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Woolwich 1908

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Table: TABLE VI.London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Birth-rates and Death-rates of persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 53 weeks of 1908.

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TABLE VI.

London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Birth-rates and Death-rates of persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 53 weeks of 1908.

Boroughs.	Per 1,000 Persons Living.														Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births.
	Births.	Deaths from
		All Causes.		Principal Epidemic Diseases.	Small-pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping-cough.	Typhus.	Enteric Fever.	Pyrexia † (Origin uncertain).	Diarrhoea.	Phthisis.
		County of London	25.2	Crude 13.8	*Corrected 14.5	1.35	—	0.31	0.11	0.15	0.20	—	0.05	0.00		0.53	1.32	113
West.
Paddington	22.1	12.4	13.2	0.87	—	0.23	0.10	0.10	0.07	-	0.03	-	0.34	1.01	103
Kensington	19.2	12.9	13.9	0.92	—	0.17	0.05	0.15	0.04	—	0.03	—	0.48	0.98	119
Hammersmith	25.4	14.0	14.5	1.09	—	0.12	0.09	0.10	0.15	—	0.04	-	0.59	1.26	120
Fulham	27.0	12.4	12.9	1.59	—	0.41	0.10	0.18	0.19	—	0.06	-	0.65	1.14	116
Chelsea	20.4	14.5	15.0	1.18	—	0.16	0.10	0.16	0.22	—	0.07	—	0.47	1.27	107
City of Westminster	16.7	12.6	14.2	0.58	—	0.13	0.04	0.09	0.05	—	0.03	—	0.24	1.23	102
North.
St. Marylebone	20.6	14.2	15.1	0.85	-	0.19	0.10	0.11	0.10	-	0.05	-	0.30	1.16	101
Hampstead	14.9	8.5	9.6	0.40	—	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.05	-	0.05	-	0.13	0.78	69
St. Pancras	24.6	14.7	15.4	1.06	—	0.19	0.08	0.09	0.29	—	0.04	-	0.37	1.51	107
Islington	24.7	13.2	13.7	1.01	—	0.23	0.09	0.16	0.16	—	0.05	—	0.32	1.24	102
Stoke Newington	19.7	12.3	12.9	0.82	—	0.18	0.09	0.02	0.11	—	0.07	—	0.35	1.07	92
Hackney	23.3	13.2	13.7	1.52	—	0.31	0.13	0.19	0.18	—	0.03	—	0.68	1.22	115
Central.
Holborn	19.6	16.4	17.6	1.07	-	0.20	0.13	0.09	0.14	-	0.09	-	0.42	2.11	113
Finsbury	81.1	18.6	19.3	2.09	—	0.45	0.13	0.16	0.26	—	0.12	—	0.97	2.15	133
City of London	14.9	17.7	19.4	0.40	—	0.15	—	0.10	0.05	—	—	—	0.10	1.79	92
East.
Shoreditch	32.0	17.4	18.3	2.09	-	0.44	0.25	0.11	0.20	-	0.09	-	1.00	2.00	139
Bethnal Green	32.6	17.1	17.3	2.48	—	0.78	0.30	0.21	0.32	-	0.10	-	0.77	1.61	132
Stepney	32.1	16.4	17'.1	2.53	—	0.84	0.17	0.24	0.41	-	0.04	0.00	0.83	1.56	130
Poplar	31.5	15.9	16.3	2.26	-	0.47	0.21	0.19	0.42	—	0.08	-	0.89	1.34	123
South.
Southwark	29.2	16.3	17.0	1.76	-	0.30	0.11	0.15	0.23	-	0.03	-	0.88	1.88	131
Bermondsey	32.5	18.8	19.2	2.30	—	0.82	0.19	0.18	0.17	—	0.09	0.01	0.84	1.89	144
Lambeth	24.6	13.3	13.7	1.18	-	0.31	0.13	0.14	0.15	—	0.02	-	0.43	1.45	104
Battersea	24.9	12.2	13.1	1.19	-	0.20	0.13	0.12	0.21	-	0.03	-	0.44	1.19	106
Wandsworth	25.2	11.6	12.2	0.93	-	0.15	0.07	0.13	0.21	-	0.02	-	0.35	0.96	97
Camberwell	24.2	12.7	13.1	1.06	—	0.19	0.08	0.14	0.19	-	0.02	—	0.44	1.12	104
Deptford	26.4	13.8	14.5	1.32	—	0.28	0.06	0.08	0.20	—	0.07	—	0.63	1.16	122
Greenwich	23.5	12.6	12.9	1.25	—	0.14	0.05	0.16	0.28	—	0.08	-	0.54	1.10	120
Lewisham	230	11.0	11.4	1.25	—	0.29	0.07	0.27	0.19	-	0.03	-	0.40	0.85	86
Woolwich	23.8	11.4	12.1	0.92	—	0.07	0.07	0.16	0.24	—	0.02	—	0.36	1.20	94
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 corrected death-rates represent the Crude death-rates multiplied by the respective factors for correction for differences of sex and age constitution of population. † Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.

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Table: TABLE VI.London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Birth-rates and Death-rates of persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 53 weeks of 1908.