Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902
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Death rates in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases during the year 1902 before Distribution, and after Distribution of Deaths in Public
Institutions.
Boroughs. | Death-rates per 1000 Living. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Phthisis | |||||
Before Distribution. | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | |
County of London | 17.7 | 17.2 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1.64 | 160 |
Paddington | 15.7 | 14.6 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.99 | 1.05 |
Kensington | 17.2 | 15.3 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 2.09 | 1.29 |
Hammersmith | 13.8 | 16.3 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.86 | 1.43 |
Fulham | 17.8 | 17.1 | 0.40 | 0.13 | 0.68 | 0.35 | 1.53 | 1.38 |
Chelsea | 25.2 | 18.0 | — | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 3.15 | 1.45 |
City of Westminster | 15.8 | 16.1 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 1.25 | 1.78 |
St. Marylebone | 15.6 | 18.3 | — | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 1.14 | 1.92 |
Hampstead | 14.2 | 10.8 | 1.15 | 0.08 | 1.29 | 0.12 | 1.40 | 0.85 |
St. Pancras | 18.6 | 18.6 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 1.93 | 1.88 |
Islington | 16.1 | 16.4 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 1.68 | 1.50 |
Stoke Newington | 11.2 | 13.4 | — | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 1.07 | 1.26 |
Hackney | 15.6 | 15.0 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.55 | 0.27 | 1.43 | 1.43 |
Holborn | 21.6 | 21.3 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 2.27 | 3.01 |
Finsbury | 14.0 | 22.9 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 1.22 | 2.28 |
City of London | 36.9 | 20.4 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 1.92 | 1.69 |
Shoreditch | 20.2 | 20.7 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 1.84 | 1 81 |
Bethnal Green | 19.1 | 20.8 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 2.23 | 1.97 |
Stepney | 20.4 | 20.6 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 1.64 | 1 90 |
Poplar | 19.7 | 19.3 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 1.97 | 1.70 |
Southwark | 17.9 | 21.4 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 1.42 | 2.62 |
Bermondsey | 17.5 | 20.8 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 1.70 | 1.88 |
Lambeth | 17.9 | 17.4 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 1.61 | 1.70 |
Battersea | 14.3 | 15.0 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 1.26 | 1.31 |
Wandsworth | 12.5 | 13.5 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.41 | 0.27 | 0.91 | 0.90 |
Camberwell | 17.4 | 16.3 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 2.22 | 1.51 |
Deptford | 13.4 | 16.5 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.76 | 0.18 | 0.71 | 1.12 |
Greenwich | 20.1 | 15.4 | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.94 | 0.15 | 1.74 | 1.19 |
Woolwich | 13.8 | 15.1 | — | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 1.39 | 1.49 |