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

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Woolwich 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE VI a.

London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Birth-rates and Death-rates of Persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 52 weeks of 1910.

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.Pyrexiaf (Origin uncertain).Diarrhoea.Phthisis.
County of London23.6Crude 12.7Corrected., 13.41.14..0.410.040.090.28..0.040.000.281.14103
West.
Paddington20.211.8|12.61.08..0.450.050.060.21..0.03..0.280.8496
Kensington17.511.912.80.77...0.290.010.090.17..0.03..0.180.77106
Hammersmith24.012.212.71.33..0.550.060.170.20..0.03..0.321.0499
Fulham23.810.511.01.13..0.360.040.080.33..0.01..0.310.94107
Chelsea18.412.613.10.65..0.25..0.050.16..0.03..0.161.16101
City of Westminster15.311.412.70.47..0.130.020.060.11..0.04..0.111.1284
North.
St. Marylebone18.712.813.70.930.220.060.070.35..0.05..0.181.10108
Hampstead14.08.69.70.460.160.020.050.12..0.03..0.080.5960
St. Pancras24.113.814.41.390.590.070.090.40..0.02..0.221.28102
Islington23.512.913.41.220.480.030.090.35..0.050.000.221.1394
Stoke Newington18.011.011.50.580.200.020.040.13..0.04..0.150.9164
Hackney22.111.712.20.840.280.020.030.25..0.04..0.321.0898
Central.
Holborn19.314.916.10.91..0.26..0.070.30..0.09..0.191.98103
Finsbury29.917.618.21.92..0.700.040.220.38..0.040.010.531.70123
City of London13.315.517.00.48....0.06..0.12..0.12..0.181.7066
East.
Shoreditch31.716.717.51.90..0.740.040.120.40..0.07..0.531.49146
Bethnal Green32.115.315.51.47..0.450.070.150.27..0.14..0.391.43123
Stepney29.513.714.31.32..0.330.040.090.36..0.05..0.451.31112
Poplar29.715.215.61.51..0.240.070.120.49..0.08..0.511.36118
South.
Southwark27.815.916.62.02..1.070.040.170.28..0.03..0.431.74116
Bermondsey31.617.718.12.44..1.140.110.150.34..0.03..0.671.76126
Lambeth22.512.512.90.99..0.370.070.080.17..0.05..0.251.1794
Battersea23.911.312.11.11..0.390.040.060.27..0.040.010.301.0397
Wandsworth22.910.210.70.61..0.140.040.040.23..0.03..0.130.8678
Camberwell23.312.112.51.09..0.480. 040.080.25..0.03..0.211.0894
Deptford25.214.014.71.47..0.490.030.090.40..0.04..0.421.19122
Greenwich21.611.611.81.42..0.430.030.090.51..0.03..0.330.94107
Lewisham20.99.6 !10.00.61..0.070.070.120.18..0.02..0.150.5580
Woolwich21.010.511.20.62..0.160.090.030.19..0.010-010.131.0185

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.