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Lewisham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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* Table 13.

Death.rates during1908inLondonand the severalMetropolitan Boroughs,fromAll Causes,and fromCertain Diseases (1)before Distribution, (2)after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.

Boroughs.Death.rates per 1000 Living.
All Causes.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaEnteric FeverPhthisis
Before DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter Distribution
County of London14.013.80.100.110.150.150.050.051.301.32
West.
Paddington13.61. 4—-0.100.070 .100.030.030.981.01
Kensington14.812.9—-0.050.010.150.020.031.620.98
Hammersmith13.914.0—-0.090.030.100.050.041.161.26
Fulham11.512.40.320.100.540.180.110.061.061.14
Chelsea21.714.50.100.050.160 .050.072.491.27
City of Westm'r14.112.60.010.040.030.090.050.030.671.23
North.
St. Maryleboue13.214.20.010.100.030.110.020.050.671.16
Hampstead10.68.50.530.070.480.050.070.051. 570.78
St. Pancras15.214.70.000.080.050.090.050.041.561.51
Islington12.813.20.050.090.060.160.030.051.451.24
Stoke Nevvington9.012.30.090.020.070.561.07
Hackney13.613.20.210.130.310 190.070.031.311.22
Central
Holborn19.216.40.130.050.090.090.091.372 .11
Finsbury9.718.60.130.030.160.030.120.89215
City of London49.817.70.050.360.100.412.661.79
East.
Shoreditch16.417.40.020.250.030.110.020.092.112.00
Bethnal Green16 .917.10.300.070.210.040.101.831.61
Stepney17.616 .40.010.170.140.240.050.041.371.56
Poplar16.215.90.050.210.060.190.070081.551.34
South.
South wark13.916.30.000.110.090.150.020.030.951.88
Bermondsey15.118.80.020.190.020.180.050.091.691.89
Lambeth14.413.30.110.130.170.140.050.021.411.45
Battersea12.112.20.020.130 020 120.010.031.101.19
Wandsworth11.011.60.220.070.200130.010.020.980.96
Camber well13 .812.70.000.080.020 .140.020.021.641.12
Deptford10 .513.80.480.060. 490.080.130.070.701.16
Greenwich10.512.60.410.050. 550.160140.081.671.10
Lewisham11.711.00.470.070.520.280.030.030.830 .85
Woolwich10.511.40.010.070.040.160.010.021.101.20

The deaths ' before Distribution ' are those actually registered in the several Boroughs without
any coirection whatever.