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Southwark 1917
[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 1917.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Civil Population, 1916. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal meningitis. | Polio-myelitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||
| LONDON | 4,237,387 | ... | 6 110 | 8300 | 1 | 452 | 13 | 199 | 2344 | 393 | 58 | 17,870 | 4.2 | ... | 1998 | 85 | 580 | 550 | 96 | 1506 | 4815 | 1.1 | 61,933 | 14.7 |
| Paddington | 130,668 | ... | 121 | 228 | ... | 11 | ... | 7 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 444 | 3.4 | ... | 114 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 49 | 198 | 1.5 | 1993 | 15.3 |
| Kensington | 152,144 | ... | 166 | 164 | ... | 21 | ... | 2 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 439 | 2.9 | ... | 101 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 51 | 179 | 1.2 | 2407 | 15.9 |
| Hammersmith | 117,965 | ... | 139 | 153 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 52 | 10 | 5 | 379 | 3.2 | ... | 39 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 101 | 0.9 | 1624 | 13.8 |
| Fulham | 119,428 | ... | 234 | 235 | ... | 11 | ... | 15 | 50 | 20 | 4 | 569 | 3.8 | ... | 75 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 71 | 190 | 1.3 | 1968 | 13.2 |
| Chelsea | 57,298 | ... | 101 | 54 | ... | 10 | ... | 4 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 200 | 3.5 | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 35 | 0.6 | 881 | 15.4 |
| City of Westminster | 132.853 | ... | 195 | 158 | ... | 14 | ... | 7 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 432 | 33 | ... | 23 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 65 | 0.5 | 1844 | 13.9 |
| St. Marylebone | 98,573 | ... | 95 | 165 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 324 | 3.3 | ... | 99 | ... | 8 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 143 | 1.5 | 1537 | 15.6 |
| Hampstead | 81,470 | ... | 64 | 134 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 28 | 4 | ... | 242 | 3.0 | ... | 12 | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 0.4 | 895 | 11.0 |
| St. Pancras | 196,812 | ... | 246 | 450 | ... | 22 | 1 | 9 | 121 | 25 | 1 | 875 | 4.5 | ... | 118 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 78 | 259 | 1.3 | 3098 | 15.8 |
| Islington | 309,359 | ... | 475 | 558 | ... | 23 | ... | 16 | 169 | 30 | 6 | 1277 | 4.1 | ... | 147 | 4 | 33 | 46 | 4 | 87 | 321 | 1.0 | 4591 | 14.9 |
| Stoke Newington | 49,776 | ... | 39 | 110 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 186 | 3.7 | ... | 20 | ... | 9 | 8 | ... | 8 | 45 | 0.9 | 711 | 14.3 |
| Hackney | 209,636 | ... | 308 | 306 | ... | 20 | 1 | 9 | 123 | 17 | 1 | 785 | 3.8 | ... | 17 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 70 | 147 | 0.7 | 2811 | 13.4 |
| Holborn | 38,161 | ... | 29 | 68 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 16 | 5 | ... | 121 | 3.2 | ... | 37 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 10 | 49 | 1.3 | 680 | 17.9 |
| Finsbury | 74,230 | ... | 116 | 165 | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | 33 | 5 | ... | 329 | 4.4 | ... | 100 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 150 | 2.0 | 1392 | 18.8 |
| City of London | 20,113 | ... | 18 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 50 | 2.5 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 0.2 | 218 | 10.9 |
| Shoreditch | 99,932 | ... | 165 | 273 | ... | 7 | 3 | 4 | 113 | 15 | ... | 580 | 5.8 | ... | 133 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 81 | 265 | 2.7 | 1943 | 19.5 |
| Bethnal Green | 115,552 | ... | 246 | 348 | ... | 10 | 1 | 6 | 98 | 24 | 1 | 734 | 6.4 | ... | 67 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 156 | 1.4 | 1659 | 14.4 |
| Stepney | 258,395 | ... | 397 | 707 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 16 | 194 | 15 | 4 | 1379 | 5.4 | ... | 111 | 6 | 58 | 29 | 5 | 141 | 350 | 1.4 | 3899 | 15.1 |
| Poplar | 155,095 | ... | 204 | 365 | ... | 39 | ... | 15 | 116 | 8 | 4 | 751 | 4.9 | ... | 89 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 75 | 231 | 1.5 | 2373 | 15.3 |
| Southwark | 177,166 | ... | 276 | 580 | ... | 10 | ... | 12 | 170 | 17 | 2 | 1067 | 6.0 | ... | 75 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 5 | 85 | 263 | 1.4 | 3087 | 18.3 |
| Bermondsey | 113,661 | ... | 311 | 414 | ... | 7 | ... | 4 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 817 | 7.2 | ... | 76 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 84 | 217 | 1.9 | 2045 | 18.0 |
| Lambeth | 283,729 | ... | 333 | 525 | ... | 20 | ... | 13 | 120 | 27 | 8 | 1049 | 3.7 | ... | 108 | 5 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 87 | 292 | 1.0 | 4177 | 14.8 |
| Battersea | 159,402 | ... | 244 | 184 | ... | 14 | ... | 4 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 533 | 3.4 | ... | 74 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 44 | 173 | 1.1 | 2248 | 14.1 |
| Wandsworth | 310,858 | ... | 556 | 436 | ... | 46 | 2 | 14 | 102 | 27 | 5 | 1188 | 3.8 | ... | 131 | 12 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 59 | 273 | 0.9 | 3770 | 12.2 |
| Camberwell | 249,749 | ... | 335 | 409 | ... | 26 | ... | 7 | 119 | 23 | 2 | 921 | 3.7 | ... | 109 | 4 | 38 | 44 | 4 | 83 | 282 | 1.1 | 3625 | 14.6 |
| Deptford | 107,696 | ... | 119 | 262 | ... | 13 | ... | 3 | 109 | 9 | ... | 515 | 4.8 | ... | 30 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 54 | 127 | 1.2 | 1617 | 15.1 | |
| Greenwich | 94,452 | ... | 155 | 322 | ... | 13 | ... | 3 | 51 | 8 | ... | 552 | 5.9 | ... | 45 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 120 | 1.3 | 1427 | 15.1 |
| Lewisham | 162,901 | ... | 2.88 | 227 | ... | 10 | ... | 8 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 606 | 3.7 | ... | 12 | ... | 21 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 75 | 0.5 | 1878 | 11.6 |
| Woolwich | 130,318 | ... | 137 | 270 | ... | 12 | ... | 11 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 522 | 40 | ... | 29 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 86 | 0.7 | 1535 | 11.8 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *Including Membranous Croup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||