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Lewisham 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 12

Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1905, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered
Deaths from
Births.All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall-PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping-CoughTyphusEnteric FeverPyrexia* (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
CntyofL'nd'n27.115.11.700.000.370.120.120.32—0.050.000.721.42129
West.
Paddington21.613.31.39—0.420.050.020.34—0.03—0.530.96123
Kensington19.314.01.39—0.310.120.050.33—0.07—0.511.14144
Hammersmith26.213.91.70—0.240.090.180.48—0.04—0.671.16135
Fulham30.415.12.71—0.540.140.150.53—0.06—1.291.22145
Chelsea21.314.81.03—0.070.120.070.30—0.05—0.421.51117
Ctyof Wstmstr16.813.50.81—0.220.090.030.16—0.02-0.291.51114
North.
St. Marylebone30.015.51.12—0.290.120.040.190.050 010.421.4688
Hampstead16.29.30.53—0.090.070.030.190.02—0.130.8394
St.. Pancra24.715.81.50—0.330.110.110.350.03—0.571.52135
Islington25.214.51.470.000.360.110.100.330.05—0.521.26125
Stoke Nwingtn20.512.91.14—0.230.060.090.19-——0.571.33122
Hackney25.81401.980.010.360.080.110.29—0.12—1.011.15129
Central
Holborn28.517.51.12—0.200.070.070.30—0.07—0.412.8492
Finsbury34.719.02.17—0.420.210.120.33—0.09—1.002.02127
City of London13.517'40.57—0.040.040.090.09———0.311.34149
East.
Shoreditch33.519.72.960.020.540.240.150.76—0.03—1.221.96167
Bethnal Green33.218.62.27—0.360.200.240.42—0.060.010.982.04151
Stepney35.317.72.580.000.520.190.200.45—0.070.001.151.72141
Poplar32.117.62.65—0.470.170.240.47—0.06—1.241.53153
South.
South wark30.018.52.39—0.740.130.210.38—0.05—0.882.13148
Bermondsey33.318.72.21—0.480.130.140.29—0.06—1.111.79148
Lambeth28.314.91.50—0.310.100.120.26—0.03—0.681.38115
Battersea27.414.51.99—0.710.140.070.29—0.03—0.751.34131
Wandsworth26012.61.46—0.340.110.110.29—0.04—0.571.02119
Camberwell25.613.71.30—0.300.110.070.25—0.03—0.541.21124
Deptford28.914.31.19—0.140.090.080.17—0.05—0.661.22122
Greenwich25.913.41.30—0.170.050.160.14—0.05—0.731.26119
Lewisham25.211.70.830 030.280.030.060.17—0.04—0.220.8793
Woolwich28.412.81.020.100.080.140.13—0.060.511.52102

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. ''Originally described Simple Continued Fever.