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Woolwich 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE VIa.

London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Birth-rates and Death-rates of Persons belonging to the London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 52 Weeks of 1909.°

Boroughs.Per 1,000 Persons Living. Deaths fromDeaths under 1 year to 1000 Births
BirthsAll CausesPrincipal Epidemic Diseases.Small-poxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping-coughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia † (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
County of London24.2Crude 14.0Corrected 14.71.310.000.480.080.130.260.030.000.331.31108
West
Paddington20.612.913.80.91...0.240.090.070.24...0.03...0.241.08100
Kensington18.413.314.41.00...0.320.050.100.22...0.04...0.270.96113
Hammersmith23.914.314.91.67...0.640.090.180.37...0.04...0.351.09120
Ful ham24.512.012.61.57...0.420.060.230.28...0.02...0.561.17108
Chelsea18.514.415.01.00...0.320.080.200.17...0.03...0.201.45107
City of Westminster16.213.114.70.630.010.150.110.110.11...0.04...0.101.3495
North
St. Marylebone20.614.615.60.83...0.260.060.070.20...0.01...0.231.3599
Hampstead14.18.910.10.52...0.150.040.050.19...0.05...0.040.6175
St. Pancras23.714.815.50.97...0.440.070.110.13...0.03...0.191.61102
Islington23.814.014.61.22...0.570.070.090.25...0.01...0.201.23101
Stoke Newington18.911.311.80.63...0.180.060.040.26...0.020070*8380
Hackney22912*613-10*930240*040.080*220*030-321-22102
Central
Holborn18.215.616.80.85...0.260.060.060.28...0.02...0172.05102
Finsbury29.619.219.92.36...0.890.120.150.54...0.03...0.632.22131
City of London13.620.322.30.72...0.33......0.22...0.06...0.112.15113
East
Shoreditch31.719.020.02.87...1.140.080.190.63...0.05...0.781.75140
Bethnal Green31.616.817.01.99....0.600.190.130.31...0.03...0.731.54129
Stepney30.515.316.01.680.000.760.080.160.22...0.02...0.441.67119
Poplar30.316.316.82.37...0.910.130.120.49...0.08...0.641.29129
South
Southwark28.316.817 .51.67...0.600.070.160.27...0.03...0.541.79119
Bermondsey32.318.819.22.74...1.570.120.070. 43...0.02...0.531.78138
Lambeth23.414.114.51.19...0.320.080.180.26...0.030.000.321.41109
Battersea24.013.014.01.290.490.040.120.34...0.04...0.261.22107
W ands worth23.611.912.50.96...0.370.050.090.23...0.020.000.200.9386
Camberwell23.713.413.91.08...0.370.060.150.18...0.02...0.301.19100
Deptford26.413.614.31.51...0.570.100.130.40...0.05...0.261.25102
Greenwich22.412.212.41.03...0.340.080.060.18...0.04...0.330.99100
Lewisham22010.310.80.57...0.040.090.130.12...0.01...0.180.8074
Woolwich22.211.912.81.02...0.410.140.200.11..0.02...0.141.2082

In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 00.05; where no death occurred,
is inserted.
* The Corrected Death-rates represented the Crude Death-rates multiplied by the respective Factors for
Correction for differences of sex and age constitution of population. (See Table D, page xxiii).
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.