | 6 | 1161 | 355 | ... | 59 | ... | 15 | 305 | ... | 1901 | 7.0 | ... | 112 | 25 | 40 | 77 | ... | 13 | ... | 247 | 514 | 1.88 | 3998 | 14.6 | 132 |
| Deptford | 115,495 | 1 | 643 | 305 | ... | 41 | ... | 9 | 158 | ... | 1157 | 10.0 | ... | 69 | 15 | 20 | 62 | ... | 6 | ... | 138 | 310 | 2.69 | 1849 | 16.1 | 145 |
| Greenwich | 105,350 | ... | 567 | 409 | ... | 43 | ... | 6 | 100 | ... | 1125 | 10.7 | ... | 31 | 17 | 29 | 42 | ... | 5 | ... | 72 | 196 | 1.87 | 1415 | 13.5 | 119 |
| Lewisham | 148,463 | ... | 557 | 261 | ... | 25 | ... | 6 | 97 | ... | 946 | 6.4 | ... | 21 | 14 | 21 | 27 | ... | 1 | 1 | 130 | 215 | 1.45 | 1777 | 12.0 | 113 |
| Woolwich | 127,345 | ... | 525 | 386 | ... | 41 | ... | 8 | 97 | ... | 1057 | 8.3 | ... | 30 | 5 | 22 | 21 | ... | 9 | ... | 105 | 192 | 1.52 | 1668 | 13.1 | 110 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
* Including
Membranous Croup.