London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hampstead 1908
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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* These figures are approximate. † Incomplete total.
‡ Contributions to owners towards repair or reconstruction of combined drainage.
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| Borough. | 1899-00. | 1900-1. | 1901-2. | 1902-3. | 1903-4. | 1904-5. | 1905-6. | 1906-7. | 1907-8. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £. | s, | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | 5. | 1. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Battersea | 2427 | 15 | 3 | 3151 | 0 | 5 | 1629 | 2 | 5 | 2343 | 4 | 10 | 2876 | 13 | 2 | 2127 | 0 | 0 | 1878 | 0 | 0 | 1405 | 0 | 0 | 1117 | 0 | 01 | 18954 | 16 | 1 |
| Bermondsey | Average expe nditure £250 per annum | No separate account kept | — | — | 273 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0* | 2423 | 0 | 0† | |||||||||||||||||
| Bethnel Green | 1150 | 8 | 6 | 1399 | 17 | 7 | 1125 | 19 | 5 | 2609 | 12 | 2 | 2741 | 3 | 9 | 1943 | 8 | 8 | 1997 | 13 | 5 | 1296 | 18 | 7 | 1237 | 15 | 0 | 15502 | 17 | 1 |
| Camberwell | 1436 | 0 | 0 | 2200 | 0 | 0 | 1308 | 0 | 0 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 9469 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea | — | — | 50 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 16 | 0 | - | Nil | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 234 | 15 | 6† | ||||||||
| Deptford | — | — | Total for years 1900-1904: | 182 | 6 | 5 | 126 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 380 | 7 | 6† | |||||||||
| Finsbury | Not available | 33 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 412 | 8 | 11† | ||
| Fulham | 1020 | 9 | I | 407 | 8 | 0 | 1304 | 8 | 10 | 450 | 11 | 7 | 523 | 0 | 7 | 326 | 8 | 2 | 287 | 4 | 6 | 222 | 19 | 11 | 260 | 13 | 0 | 4803 | 3 | 8 |
| Greenwich | — | — | — | Approximate expenditure 1904-1906 | 257 | 13 | 10 | Nil | Nil | 257 | 13 | 10† | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hackney | Approximate expenditure £3000 per an num. | — | — | — | — | — | 27000 | 0 | 0* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hammersmith | 142 | 1 | 5 | 191 | 19 | 9 | 210 | 7 | 4 | 102 | 2 | 11 | 110 | 4 | 8 | 80 | 16 | 11 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 5 | 5 | 127 | 19 | 8 | 1081 | 7 | 6 |
| Hampstead | — | — | — | 200 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | Nil | 519 | 0 | 0† | ||||||||
| Holborn | — | — | — | — | — | Nil | Nil | No separate account kept | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Islington | 3850 | 0 | 0 | 2852 | 5 | 3 | 3930 | 3 | 3 | 4877 | 12 | 2 | 4513 | 9 | 1 | 2995 | 0 | 0 | 4332 | 0 | 0 | 4369 | 0 | 0 | 2075 | 0 | 0 | 33794 | 9 | 9 |
| Kensington | — | — | — | 130 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 13 | 1 | Nil | 335 | 8 | 5† | ||||||||
| Lambeth | — | — | — | 1184 | 4 | 7 | 1590 | 6 | 0 | 549 | 17 | 5 | 540 | 19 | 2 | 1105 | 0 | 11 | 1300 | 0 | 0* | 6270 | 8 | 1† | ||||||
| Lewisham | Estima ted expendit ure for years 1900-1904: | 1000 | 0 | 0 | No separate account kept | 1000 | 0 | 0† | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 2361 | 0 | 0 | 1754 | 0 | 0 | 1784 | 0 | 0 | 1367 | 0 | 0 | 1114 | 0 | 0 | 753 | 18 | 0 | 871 | 0 | 6 | 887 | 12 | 7 | 1036 | 2 | 10 | 11928 | 13 | 11 |
| Poplar | 1265 | 3 | 4 | 1575 | 0 | 2 | 1318 | 11 | 10 | 1870 | 8 | 3 | 1447 | 17 | 4 | 1096 | 19 | 6 | 1075 | 0 | 10 | 1033 | 14 | 8 | 431 | 9 | 7 | 11114 | 5 | 6 |
| St. Marylebone | No separate account kept | — | _ | _ | 7 | 14 | 0‡ | 35 | 0 | o‡ | No separate account kept | 42 | 14 | 0† | ||||||||||||||||
| St. Pancras | 1931 | 12 | 9 | 4209 | 14 | 2 | 3512 | 3 | 7 | 5361 | 8 | 0 | 4001 | 12 | 5 | 1998 | 17 | 5 | 1489 | 2 | 7 | 1458 | 3 | 1 | 546 | 1 | 7 | 24508 | 15 | 7 |
| Shoreditch | 701 | 11 | 8 | 576 | 10 | 11 | 361 | 14 | 6 | 592 | 17 | 2 | 485 | 6 | 2 | 458 | 7 | 1 | 318 | 6 | 4 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 460 | 0 | 0* | 4414 | 13 | 10* |
| Southwark | — | — | 1066 | 15 | 5 | 760 | 7 | 11 | 1160 | 2 | 4 | 711 | 4 | 1 | 877 | 6 | 2 | 1079 | 5 | 8 | 600 | 0 | 0* | 6255 | 1 | 7† | ||||
| Stepney | — | — | 774 | 19 | 1 | 815 | 18 | 1 | 740 | 5 | 5 | 1236 | 13 | 5 | 1229 | 7 | 9 | 1466 | 2 | 2 | 2178 | 14 | 8 | 8442 | 0 | 7† | ||||
| Stoke Newington | — | — | 53 | 0 | 0 | Unable to give figures | 191 | 12 | 11 | 182 | 8 | 10 | 185 | 0 | 0' | 612 | 1 | 9† | ||||||||||||
| Wandsworth | Nil | 186 | 8 | 11 | 134 | 2 | 10 | 514 | 19 | 10 | 178 | 8 | 2 | 175 | 11 | 7 | 70 | 19 | 5 | Nil | 86 | 6 | 10 | 1346 | 17 | 7 | ||||
| Westminster | Estimated e xpenditure £ 250 per annum | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | 2250 | 0 | 0* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Woolwich | 1220 | 7 | 0 | 332 | 3 | 0 | 879 | 11 | 4 | 1255 | 12 | 0 | 500 | 1 | 7 | 399 | 9 | 6 | 256 | 16 | 11 | 113 | 1 | 9 | 358 | 7 | 5* | 5315 | 10 | 6 |