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Southwark 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 32.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS, REGULATIONS. 1912.
Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1918.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Civil Population, 1917. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death.rate per 1000 living. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro.Spinal meningitis. | Polio.myelitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping.cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||
| LONDON | 4,026,901 | 35 | 6,811 | 8174 | 1 | 358 | 2 | 158 | 2006 | 218 | 50 | 17,813 | 4.4 | ... | 1651 | 118 | 654 | 1688 | 79 | 1112 | 5302 | 1.3 | 74,623 | 18.6 |
| ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 122,507 | ... | 150 | 261 | ... | 13 | ... | 2 | 55 | 3 | ... | 484 | 4.0 | ... | 40 | 1 | 20 | 51 | 1 | 24 | 137 | 1.1 | 2192 | 17.9 |
| Kensington | 151,535 | ... | 222 | 174 | ... | 11 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 14 | ... | 474 | 3.1 | ... | 13 | 7 | 11 | 36 | ... | 43 | 110 | 0.7 | 2674 | 17.7 |
| Hammersmith | 114,952 | ... | 172 | 138 | ... | 15 | ... | 7 | 37 | 11 | ... | 380 | 3.3 | ... | 44 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 32 | 115 | 1.0 | 1946 | 17.0 |
| Fulham | 145,186 | ... | 229 | 207 | ... | 15 | ... | 12 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 518 | 3.6 | ... | 46 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 60 | 184 | 1.3 | 2455 | 18.9 |
| Chelsea | 57,368 | ... | 67 | 46 | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 19 | 1 | ... | 143 | 2.5 | ... | 14 | ... | 5 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 0.7 | 1080 | 16.6 |
| City of Westminster | 122,046 | ... | 92 | 133 | ... | 20 | ... | 4 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 288 | 2.4 | ... | 10 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 74 | 0.6 | 2023 | |
| ... | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 92,796 | ... | 78 | 158 | ... | 9 | ... | 6 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 304 | 3.3 | ... | 12 | ... | 10 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 83' | 0.9 | 1772 | 19.1 |
| Hampstead | 75,649 | ... | 52 | 110 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 25 | 2 | 1 | 201 | 0.7 | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 0.5 | 965 | 12.8 |
| St. Pancras | 186,600 | ... | 330 | 396 | ... | 17 | ... | 5 | 114 | 8 | 2 | 872 | 4.7 | ... | 70 | 7 | 32 | 88 | 5 | 47 | 249 | 1.3 | 3864 | 20.8 |
| Islington | 297,102 | 2 | 430 | 518 | ... | 27 | ... | 4 | 141 | 15 | 5 | 1142 | 3.9 | ... | 113 | 9 | 42 | 150 | 7 | 69 | 390 | 1.3 | 5766 | 19.5 |
| Stoke Newington | 47,426 | ... | 49 | 110 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 15 | 4 | ... | 180 | 3.8 | ... | 8 | ... | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 0.8 | 795 | 18.6 |
| Hacknev | 196,598 | 2 | 270 | 473 | ... | 30 | ... | 8 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 888 | 4.5 | ... | 43 | 6 | 50 | 57 | 8 | 62 | 226 | 1.2 | 3641 | |
| ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holborn | 35,303 | 1 | 23 | 81 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 3.4. | ... | 6 | ... | 5 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 1.1 | 820 | 23.3 | |
| Finsbury | 68,011 | ... | 167 | 121 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 26 | 3 | ... | 390 | 4.7 | ... | 44 | 3 | 10 | 53 | ... | 15 | 125 | 1.8 | 1569 | 23.1 |
| City of London | 16,138 | ... | 18 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 45 | 2.8 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 9 | 0.6 | 289 | 18.0 |
| ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 89,675 | ... | 156 | 192 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 450 | 5.0 | ... | 82 | 12 | 95 | 1 | 61 | 251 | 2.8 | 2122 | 23.7 | |
| Bethnal Green | 107,362 | 2 | 297 | 337 | ... | 14 | ... | 3 | 115 | 9 | 2 | 778 | 7.3 | ... | 175 | 9 | 26 | 94 | 2 | 39 | 401 | 3.7 | 2477 | 231 |
| Stepney | 232,010 | 24 | 448 | 774 | ... | 15 | ... | 6 | 136 | 18 | 6 | 1427 | 6.2 | ... | 147 | 5 | 57 | 150 | 6 | 83 | 392 | 1.7 | 4771 | 20.6 |
| Poplar | 143,443 | 2 | 231 | 306 | ... | 12 | ... | 12 | 94 | 9 | 4 | 670 | 4.7 | ... | 150 | 3 | 31 | 67 | 1 | 49 | 301 | 2.1 | 3146 | 22.0 |
| Southwark | 167,936 | ... | 653 | 504 | ... | 8 | 1 | 12 | 150 | 7 | ... | 1333 | 8.0 | ... | 145 | 14 | 41 | 129 | 1 | 47 | 377 | 2.3 | 3757 | 22.4 |
| Bermondsey | 107,635 | ... | 233 | 1 | o | ... | 2 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 680 | 6.3 | ... | 73 | 3 | 23 | 87 | ... | 36 | 222 | 2.1 | 2401 | 22.4 | |
| Lambeth | 272,038 | 1 | 525 | 438 | ... | 13 | ... | 17 | 97 | 16 | 1 | 1108 | 4.1 | ... | 131 | 13 | 49 | 88 | 5 | 70 | 356 | 1.3 | 4972 | 18.3 |
| Battersea | 150,023 | ... | 253 | 221 | ... | 8 | ... | 2 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 573 | 3.8 | ... | 57 | 4 | 22 | 59 | ... | 42 | 184 | 1.2 | 2767 | 18.5 |
| Wandsworth | 300,787 | ... | 550 | 494 | ... | 38 | ... | 16 | 110 | 18 | 2 | 1228 | 4.1 | ... | 44 | 3 | 34 | 47 | 5 | 76 | 219 | 0.7 | 4349 | 14.5 |
| Camberwell | 239,461 | ... | 342 | 549 | ... | 13 | ... | 4 | 149 | 14 | ... | 1071 | 4.5 | ... | 85 | 5 | 36 | 86 | 4 | 61 | 277 | 1.2 | 4224 | 17.7 |
| Deptford | 103,527 | 1 | 192 | 232 | ... | 14 | ... | 2 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 516 | 5.0 | ... | 20 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 21 | 111 | 1.1 | 1809 | 17.5 |
| Greenwich | 90,440 | ... | 166 | 244 | ... | 14 | ... | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 471 | 5.2 | ... | 45 | 1 | 16 | 45 | 4 | 30 | 141 | 1.6 | 1710 | 19.0 |
| Lewisham | 161,405 | ... | 200 | 320 | ... | 6 | ... | 5 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 592 | 3.7 | ... | 61 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 105 | 0.7 | 2196 | 13.6 |
| Woolwich | 131,942 | ... | 213 | 241 | ... | 13 | ... | 31 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 549 | 4.2 | ... | 21 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 33 | 113 | 0.9 | 2071 | 15.7 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| * Including | Membranous Croup. | |||||||||||||||||||||||