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TABLE 18.
Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1901.
Cities and Boroughs.
Estimated population
in the middle of 1901.
Notified Cases of Infectious Disease.
Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.
Deaths from all
causes.
Death-rate per 1000
living.
Deaths of Infants
under one year to 1000
births.
Small-pox.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.*
Typhus Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Other continued
fevers.
Puerperal Fever.
Erysipelas.
| Cholera.
Total.
Annual rate
per 1000 persons
living.
Small-pox.
Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.*
Whooping-cough.
Typhus Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Other continued
Fevers.
Diarrhceal
Diseases.
Total.
Annual rate
per 1000 persons
living.
LODNDON
4,543,757
1702
18,390
12,154
20
3195
48
251
4606
3
40,369
8.9
229
1952
584
' 1330
1604
4
j 497
7
3900
10,107
2.22
77,663
17.1
148
West Districts—
Paddington
144,154
21
506
340
—
92
—
13
141
—
1113
7.7
—
9
11
46
52
—
15
—
116
249
1.72
2060
14.3
136
Kensington
176,787
15
476
251
2
99
8
10
171
—
1032
5.9
1
76
15
38
62
1
11
—
117
321
1.83
2675
15.2
163
Hammersmith
112,619
45
346
226
—
77
2
3
116
—
815
7.3
15
47
14
36
80
—
16
—
115
323
2.86
1914
17.0
168
Fulham
138,426
16
600
644
—
133
1
7
132
1
1534
11.1
3
38
20
48
77
—
20
2
181
389
2.81
2181
15.8
152
Chelsea
73,879
5
190
107
—
41
—
4
47
—
394
5.3
1
9
5
9
29
—
6
—
38
97
1.31
1223
16.6
138
City of Westminster
182,502
100
478
255
—
105
2
6
117
—
1063
5.8
l6
59
11
21
48
—
20
—
70
245
1.34
2906
16.0
135
North Districts—
St. Marylebone
133.060
79
397
259
—
82
—
4
183
—
1004
7.6
7
9
18
33
40
—
8
—
104
219
1.65
2207
16.6
107
Hampstead
82,287
7
219
153
—
50
1
5
48
—
483
5.9
2
1
4
20
24
—
7
—
26
84
1.02
874
10.7
104
St. Pancras
235,297
256
991
942
—
186
2
13
253
—
2643
11.3
41
68
33
109
87
—
30
—
195
563
2.39
4291
18.3
154
Islington
335,325
62
1291
913
2
281
4
33
286
—
2872
8.6
8
157
30
132
90
—
47
—
198
662
1.97
5364
16.0
140
Stoke Newington
51,328
19
172
144
—
26
—
4
41
—
406
7.9
3
8
4
14
6
—
5
—
25
65
1.28
674
13.2
115
Hackney
219,780
41
933
978
1
192
1
16
327
—
2490
11.4
5
94
26
97
50
—
20
—
179
471
2.15
3455
15.8
135
Central Districts—
Holborn
59,205
216
258
167
1
39
—
2
89
—
772
13.1
30
23
3
15
10
—
12
—
42
135
2.28
1186
20.1
124
Finsbury
101,283
93
502
297
—
68
1
5
135
—
1101
10.9
7
48
18
36
38
—
. 11
—
121
279
2.78
2166
21.4
142
City of London
26,627
8
110
67
—
21
—
1
13
—
220
8.3
2
1
4
8
2
—
3
—
8
28
1.06
534
20.1
175
East Districts—
Shoreditch
118,554
18
557
326
—
97
10
6
142
—
1156
9.8
5
75
20
29
60
—
10
—
155
354
2.99
2591
21.9
197
Bethnal Green
129,700
32
841
463
1
108
2
8
211
—
1666
12.9
2
88
44
63
38
—
19
1
117
372
2.88
2628
2.0.3
153
Stepney
298,884
161
1177
845
2.
267
—
16
372
—
2840
9.5
22
180
42
76
98
1
44
—
298
761
2.54
6218
20.9
163
Poplar
168,887
71
561
619
—
173
—
6
187
—
1617
9.6
10
89
14
83
79
—
26
—
213
514
3.04
3364
20.0
165
South Districts—
Southwark
206,219
89
1301
558
—_
135
—
5
242
—
2330
ll.3
14
161
54
53
98
—
18
—
222
620
3.02
4416
21.5
168
Bermondsey
130,348
107
932
330
1
150
—
5
155
—
1680
12.9
14
81
44
37
57
—
22
—
122
377
2.90
2718
20.9
169
Lambeth
302,460
51
1039
527
—
144
6
14
239
1
2021
6.7
4
122
38
51
115
—
23
3
293
649
2.15
5204
17.3
139
Battersea
169,364
53
602
267
—
91
—
8
126
—
1147
6.8
2
132
10
20
81
—
18
—
202
465
2.76
2773
16.4
163
Wandsworth
233,943
32
689
478
—
99
1
14
225
—
1538
6.6
3
65
17
41
62
—
16
1
157
362
1.55
3118
13.4
132
Camberwell
259,897
54
1474
867
—
155
1
19
228
—
2798
10.8
7
152
47
112
84
—
25
—
204
631
2.44
4268
16.5
142
Deptford
110,732
4
549
427
9
63
2
2
111
—
1167
10.6
1
53
17
37
50
2
10
—
104
274
2.48
1818
16.5
146
Greenwich
96,188
11
419
188
—
68
—
6
110
—
802
8.4
3
55
5
22
39
—
10
—
75
209
2.17
1463
15.3
130
Lewisham
128,423
12
465
299
1
61
1
8
86
—
933
7.3
—
31
11
24
28
—
13
—
104
211
1.65
1665
13.0
129
Woolwich
117,619
23
310
217
—
69
1
8
70
—
698
6.0
1
21
5
20
20
—
12
—
99
178
1.51
1709
14.6
129
Port of London
1
5
23
2
3
34
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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* Including Membranous Croup.