Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1909
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The following table of Deaths from Infectious Diseases is compiled from the Registrar's General Report.
Boroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1909. | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of Age. | |||||||||||
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All causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia (Origin uncertain). | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | ||||
COUNTY OF LONDON | 4,833,938 | 116,559 | 67,632 | 6,285 | 2 | 2,324 | 283 | 605 | 1,246 | — | 146 | 2 | 1,577 | 6,337 | 12,582 |
Paddington | 151,955 | 3,120 | 1,956 | 136 | _ | 36 | 14 | 10 | 36 | — | 4 | — | 36 | 164 | 312 |
Kensington | 183,683 | 3,362 | 2,440 | 183 | — | 58 | 9 | 19 | 40 | — | 8 | — | 49 | 176 | 379 |
Hammersmith | 125,704 | 2,995 | 1,791 | 210 | — | 80 | 11 | 23 | 47 | — | 5 | — | 44 | 137 | 360 |
Fulham | 176,406 | 4,307 | 2,113 | 276 | — | 74 | 10 | 40 | 49 | — | 4 | — | 99 | 205 | 466 |
Chelsea | 75,249 | 1,391 | 1,084 | 75 | — | 24 | 6 | 15 | 13 | — | 2 | — | 15 | 109 | 149 |
City of W'stmnstr | 168,883 | 2,730 | 2,212 | 104 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 19 | — | 7 | — | 16 | 225 | 260 |
St. Marylebone | 126,027 | 2,595 | 1,836 | 105 | — | 33 | 8 | 9 | 25 | — | 1 | — | 29 | 170 | 258 |
Hampstead | 94,185 | 1,328 | 839 | 50 | — | 14 | 4 | 5 | 18 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 57 | 99 |
St. Pancras | 237,422 | 5,609 | 3,510 | 230 | — | 105 | 17 | 27 | 30 | — | 6 | — | 45 | 382 | 570 |
Islington | 351,202 | 8,320 | 4,913 | 423 | — | 199 | 26 | 30 | 86 | — | 13 | — | 69 | 430 | 843 |
Stoke Newington | 54,423 | 1,025 | 612 | 34 | — | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 45 | 82 |
Hackney | 237,601 | 5,416 | 2,288 | 220 | — | 57 | 10 | 19 | 51 | — | 6 | — | 77 | 289 | 550 |
Holborn | 53,802 | 976 | 836 | 45 | — | 14 | 3 | 3 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 110 | 100 |
Finsbury | 95,289 | 2,810 | 1,829 | 224 | — | 85 | 11 | 14 | 51 | — | 3 | — | 60 | 211 | 367 |
City of London | 18,193 | 247 | 368 | 13 | — | 6 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 39 | 669 |
Shoreditch | 114,802 | 3,632 | 2,178 | 328 | — | 130 | 9 | 22 | 72 | — | 6 | — | 89 | 200 | 510 |
Bethnal Green | 131,316 | 4,132 | 2,201 | 260 | — | 79 | 25 | 17 | 40 | — | 4 | — | 95 | 202 | 535 |
Stepney | 312,525 | 9,506 | 4,759 | 526 | 1 | 236 | 26 | 51 | 69 | — | 6 | — | 137 | 521 | 1,130 |
Poplar | 171,965 | 5,192 | 2,787 | 405 | — | 156 | 23 | 20 | 84 | — | 13 | — | 109 | 221 | 669 |
Southwark | 211,125 | 5,969 | 3,528 | 350 | — | 127 | 14 | 33 | 57 | — | 6 | — | 113 | 377 | 711 |
Bermondsey | 127,569 | 4,104 | 2,388 | 348 | — | 200 | 15 | 9 | 55 | — | 2 | — | 67 | 227 | 567 |
Lambeth | 324,188 | 7,578 | 4,544 | 387 | — | 104 | 27 | 58 | 85 | — | 9 | 1 | 103 | 455 | 823 |
Battersea | 186,036 | 4,447 | 2,416 | 239 | — | 90 | 8 | 22 | 63 | — | 7 | — | 49 | 227 | 477 |
Wandsworth | 297,646 | 7,005 | 3,524 | 286 | — | 111 | 14 | 27 | 69 | — | 6 | 1 | 58 | 275 | 601 |
Camberwell | 283,022 | 6,689 | 3,776 | 306 | — | 105 | 17 | 43 | 52 | — | 5 | — | 84 | 337 | 666 |
Deptford | 118,583 | 3,117 | 1,611 | 178 | — | 67 | 12 | 15 | 47 | — | 6 | — | 31 | 148 | 317 |
Greenwich | 111,014 | 2,481 | 1,350 | 114 | — | 38 | 9 | 7 | 20 | — | 4 | — | 30 | 110 | 249 |
Lewisham | 160,749 | 3,529 | 1,656 | 93 | — | 6 | 15 | 21 | 20 | — | 2 | — | 29 | 128 | 262 |
Woolwich | 133,374 | 2,947 | 1,587 | 137 | — | 55 | 19 | 26 | 15 | — | 3 | — | 19 | 160 | 242 |