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Lewisham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 12.

BirthandDeath Ratesof London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year1908,after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

BoroughsBirths.Per 1000 Persons Living. Deaths fromDeaths under 1 year to 1000 Births
All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall-PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping-CoughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia† (Origin uncertain)DiarrhœaPhthisis
Cnty of L'nd'n West.25.213.81.35-0.310.110.150.201 -0.050.000.531.32113
Padding to n22.112.40.87-0.230.100.100.07-0.03-0.341.01103
Kensington.19.212.90.92-0.170.050.150.04-0.03-0.480.98119
Hainmersmith25.414.01.09-0.120.090.100.15-0.04-0.591.26120
Fulbain27.012.41.59-0.410.100.180.19-0.06-0.651.14116
Chelsea20.414.51.18-0.160.100.160.22-00.7-0.471.27107
Ctyof Wstnistr16.712.80.58-0.130.040.090.05-0.03-0.241.23102
North.
St. Marylebone20.614.20.85-0.190.100.110.10-0.05-0.301.16101
llampstead14.98.50.40-0.050.070.050.05-0.05-0.130.7869
St. Pan eras24.614.71.06-0.190.080.090.29-0.04-0.371.51107
Islington24.713.21.01-0.230.090.160.16-0.05-0.321.24102
Stoke Nwingtn19.712.30.82-0.180.090.020.11-0.07-0.351.0792
Hackney23.313.21.52-0.310.130.190.18-0.03-0.681.22115
Central.
Holborn19.616. 41.07-0.200.130.090.14-0.09-0.422.11113
Finsbury31.118.62.09-0 .450.130.160.26-0.12-0.972.15133
City of London14.917.070.40-0.15-0.100.05---0.101.7992
East.
Slioreditch32.017.42.09-0.440.250.110.20-0.09-1.002.00139
Hethnal Green32.017.12.48-0.780.300.210 .32-0.10-0.771.61132
Stepney32.116.42.53-0.840.170.240.41-0.040.000.831.56130
Poplar31 .515.92.26-0.470.210.190.42-0.080.891.34123
South.
South wark29 .216.31.76-0.360 .1 10.150.23-0.03-0.881.88131
Bermondsey32.518.82.30-0.820.190.180.17-0.090.010.841.89144
Lambeth24.613.31.18-0.310.130 .140.15-0.02-0.431.45104
Battersea24.912.21.19-0.260.180.120.21-0.03-0.441.19106
Wandsworth25.211.60.93-0.150.070.130.21-0.02-3.353.9697
Camberwell24.212.71.06-0.190.080.140.19-0.02-0.441.12104
Deptford26.413.81.32-0.280.060.080.20-0.07-0.631.16122
Greenwich23 .512. 61.25-0.140.050.160.28-0.08-0.541 10120
Lewisham22.811.01.14-0.290.070.280.19-0.03-3.283.8587
Woolwich23.811. 40.92-0. 070.070.160.24-0. 02-3.361.2094

In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0*005; where no
death occurred, — is inserted, t Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.