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Woolwich 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE VII.

London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Birth-rates and Death-rates of Persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 52 weeks ended 2nd January, of 1915.

Boroughs.Per 1,000 Persons Living.Rate per 1000 Births.
Births.Deaths from
All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping-cough.Diphtheria.Pulmonary TuberculosisDiarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under 1 year.
Crude.* Standardized.
Counts of London24.314.414.40.030.310.070.200.161.3927.64104
West.
Paddington20.913.012.90.02..0.030.060.180.141.0226.6495
Kensington18.813.113.10.01..0.090.100.040.081.1019.6394
Hammersmith23.813.913.70.04..0.330.040.170.131.3822.8394
Fulham26.513.413.80.06..0.200.130.270.141.3130.33113
Chelsea20.213.512.90.05..0.050.080.090.121.3516.1767
City of Westminster14.012.613.20.06..0.040.060.140.101.3316.2480
North.
St. Marylebone18.713.814.10.05..0.020.080.180.161.2827.6798
Hampstead14.810.411.00.05..0.020.020.190.120.648.6480
St. Pancras24.515.615.60.02..0.260.080.240.141.7723.1792
Islington25.215.214.80.05..0.300.070.260.131.4527.90105
Stoke Newington20.713.112.5....0.020.060.120.081.1515.3178
Hackney24.513.914.00.04..0.480.040.240.181.3623.2692
Central.
Holborn16.416.116.20.13..0.240040.190091.9717.0290
Pinsbury30.119.619.40.02..0.900 070.530.111.9834.63123
City of London10.213.414.00.06..0.060060170111.125.5294
East.
Shoreditch32.119.019.60.02..1.020.050.500.182.1442.15141
Bethnal Green29.716.016.60.03..0.530.050.380.221.6545.96137
Stepney29.416.517.30.03..0.660.100.260.261.7033.26124
Poplar31.617.116.90.04..0.410.060.190.211.6738.44116
South.
Southwark29.817.817.90.01..0.510.120.310.201.7636.94124
Bermondsey31.017.417.40.02..0.650.060.110.141.6336.37125
Lambeth23.714.614.30.05..0.200.050.140.171.4228.77104
Battersea25.813.313.40.02..0.300.070.160.101.2628.3593
Wandsworth20.210.911.00.02..0.080.040.170.120.9022.1789
Camberwell25.213.713.60.02..0.250.090.180.151.4321.7399
Deptford28.614.414.30.03..0.470.080.080.231.3829.2199
Greenwich25.114.714.50.05..0.490.070.060.171.3822.0198
Lewisham19.810.910.70.04..0.040.050.110.140.7516.4974
Woolwich23.313.814.10.02..0.200.070.220.281.4010.5785

"The Standardized Death-rates represent the Crude Death-rates multiplied by the respective
Standardizing Factors in order to make Correction for differences of sex and age constitution of the several
populations in 1911 as compared with that of England and Wales in 1901.