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Woolwich 1900

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Table VIII.
Aualysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring
in Public Institutions during the year 1900.

Table VIII.

Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions during the year 1900.

Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population middle of 1900.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1000 living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic DiseasesSmall-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and undefined Fever.Diarrhœa.Phthisis.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
London4,589,129130,86883,73228.618.32.1910,03441,9283611,5391,945271673,5327,809158
West Districts.
Paddington130,1342,8912,06922.315.91.72222505273518195149165
Kensington173,6033,5862,73020.715.81.66286984273317107204180
Hammersmith110,2032,9941,88727.217.22.2324790728101795185162
Fulham136,3834,5242,35033.317.32.863878123665418145210147
Chelsea96,7152,2351,73223.218.01.7717033718181975165149
St. George's,Hanover Sq.81,1331,2951,11916.013.80.786366111111117110107
Westminster51,6571,0581,06220.520.61.4675201815922124189
St. James', Westminster North Districts.21,45740934419.116.11.082361423735154
Marylebone139,7773,9912,62728.618.91.8625924912405512188278125
Hampstead81,7661,62192219.911.31.189621431992269100
St. Pancras245,6516,4474,63926.318.92.355801261072105641202472160
Islington351,5419,2535,72326.416.31.90667.16125105147491178556145
Stoke Newington35,71877544921.812.61.435124141161437108
Hackney225,5196,3733,62428.316.12.1147633195911243210260158
Central Districts.
St. Giles36,8701,01767127.718.21.6761114814_519110118
St. Martin-in-the-Fields11,86515520913.117.70.8410213428148
Strand22,74844546419.620.51.14265135_4874135
Holborn29,18873277025.226.52.376921451142483240
Clerkenwell66,0071,9631,41329.821.52.7117939101852654169167
St. Luke40,6551,8211,08544.926.83.251323021335646128138
London City26,92239759114.822.00.892445632467176
East Districts.
Shoreditch120,6414,0042,60433.321.63.0236476165748141152224186
Bethnal Green128,8314,5882,82235.722.02.763556312639418105272168
Whitechapel82,2202,9021,58935.419.41.7314231111923949189139
St. George-in-the-East48,8752,1751.18744.624.42.6112720614271050128162
Limehouse58,9441,8391,53431.326.14.1024183131756765145228
Mile End Old Town113,7814,2612,31137.620.42.53288607355822106193158
Poplar170,9685,9233,80334.722.33.3456978811510447217305192
South Districts.
St. Saviour Southwark23,85470060029.425.22.937010151262774197
St. George Southwark60,5972,0931,65234.627.33.53213361123431288221209
Newington125,1384,1732,72733.421.92.853557011706521118276171
St. Olave Southwark10,90940023136.821.21.85205138_329120
Bermondsey85,9202,8261,94833.022.73.2427742759642778169186
Rotherhithe41,2461,18488328.821.53.401404062622103647205
Lambeth312,1529,1675,43129.417.41.66519692110198531176521145
Battersea178,1005,1612,98529.116.82.3441578113410832152262159
Wandsworth217,0045,7743,20426.714.81.6536182174444271146252144
Camberwell268,4577,2114,37226.916.31.99534401213212233195370154
Greenwich184,5825,5623,30530.218.02.2741858156411123147274161
Lee40,72299061524.415.11.4057519942039156
Lewisham93,5482,7841,46929.815.72.1420020932491476104131
Plumstead65,5581,9941,06530.516.32.30150477252793596129
Woolwich41,6001,17593728.321.82.791161296616367102171

Note.—The changes made under the provisions of the London Government Act, 1899, are not taken into account in the above table in
order that uniform statistics for the year may be shown.