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Southwark 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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3.—Deaths, 1933.
| Metropolitan borough. | Deaths. | Death.rate per 1,000 population. | Infant deaths (under one year). | Infant mortality, per 1,000 births. | Deaths from tuberculosis (all forms). | Natural increase +) or decrease (—) (a). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 109 | 10.7 | 5 | 65 | 8 | — 32 | |
| Battersea | 1,924 | 12.5 | 112 | 49 | 146 | + 339 |
| Bermondsey | 1,334 | 12.4 | 93 | 62 | 118 | + 166 |
| Bethnal Green | 1,306 | 12.5 | 99 | 66 | 88 | + 188 |
| Camberwell | 3,005 | 12.3 | 160 | 49 | 245 | + 242 |
| Chelsea | 801 | 13.6 | 49 | 78 | 39 | — 176 |
| Deptford | 1,247 | 12.1 | 82 | 54 | 104 | + 273 |
| Finsbury | 852 | 12.8 | 52 | 51 | 84 | + 158 |
| Fuiham | 1,927 | 13.0 | 126 | 65 | 141 | + 11 |
| Greenwich | 1,165 | 11.9 | 89 | 66 | 108 | + 174 |
| Hackney | 2,474 | 11.5 | 152 | 51 | 196 | + 530 |
| Hammersmith | 1,690 | 12.9 | 119 | 65 | 150 | + 137 |
| Hampstead | 994 | 11.0 | 33 | 38 | 40 | — 130 |
| Holborn | 486 | 13.5 | 24 | 70 | 29 | — 144 |
| Islington | 3,969 | 12.6 | 289 | 63 | 316 | + 602 |
| Kensington | 2,336 | 12.9 | 157 | 73 | 138 | — 171 |
| Lambeth | 3,789 | 131 | 249 | 63 | 274 | + 153 |
| Lewisham | 2,271 | 10.3 | 107 | 40 | 160 | + 431 |
| Paddington | 1,896 | 13.4 | 163 | 86 | 104 | + 10 |
| Poplar | 1,859 | 12.5 | 125 | 54 | 147 | + 436 |
| St. Marylebone | 1,224 | 130 | 51 | 56 | 68 | — 308 |
| St. Pancras | 2,608 | 13.7 | 151 | 58 | 195 | — 17 |
| Shoreditch | 1,212 | 13.0 | 110 | 74 | 98 | + 282 |
| Southwark | 2,298 | 14.0 | 147 | 63 | 235 | + 31 |
| Stepney.. | 2,834 | 12.9 | 214 | 64 | 193 | + 484 |
| Stoke Newington | 628 | 12.3 | 30 | 46 | 33 | + 18 |
| Wandsworth | 4,087 | 11.7 | 198 | 51 | 302 | — 240 |
| Westminster (City) | 1,577 | 12.5 | 75 | 67 | 102 | — 463 |
| Woolwich | 1,634 | 11.2 | 116 | 62 | 135 | + 223 |
| Total, Administrative County of London .. | 53,536 | 12.5 | 3,377 | 60 | 3,996 | + 3,207 |
| (a) "Natural Increase'' is the excess of births over deaths; "natural decrease" is the excess of deaths over births | ||||||
(а) Subject to revision.
(б) Net annual value—For purposes of comparison with rateable value the figures of net annual value include
Government property in all cases.
(c) Based upon the Registrar.General's estimated resident population, mid.1933.