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. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Dirrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 Years). | Phthisis. | Deaths under One Year to 1000 Births. | ||||||||||
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1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911 | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911 | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1996-1910 | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | |
County of London | 14.9 | 15.0 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.57 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.14 | The average mortality under this heading cannot be stated. | 1.18 | 1.40 | 1.35 | 114 | 129 |
Paddington | 13.3 | 13.3 | 0.04 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.94 | 1.09 | 1.22 | 103 | 127 | |
Kensington | 13.8 | 13.7 | 0.03 | 0.02 | — | - | 0.30 | 0.55 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.85 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 120 | 133 | |
Hammersmith | 14.5 | 15.6 | 0.05 | 0.06 | - | -_ | 0.46 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 1.47 | 1.22 | 1.26 | 118 | 146 | |
Fulham | 14.3 | 14.4 | 0.05 | 0.05 | - | - | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 1.39 | 1.28 | 1.46 | 118 | 125 | |
Chelsea | 15.8 | 15.5 | 0.03 | — | — | - | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.83 | 1.52 | 1.45 | 114 | 109 | |
City of Westminster | 12.9 | 12.5 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | — | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 1.32 | 1.21 | 99 | 103 | |
St. Marylebone | 14.8 | 15.1 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.25 | 0.56 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.71 | 1.38 | 1.46 | 105 | 108 | |
Hampstead | 9.8 | 9.6 | 0.04 | 0.02 | — | _ | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.05 | — | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 70 | 78 | |
St. Pancras | 15.8 | 15.5 | 0.04 | 0.03 | — | - | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.92 | 1.67 | 1.57 | 108 | 112 | |
Islington | 14.7 | 14.9 | 0.05 | 0.04 | — | - | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.08 | 006 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 1.12 | 1.30 | 1.24 | 107 | 127 | |
Stoke Newington | 12 .2 | 13.0 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.19 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 87 | 102 | |
Hackney | 13.7 | 14.3 | 0.05 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.29 | 0.67 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.88 | 1.27 | 1.40 | 109 | 119 | |
Holborn | 17.2 | 15.7 | 0.05 | 0.06 | _ | - | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.69 | 2.31 | 2.08 | 114 | 115 | |
Finsbury | 19.9 | 19.8 | 0.08 | 0.09 | — | — | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.48 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 1.63 | 2.21 | 1.87 | 134 | 156 | |
City of London | 15.5 | 15.1 | 0.06 | - | — | — | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.52 | 1.66 | 1.60 | 93 | 124 | |
Shoreditch | 18.9 | 20.1 | 0.06 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.81 | 1.15 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.54 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.84 | 149 | 170 | |
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Stepney | 17.2 | 17.4 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.65 | 1.09 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.21l | 0.11 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.77 | 123 | 144 | |
Poplar | 17.1 | 18.9 | 0.08 | 0.09 | — | 0.01 | 0.59 | 1.39 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 1.95 | 1.43 | 1.32 | 129 | 157 | |
Southwark | 18.3 | 18.4 | 0.05 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 1.56 | 2.04 | 1.71 | 130 | 144 | |
Bermondsey | 18.7 | 18.4 | 0.04 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.94 | 0.44 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 1.69 | 1.88 | 1.78 | 137 | 156 | |
Lambeth | 14 .9 | 14.9 | 0.04 | 0.04 | - | _ | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 1.13 | 1.49 | 1.41 | 112 | 123 | |
Battersea | 13.8 | 14.3 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.38 | 0.67 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 109 | 124 | |
Wandsworth | 11.8 | 12.0 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.23 | 0.74 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 97 | 122 | |
Camberwell | 14.3 | 14.3 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 1.06 | 1.28 | 1.34 | 109 | 109 | |
Deptford | 15.3 | 15.6 | 0.05 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 1.57 | 1.33 | 1.27 | 119 | 142 | |
Greenwich | 14.2 | 14.7 | 0.05 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 1.59 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 110 | 128 | |
Lewisham | 11.2 | 11.3 | 0.02 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.64 | 89 | 104 | |
Woolwich | 13.0 | 12.8 | 0.03 | — | - | - | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.84 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 96 | 97 |