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Southwark 1913
[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 1913.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1912. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Annua! rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living,† | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria.* | TyphusFever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal meningitis. | Polio-myelitis. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | ||||||||||
| LONDON | 4,518,191 | 4 | 17 552 | 7654 | 4 | 758 | 15 | 349 | 4148 | 92 | 145 | 30,721 | 6.7 | ... | 1570 | 188 | 431 | 800 | 114 | 3098 | 6201 | 1.4 | 65,030 | 14.2 |
| Paddington | 142,210 | ... | 487 | 304 | ... | 25 | ... | 8 | 112 | ... | 2 | 938 | 6.5 | ... | 55 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 71 | 188 | 1.3 | 1941 | 13.4 |
| Kensington | 171,284 | ... | 558 | 145 | ... | 28 | ... | 13 | 112 | 3 | 4 | 863 | 5.0 | ... | 84 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 80 | 206 | 1.2 | 2377 | 13.6 |
| Hammersmith | 123,745 | ... | 537 | 138 | ... | 13 | ... | 8 | 101 | ... | 1 | 798 | 6.3 | ... | 47 | 7 | 12 | 47 | ... | 64 | 177 | 1.4 | 1754 | 13.8 |
| Fulham | 157,117 | ... | 767 | 270 | ... | 34 | ... | 19 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 1218 | 7.6 | ... | 59 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 98 | 200 | 1.3 | 1992 | 12.9 |
| Chelsea | 64,598 | ... | 206 | 61 | ... | 7 | ... | 8 | 35 | ... | 3 | 320 | 4.9 | ... | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 52 | 0.8 | 911 | 13.2 |
| City of Westminster | 154,810 | ... | 379 | 192 | ... | 29 | ... | 6 | 75 | ... | 4 | 685 | 4.4 | ... | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 99 | 0.6 | 1992 | 13.3 |
| St. Marylebone | 114,532 | 1 | 417 | 130 | ... | 19 | ... | 4 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 653 | 5.6 | ... | 33 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 101 | 0.9 | 1633 | 14.3 |
| Hampstead | 86,346 | ... | 208 | 128 | ... | 15 | ... | 1 | 33 | ... | 4 | 389 | 4.4 | ... | 21 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 58 | 0.7 | 938 | 11.3 |
| St. Pancras | 214,330 | ... | 565 | 438 | ... | 41 | 1 | 11 | 215 | 5 | 9 | 1285 | 5.9 | ... | 41 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 114 | 214 | 10 | 3321 | 15.2 |
| Islington | 325,585 | ... | 1315 | 551 | ... | 50 | ... | 28 | 228 | 8 | 19 | 2199 | 6.6 | ... | 107 | 17 | 34 | 61 | 5 | 221 | 445 | 1.3 | 5009 | 14.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,518 | ... | 109 | 84 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 245 | 4.8 | ... | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 0.8 | 698 | 12.9 |
| Hackney | 223,353 | ... | 821 | 331 | ... | 39 | 1 | 19 | 184 | 8 | 15 | 1418 | 6.2 | ... | 68 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 141 | 258 | 1.1 | 3037 | 13.5 |
| Holborn | 46,949 | ... | 132 | 60 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 29 | ... | 2 | 231 | 4.8 | ... | 10 | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | 15 | 35 | 0.7 | 698 | 14.7 |
| Finsbury | 84,679 | ... | 274 | 107 | ... | 15 | ... | 14 | 125 | 5 | 3 | 543 | 6.3 | ... | 30 | 4 | 9 | 31 | ... | 97 | 171 | 2.0 | 1576 | 18.1 |
| City of London | 17,916 | ... | 47 | 30 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 2 | 93 | 5.1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.4 | 276 | 15.8 |
| Shoreditch | 109,654 | ... | 354 | 185 | ... | 15 | 1 | 9 | 159 | 4 | 8 | 735 | 6.6 | ... | 52 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 207 | 306 | 2.7 | 2068 | 19.2 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,824 | ... | 411 | 223 | ... | 23 | ... | 1.3 | 265 | 1 | 3 | 939 | 7.2 | ... | 62 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 151 | 264 | 2.0 | 2006 | 10.1 |
| Stepney | 275,300 | ... | 820 | 471 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 34 | 364 | 10 | 14 | 1784 | 6.4 | ... | 95 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 287 | 449 | 1.6 | 4172 | 15.6 |
| Poplar | 160,913 | 2 | 754 | 345 | ... | 40 | 1 | 26 | 173 | 5 | 3 | 1349 | 8.2 | ... | 69 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 5 | 159 | 317 | 1.9 | 2668 | 16.1 |
| Southwark | 188,487 | 1 | 880 | 327 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 15 | 260 | 6 | ... | 1531 | 8.0 | ... | 105 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 6 | 182 | 361 | 1.9 | 3371 | 17.9 |
| Bermondsey | 124,739 | ... | 731 | 243 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 130 | 3 | 3 | 1153 | 91 | ... | 90 | 4 | 17 | 47 | 3 | 165 | 326 | 2.6 | 2266 | 17.8 |
| Lambeth | 297,139 | ... | 1397 | 408 | ... | 39 | 2 | 25 | 219 | 7 | 8 | 2105 | 7.0 | ... | 99 | 14 | 37 | 47 | 8 | 202 | 407 | 1.3 | 4314 | 14.0 |
| Battersea | 167,464 | ... | 949 | 288 | ... | 20 | 2 | 10 | 123 | 3 | 5 | 1400 | 8.2 | ... | 93 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 125 | 279 | 1.6 | 2361 | 14.0 |
| Wandsworth | 330,395 | ... | 1007 | 447 | ... | 52 | 2 | 32 | 206 | 9 | 14 | 1769 | 5.3 | ... | 116 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 148 | 319 | 0.9 | 3550 | 10.6 |
| Camberwell | 261,805 | ... | 1155 | 403 | ... | 23 | 1 | 12 | 257 | 6 | 5 | 1862 | 7.0 | ... | 68 | 13 | 18 | 54 | 5 | 179 | 337 | 1.3 | 3653 | 13.6 |
| Deptford | 109,280 | ... | 625 | 245 | ... | 17 | ... | 1 | 232 | ... | ... | 1120 | 10.1 | ... | 50 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 93 | 211 | 1.9 | 1704 | 15.2 |
| Greenwich | 96,015 | ... | 330 | 267 | ... | 8 | ... | 5 | 112 | ... | ... | 722 | 7.4 | ... | 40 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 52 | 132 | 1.4 | 1385 | 14.0 |
| Lewisham | 168,822 | ... | 670 | 431 | ... | 34 | ... | 3 | 84 | ... | 5 | 1227 | 7.2 | ... | 25 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 50 | 146 | 0.9 | 1814 | 10.4 |
| Woolwich | 122,382 | ... | 645 | 402 | ... | 14 | ... | 8 | 72 | ... | 1 | 1142 | 9.2 | ... | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 93 | 0.7 | 1573 | 13.0 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| * Including Membranous Croup. † The death-rates are corrected for variations in sex and age constitution of the populations of the several boroughs, the population of England and Wales being taken as the standard. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||