London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Woolwich 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE VII.

London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.. Birth Rates (based upon Births registered in each Borough) and Death Rates (after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions) during the 52 weeks of 1905.

Boroughs.Per 1,000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered.
Births.Deaths from
All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases.Small.pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping.cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Pyrexia† (Origin ' uncertain).Diarrhœa.Phthisis.
County of London27.115.11.700.000.370.120.120.320.050.000.721.42129
West.
Paddington21.013.31.39-0.420.050.020.340.03-0.530.96123
Kensington19.314.01.390.310.120.050.330.070.511.14144
Hammersmith26.213.91.700.240.090.180.480.040.671.16135
Fulham30.415.12.710.540.140.150.530.061.291.22145
Chelsea21.314.81.03-0.070.120.070.300.050.421.51117
City of Westminster16.813.50.810.220.090.030.160.020.291.51114
North.
St. Marylebone30.015.51.12-0.290.120.040.19-0.050.010.421.4688
Hampstead16.29.30.53-0.090.070.030.190.020.130.8394
St. Pancras24.715.81.500.330.110.110.35-0.03-0.571.52135
Islington25.214.51.470.000.360.110.100.330.050.521.26125
Stoke Newington20.512.9114-0.230.060.090.19-0.571.33122
Hackney25.814.01.980.010.360.080.110.290.121.011.15129
Central.
Holborn28.517.51.12-0.200.070.070.30-0.07-0.412.8492
Finsbury34.719.02.17-0.420.210.120.33-0.091.002.02127
City of London13.517.40.570.040.040.090.090.311.34149
East.
Shoreditch33.519.72.960.020.540.240.150.76-0.03-1.221.96167
Bethnal Green33.218.()2.270.360.200.240.42-0.060.010.982.04151
Stepney35.317.72.580.000.520.190.200.45-0.070.001.151.72141
Poplar32.117.62.65-0.470.170.240.47-0.06-1.241.53153
South.
Southwark30.018.52.39-0.740.130.210.38-0.05-0.882.13148
Bermondsey33.318.72.210.480.130.140.29-0.061.111.79148
Lambeth28.314.91.500.310.100.120.26-0.030.681.38115
Battersea27.414.51.99-0.710.140.070.290.030.751.34131
Wandsworth26.012.61.460.340.110.110.29-0.040.571.02119
Camberwell25.013.71.300.300.110.070.250.030.541.21124
Deptford28.914.31.19-0.140.090.080.170.050.061.22122
Greenwich25.913.41.30-0.170.050.100.140.050.731.26119
Lewisham25.211.70.950.030.280.030.000.180.040.330.8592
Woolwich28.412.81.02-0.100.080.140.13-0.06-0.511.52102

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.
* The rates for the County of London do not in all cases agree with those in some of the other Tables.
† Originally described as Simple Continued Fever.