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 1911
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LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS. Death rates per 1,000 persons living, and Infantile Mortality, after Distribution of Births in the chief Institutions treating Maternity cases, and of Deaths in all Public Institutions,'., in the Five years, 1906-1910, and in 1911.
Boroughs. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhcea 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. | 1900-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | 1906-1910. | 1911. | |
County of London | 14.9 | 15.0 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.57 | 0.l0 | 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 | 0.2I | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.85 | 1.09 | 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 | 1.05 | 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 | I.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.l5 | 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.l1 | 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.l0 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.71 | 1.38 | 1.46 | I05 | 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 | 0.06 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.1l | 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 | 0.86 | O.O6 | 0.06 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 87 | 102 | |
Hackney | 13.7 | 14.3 | 0.05 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.29 | 0.67 | 0.l0 | 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 | O.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 | i8.9 | 20.1 | 0.06 | 0.01 | _ | — | 0.81 | 1.15 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.54 | 0.29 | 0.l5 | 0.22 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.84 | 149 | 170 | |
Bethnal Green | I7.5 | 18.2 | 0.09 | 0.02 | _ | —_ | 0.58 | 1.02 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.l6 | 0.16 | 1.94 | 1.78 | 1.63 | 135 | 151 | |
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 | 0.2i | 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.l8 | 0.27 | 1.95 | 1.43 | 1.32 | 129 | 157 | ||
South war k | 18.3 | 18.4 | 0.05 | 0.03 | _ | _ | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.I7 | 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.I7 | 0.10 | 1.39 | I.88 | 1.78 | 137 | 156 | |
Lambeth | 14.9 | 14.9 | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.l0 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.23 | O.I5 | 0.14 | 1.13 | 1.49 | 1.41 | 112 | 123 | |
Battersea | 13.8 | 14.3 | 0.04 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 0.38 | 0.67 | 0.l0 | 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 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 109 | 122 | ||
Camberwell | 14.3 | 14.3 | 0.03 | 0.02 | _ | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.l0 | 1.06 | 1.28 | 1.34 | 97 | 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 | 109 | 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 | 119 | 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.l0 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.84 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 96 | 97 |