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

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Woolwich 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE VI.

London and no: Metropolitan Boroughs—Birth Rates and Death Rates of persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 52 weeks of 1907.*

Boroughs.Per 1,000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births.
Deaths from—
Births.All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.†Pyrexia (Origin uncertain).Diarrhoea.Phthisis.
County of London2.5614.01.42...0.380.140.160.38...0.040.000.321.40116
West Districts.
Paddington21.813.51.13...0.250.090.130.35...0.03...0.281.09109
Kensington19.013.71.04...0.170.050.130.45...0.03...0.211.03128
Hammersmith25.314.31.16...0.440.080.150.27...0.05...0.171.20117
Fulham27.813.21.73...0.420.080.230.45...0.05...0.501.19122
Chelsea20.315.01.44...0.560.030.090.33...0.04...0.391.50122
City of Westminster17.213.00.72...0.110.070.100.15...0.05...0.241.37102
North Districts.
St. Marylebone20.915.00.97...0.140.150.120.35...0.02...0.191.48101
Hampstead15.19.00.51...0.130.060.080.13...0.02...0.090.7069
St. Pancras24.715.01.17...0.370.110.130.33...0.02...0.211.66108
Islington25.014.71.25...0.380.060.120.36...0.040.000.291.32116
Stoke Newington20.011.51.02...0.130.190.130.36...0.6...0.150.94100
Hackney24.313.61.37...0.260.190.200.29...0.09...0.341.17112
Central Districts.
Holborn19.417.41.28...0.220.040.180.51...0.04...0.292.58131
Finsbury29.818.71.83...0.510.180.170.54...0.02...0.412.33130
City of London13.716.80.85...0.050.050.250.35...0.10...0.052.0294
East Districts.
Shoreditch33.020.53.01...1.030.240.170.88...0.05...0.642.10150
Bethnal Green31.817.51.96...0.540.330.140.46...0.05...0.441.90138
Stepney33.615.91.97...0.500.270.30033...0.070.000.501.56117
Poplar31.016.92.11...0.500.260.290.48...0.06...0.461.33124
South Districts.
Southwark29.818.01.90...0.540.170.170.49...0.05...0.482.03138
Bermondsey31.718.31.71...0.410.280.160.43...005...0.381.88123
Lambeth24.614.61.28...0.340.130150.35...0.02...0.291.53120
Battersea .25.513.31.34...0.380.100.210.38...0.02...0.251.25114
Wandsworth25.612.31.16...0.230.090.140.40...0.04...0.260.9599
Camberwell24.413.91.43...0.440.130.140.43...0.03...0.261.31115
Deptford28.314.11.47...0.460.120.220.32...0.050.010.291.34108
Greenwich24.312.71.44...0.540.090.170.24...0.05...0.351.08100
Lewisham23.911.50.85...0.110.080.120.34...0.01...0.190.9390
WOOLWICH25.812.51.38...0.560.110.120.29...0.030.010.261.25112

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.
†Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.