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Woolwich 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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T able 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 in the 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.Diarrhoea.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. Paddington130,1342,8912,06922.315.91.72222-505273518195149165
Kensington173,6033,5862,73020.715.81.66286-9842733—17197104180
Hammersmith110,2032,9941,88727217.22.23247-9072810—1795185162
Fulham136,3834,5242,35033.317.32.86387-81236654—18145210147
Chelsea96,7152,2351,73223.218.01.77170-3371818—1975165149
St. George's,Hanover Sq.81,1331,2951,11916.013.80.7863-66111111117110197
Westminster51,6571,0581,06220.520.61.4675-201815—922124189
St. James', Westminster21,45740934419.116.11.0823—6142-3735154
North Districts. Marylebone139,7773,9912,62728.618.91.86259249124055-12188278125
Hampstead81,7661,62192219.911.31.1896—214319—92269100
St. Pancras245,6516,4474,63926.318.92.35580—1261072105—641202472160
Islington351,5419,2535,72326.416.31.90667116125105147—491178556145
Stoke Newington35,71877544921.812.61.4351—241411—61437108
Hackney225,5196,3733,62428.316.12.11476—331959112—43210260158
Central Districts. St. Giles36,8701,01767127.718.21.6761-114814-519110118
St. Martin-in-the-Fields11,86515520913.117.70.8410———21—3428148
Strand22,74844546419.620.51.1426—5135-4874135
Holborn29,18873277025.226.52.3769—214511-42483240
Clerkenwell66,0071,9631,41329.82152.71179—39101852—654169167
St. Luke40,6551,8211,08544.926.8325132—3021335-646128138
London City26,92239759114.822.00.8924—4563—2467176
East Districts. Shoreditch120,6414,0042,60433.321.63.02364-76165748-141152224186
Bethnal Green128,8314,5882,82235.722.02.76355—63126394—18105272168
Whitechapel82,2202,9021,58935.419.41.73142—31111923—949189139
St. George-in-the-East48,8752,1751,18744.624.42.61127—2061427—1050128162
Limehouse58,9441,8391,53431.326.14.10241—83131756—765145228
Mile End Old Town113,7814,2612,31137.620.42.53288—6073558—22106193158
Poplar170,9685,9233,80334.722.33.34569—788115104—47217305192
South Districts. St. Saviour Southwark23,85470060029.425.22.937010151262774197
St. George Southwark60,5972,0931,65234.627.33.53213—36112343—1288221209
Newington125,1384,1732,72733.42192.85355—70117065—21118276171
St. Olave Southwark10,90940023136.821.21.8520_5138——329120
Bermondsey85,9202,8261,94833.022.73.24277—4275964—2778169186
Rotherhithe41,2461,18488328.821.53.40140—4062622—103647205
Lambeth312,1529,1675,43129.417.41.66519—692110198—531176521145
Battersea178,1005,1612,98529.116.82.34415—781134108—32152262159
Wandsworth217,0045,7743,20426.714.81.65361—82174444—271146252144
Camberwell268,4577,2114,37226.916.31.99534—4012132122—33195370154
Greenwich184,5825,5623,30530.218.02.27418—581564111—23147274161
Lee40,72299061524.415.11.4057—5_199—42039156
Lewisham93,5482,7841,46929.815.72.14200_2093249—1476104131
Woolwich41,6001,17591528.322.12.79116—296715—355106173
Plumstead68,0981,9941,05829.315.52.301504652427936101129