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 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Boroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1911. | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of Age. | ||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Phthisis. | ||||
COUNTY OF LONDON | 4,521,301 | 111,738 | 67,826 | 144 | 9 | 2570 | 172 | 1038 | 612 | 5313 | 6084 | 14440 |
Paddington | 142,513 | 3038 | 1897 | 5 | - | 48 | 3 | 44 | 11 | 134 | 173 | 387 |
Kensington | 172,203 | 3252 | 2349 | 4 | — | 94 | 2 | 54 | 18 | 146 | 159 | 432 |
Hammersmith | 121,766 | 2927 | 1891 | 7 | — | 36 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 178 | 153 | 428 |
Fulham | 153,705 | 4121 | 2203 | 8 | — | 64 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 213 | 224 | 517 |
Chelsea | 66,189 | 1269 | 1020 | - | — | 30 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 96 | 138 |
City of Westminster | 159,662 | 2358 | 1983 | 4 | — | 23 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 63 | 193 | 244 |
St. Marylebone . | 117,761 | 2376 | 1772 | 2 | — | 66 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 83 | 172 | 257 |
Hampstead | 85,589 | 1276 | 823 | 2 | — | 14 | — | 3 | 17 | 22 | 52 | 99 |
St. Pancras | 217,941 | 5559 | 3371 | 7 | — | 108 | 12 | 55 | 37 | 201 | 342 | 624 |
Islington | 327,203 | 8108 | 4853 | 12 | — | 130 | 21 | 70 | 51 | 365 | 405 | 1032 |
Stoke Newington | 50,614 | 1045 | 658 | 1 | — | 28 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 55 | 107 |
Hackney | 222,623 | 5226 | 3185 | 8 | - | 148 | 11 | 58 | 20 | 195 | 311 | 621 |
Holborn | 49,092 | 945 | 768 | 3 | - | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 102 | 109 |
Finsbury | 87,566 | 2674 | 1728 | 8 | — | 79 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 142 | 163 | 418 |
City of London | 19,466 | 226 | 293 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 28 | |
Shoreditch | 111,199 | 3533 | 2226 | 1 | - | 128 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 222 | 204 | 601 |
Stepney | 279,309 | 8743 | 4833 | 6 | 7 | 303 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 468 | 493 | 1261 |
Poplar | 162,274 | 5015 | 3054 | 14 | 2 | 225 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 316 | 213 | 787 |
Southwark | 191,531 | 5693 | 3509 | 5 | - | 120 | 6 | 64 | 30 | 298 | 326 | 818 |
Bermondsey | 125,775 | 3908 | 2311 | 5 | — | 55 | 6 | 50 | 13 | 212 | 223 | 609 |
Lambeth | 297,957 | 7292 | 4430 | 12 | — | 112 | 8 | 67 | 43 | 336 | 419 | 897 |
Battersea | 167,712 | 4372 | 2391 | 3 | — | 112 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 222 | 223 | 540 |
Wandsworth | 313,453 | 6747 | 3743 | 9 | — | 230 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 293 | 277 | 823 |
Camberwell | 261,380 | 6399 | 3724 | 5 | — | 112 | 7 | 45 | 25 | 276 | 350 | 696 |
Deptford | 109.472 | 3000 | 1706 | 2 | — | 69 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 171 | 139 | 425 |
Greenwich | 95,973 | 2376 | 1409 | 3 | — | 41 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 152 | 112 | 305 |
Lewisham | 161,712 | 3420 | 1821 | 5 | — | 21 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 128 | 104 | 354 |
Woolwich | 121,487 | 2811 | 1555 | - | - | 28 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 102 | 162 | 273 |
*For the purpose of this table the Births registered in London have been corrected by distributing those
which occurred in the principal institutions treating maternity cases to the boroughs in which the mothers
resided. In 1088 cases the residence was outside the County of London and these cases have been excluded
On the other hand 31 births that occurred outside the County have been included. With regard to the Deaths of
London residents, all transferable deaths (i.e., those of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in
England and Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided) occurring in Greater London and
in certain Metropolitan Institutions outside Greater London have been distributed to the Metropolitan Borough
to which the deceased belonged. Of the deaths registered in London the previous residence was outside the
county in 3299 cases, while on the other hand the deaths of 2826 London residents occurred in the Outer Ring
or in Metropolitan Institutions outside Greater London.