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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1898
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899
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Table No. 7 continued
| SANITARY AREAS. | POPULATION estimated to the middle of 1898. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of age. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever | Simple Continued Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | |||
| East Districts. Shoreditch | 121485 | 2707 | 480 | ... | 108 | 21 | 44 | 98 | ... | 17 | ... | 192 | 245 | 838 |
| Bethnal Green | 129027 | 2872 | 503 | ... | 152 | 21 | 62 | 119 | ... | 17 | ... | 142 | 279 | 877 |
| Whitechapel | 80559 | 1622 | 169 | ... | 45 | 8 | 62 | 24 | ... | 17 | ... | 63 | 209 | 449 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 48241 | 1192 | 159 | ... | 33 | 6 | 14 | 39 | ... | 9 | ... | 60 | 130 | 407 |
| Limehouse | 58661 | 1390 | 249 | ... | 57 | 5 | 26 | 62 | ... | 8 | 1 | 90 | 140 | 398 |
| Mile End Old Town | 112528 | 2229 | 393 | ... | 93 | 8 | 63 | 74 | ... | 13 | ... | 142 | 164 | 664 |
| Poplar | 179020 | 3605 | 629 | ... | 130 | 22 | 89 | 120 | ... | 30 | 1 | 142 | 311 | 1126 |
| South Districts. St. Saviour | 24562 | 577 | 76 | ... | 17 | 1 | 15 | 14 | ... | 4 | ... | 25 | 75 | 156 |
| St. Geo.-the-Mar., Southwark | 60466 | 1470 | 241 | ... | 43 | 20 | 36 | 14 | ... | 4 | ... | 99 | 192 | 156 |
| Newington | 123183 | 2520 | 388 | ... | 55 | 24 | 72 | 45 | ... | 10 | ... | 182 | 298 | 402 |
| St. Olave | 11288 | 232 | 26 | ... | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 25 | 47 |
| Bermondsey | 85738 | 1771 | 258 | ... | 59 | 19 | 44 | 47 | ... | 9 | ... | 80 | 184 | 485 |
| Rotherhithe | 40849 | 1771 | 91 | ... | 33 | 10 | 11 | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | 21 | 74 | 220 |
| Lambeth | 304073 | 5422 | 755 | ... | 135 | 30 | 115 | 159 | 35 | 1 | 281 | 506 | 1425 | |
| Battersea | 171921 | 2897 | 503 | 114 | 28 | 120 | 68 | ... | 14 | 2 | 157 | 257 | 855 | |
| Wandsworth | 202526 | 2902 | 484 | ... | 111 | 16 | 89 | 86 | ... | 16 | ... | 166 | 229 | 748 |
| Camberwell | 261189 | 4261 | 628 | ... | 117 | 18 | 87 | 128 | ... | 26 | ... | 252 | 398 | 1191 |
| Greenwich | 185441 | 3336 | 855 | ... | 108 | 21 | 44 | 122 | ... | 38 | ... | 222 | 272 | 988 |
| Lee | 39717 | 595 | 88 | ... | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 | ... | 7 | ... | 30 | 46 | 143 |
| Lewisham (exclnsive Penge) | 88562 | 1350 | 221 | ... | 35 | 10 | 26 | 14 | ... | 6 | ... | 112 | 78 | 372 |
| Woolwich | 41478 | 844 | 171 | ... | 58 | 5 | 19 | 27 | ... | 8 | ... | 54 | 86 | 217 |
| Plumstead | 62531 | 1016 | 178 | ... | 58 | 12 | 15 | 33 | ... | 8 | ... | 57 | 92 | 293 |