Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Boroughs. | Per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under one year to 1000 Births. | |||||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia† Origin uncertain). | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | ||||
Crude. | Cor-rected* | ||||||||||||||
COUNTY OF LONDON | 23.6 | 12.7 | 1.14 | - | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.28 | - | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 1.14 | 103 | |
West. | |||||||||||||||
Paddington | 20.2 | 11.8 | 1.08 | - | 0.45 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.21 | -_ | 0.03 | — | 0.28 | 0.84 | 96 | |
Kensington | 17.5 | 11.9 | 0.77 | -_ | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.17 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.18 | 0.77 | 106 | |
Hammersmith | 24.0 | 12.2 | 1.33 | -_ | 0.55 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.20 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.32 | 1.04 | 99 | |
Fulham | 23.8 | 10.5 | 1.13 | - | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.33 | — | 0.01 | — | 0.31 | 0.94 | 107 | |
Chelsea | 18.4 | 12 .0 | 0.65 | — | 0.25 | — | 0.05 | 0.16 | - | 0.03 | — | 0.16 | 1.16 | 101 | |
City of Westminster | 15.3 | 11. 4 | 0.47 | — | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | - | 0.04 | - | 0.11 | 1.12 | 84 | |
North. | |||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 18.7 | 12.8 | 0.93 | - | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.35 | - | 0.05 | - | 0.18 | 1.10 | 108 | |
Hampstead | 14.0 | 8.6 | 0.46 | -_ | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.12 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.08 | 0.59 | 60 | |
St. Pancras | 24.1 | 13.8 | 1.39 | - | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.40 | -__ | 0.02 | - | 0.22 | 1.28 | 102 | |
Islington | 23.5 | 12.9 | 1.22 | -_ | 0.48 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.35 | — | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 1.13 | 94 | |
Stoke Newington | 18.0 | 11.0 | 0.58 | -__ | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.13 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.15 | 0.91 | 64 | |
Hackney | 22.1 | 11.7 | 0.84 | — | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.25 | — | 0.04 | - | 0.22 | 1.08 | 98 | |
Central. | |||||||||||||||
Holborn | 19.3 | 14.9 | 0.91 | -_ | 0.26 | - | 0.07 | 0.30 | — | 0.09 | — | 0.19 | 1.98 | 103 | |
Finsbury | 29.9 | 17.6 | 1.92 | -_ | 0.70 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.38 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 1.70 | 123 | |
City of London | 13.3 | 15.5 | 0.48 | — | - | 0.06 | - | 0.12 | - | 0.12 | — | 0.18 | 1.70 | 66 | |
East. | |||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 31.7 | 16.7 | 1.90 | - | 0.74 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.40 | - | 0.07 | — | 0.53 | 1.49 | 146 | |
BETHNAL GREEN | 32.1 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 1.47 | - | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.27 | — | 0.14 | - | 0.39 | 1.43 | 123 |
Stepney | 29.5 | 13.7 | 1.32 | -_ | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.36 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.45 | 1.31 | 112 | |
Poplar | 29.7 | 15.2 | 1.51 | — | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.49 | — | 0.08 | - | 0.51 | 1.36 | 118 | |
South. | |||||||||||||||
Southwark | 27.8 | 15.9 | 2.02 | - | 1.07 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.28 | -_ | 0.03 | - | 0.43 | 1.74 | 116 | |
Bermondsey | 31.6 | 17.7 | 2.44 | -_ | 1.14 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.34 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.67 | 1.76 | 126 | |
Lambeth | 22.5 | 12.5 | 0.99 | - | 0.37 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.17 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.25 | 1.17 | 94 | |
Battersea | 23.9 | 11.3 | 1.11 | -_ | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.27 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 1.03 | 97 | |
Wandsworth | 22.9 | 10.2 | 0.61 | -_ | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.23 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.13 | 0.86 | 78 | |
Camberwell | 23.3 | 12.1 | 1.09 | -_ | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.25 | — | 0.03 | - | 0.21 | 1.08 | 94 | |
Deptford | 25.2 | 14.0 | 1.47 | -_ | 0.49 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.40 | — | 0.04 | - | 0.42 | 1.19 | 122 | |
Greenwich | 21.6 | 11.6 | 1.42 | - | 0.43 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.51 | — | 0.03 | - | 0.33 | 0.94 | 107 | |
Lewisham | 20.9 | 9.6 | 0.61 | -_ | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.18 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.15 | 0.55 | ||
Woolwich | 2.10 | 10.5 | 0.62 | - | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.19 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 1.01 | 85 |
In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred,—is
inserted.
* The Corrected death-rates represent the Crude death-rates multiplied by the respective Factors for Correction for
differences of sex and age constitution of population.
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.