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West Ham 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Vital Statistics of London Boroughs and Large English Towns.

TOWNS.Population Estimated middle of 1904.Birth Rate.Death Rate per 1,000 Persons Living fromDeaths under one year per 1,000 births.
All Causes.Principal Epidemic Diseases.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhœa.Phthisis.
Paddington146,97522.513.81.560.010.270.070.130.110.070.901.20136
Kensington179,23619.314.31.450.010.380.030.100.110.030.781.44150
Hammersmith117,41226.915.72.53-0.910.050.190.3100410.31.38152
Fulham152,48232.315.42.49-0.420.030.150.380041.471.43153
Chelsea74,32920.916.51.49-0.340.080.070 350.030 621.82156
Westminster177,32116.413.50.87-0.130.050.040.100060.481.52125
St. Marylebone130,33730 416.21.51-0.380.070.110.100 020.831.6694
Hampstead86,66316.610.20.66-0.200.020.050.090060.240.83113
St. Pancras235,93626.017.42.01-0.540.110.100.350070.781.88150
Islington341,04426.115.41.750.000.530.100.090.250.050.731.55129
Stoke Newington52,44521.813.31130.130.060.150.230060.501.72114
Hackney226,26627.314.92.130.340.090.240.240 121.101.39142
Holborn57,16128.618.51.800.040.740.070.160070.722.86109
Finsbury98,95836.421.32.570.030.590.170.160.280.091 252.39140
Shoredjtch117,03332.120.43.200.020.690.110.150.540.071 .622.18188
Bethnal Green130,20734.919.32.950 .050.690.140.360.400051.252.16157
Stepney303,79137.019.42.840.10.570.110.300.420101.332.12155
Poplar169,90532.718.63.370.020.540.140.500.480081.611.74154
Southwark207,93731.620.13.130.000.920.060.130.570091.362.36174
Bermondsey129,39732.520.03.521.050.140.120.530121.552.12172
Lambeth310,35929.315.82100.530.050.110.350.041.021.45138
Rattersea175,46527.714.52020.340.060.080.340.071131.42147