Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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Boroughs, | Estimated Population middle of 1910. | Births, | Deaths, | Annual Rate per 1000 Living, | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases, | Small Pox, | Measles, | Scarlet Fever, | Diphtheria, | Whooping Cough, | Typhus, | Enteric Fever, | Ill-defined Pyrexia, | Diarrhoea, | Phthisis, | Deaths ot Children under 1 year of age to 1,ooo Births, | ||
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Births, | Deaths, | Principal Infectious Diseases, | ||||||||||||||||
4,872,702 | 116,227 | 61,756 | 23. 9 | 12.7 | 1.14 | 5,559 | _ | 1,980 | 214 | 434 | 1,363 | — | 196 | 4 | 1,368 | 5,555 | 102 | |
Paddington | 153,004 | 2,908 | 1,796 | 19.1 | 11.8 | 1.08 | 164 | — | 69 | 7 | 9 | 32 | — | 4 | — | 43 | 128 | 102 |
Kensington | 184,635 | 3,006 | 2,190 | l6. 3 | 11.9 | 0.77 | 141 | — | 53 | 1 | 16 | 32 | — | 5 | — | 34 | 142 | 113 |
Hammersmith | 127,413 | 2,906 | 1,549 | 22.9 | 12.2 | 1.33 | 170 | — | 70 | 7 | 22 | 26 | — | 4 | — | 41 | 132 | 104 |
Fulham | 181,282 | 4,21 3 | 1,907 | 23.3 | 10.5 | 1.13 | 204 | — | 65 | 7 | 14 | 60 | — | 2 | — | 56 | 170 | 110 |
Chelsea | 75,457 | 1,298 | 950 | 1.73 | I2.6 | 0.65 | 49 | — | 19 | — | 4 | 12 | — | 2 | — | 12 | 87 | 108 |
City of Westminster | 167,233 | 2,364 | 1,893 | I4.2 | 11.4 | 0.47 | 78 | — | 21 | 4 | 10 | 18 | — | 6 | — | 19 | 186 | 91 |
St, Marylebone | 125,195 | 4,095 | 1,600 | 32.8 | 12.8 | 0.93 | 116 | — | 28 | 7 | 9 | 44 | — | 6 | — | 22 | 137 | 62 |
Hampstead | 95,729 | 1,270 | 822 | 13.3 | 8.6 | 0.46 | 44 | — | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | — | 3 | — | 8 | 56 | 63 |
St, Pancras | 237,792 | 5,389 | 3, 261 | 22.7 | 13.8 | 1.39 | 330 | — | 140 | 17 | 21 | 96 | — | — | 52 | 304 | 108 | |
Islington | 353,356 | 7,975 | 4,529 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 1.22 | 432 | — | 168 | 11 | 33 | 124 | — | 17 | — | 78 | 397 | 97 |
Stoke Newington | 54,838 | 954 | 600 | 17.4 | 11.0 | 0.58 | 31 | — | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 50 | |
Hackney | 239,979 | 5,484 | 2,797 | 22.9 | 11.7 | 0.84 | 202 | — | 66 | 5 | 8 | 61 | — | 10 | — | 52 | 259 | 95 |
Holborn | 53,142 | 1,350 | 792 | 25. 5 | 14.9 | 0.91 | 49 | — | 14 | — | 4 | 16 | — | 5 | — | 10 | 105 | 78 |
Finsbury | 94,578 | 3,386 | 1,656 | 35.9 | I7.6 | 0.92 | 182 | — | 66 | 4 | 21 | 36 | — | 4 | — | 50 | 160 | 102 |
City of London | 17,132 | 261 | 264 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 0.48 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 57 |
Shoreditch | 114,387 | 3,487 | 1,905 | 30.6 | 16 .7 | 1.90 | 217 | — | 84 | 4 | 14 | 46 | — | 8 | — | 61 | 170 | 151 |
Bethnal Green | 131,579 | 4,040 | 2,101 | 30.8 | 15.3 | 1.47 | 192 | — | 59 | 9 | 20 | 35 | — | 18 | — | 51 | 188 | 128 |
Stepney | 314,379 | 9,603 | 4,303 | 30.6 | 13.7 | 1.32 | 414 | — | 103 | 12 | 29 | 114 | — | 15 | — | 141 | 410 | 108 |
Poplar | 172,432 | 4,964 | 2,609 | 28.9 | 15.2 | 1.51 | 259 | — | 42 | 12 | 21 | 84 | — | — | 87 | 234 | 122 | |
Southwark | 211,832 | 5,625 | 3,360 | 26.6 | 15.9 | 2.02 | 427 | — | 226 | 9 | 35 | 60 | — | 7 | — | 90 | 368 | 121 |
Bermondsey | 127,238 | 3,958 | 2,240 | 31.2 | 17.7 | 2.44 | 310 | — | 145 | 14 | 19 | 43 | — | 4 | — | 85 | 223 | 127 |
Lambeth | 327,074 | 8,373 | 4,091 | 25.7 | 12.5 | 0.99 | 322 | — | 122 | 7 | 26 | 54 | — | 18 | — | 80 | 382 | 83 |
Battersea | 188,222 | 4,280 | 2,120 | 22.8 | 11.3 | 1.11 | 209 | — | 74 | 11 | 12 | 51 | — | 7 | — | 57 | 194 | 101 |
Wandsworth | 305,838 | 6,872 | 3,102 | 22.5 | 10.2 | 0.61 | 185 | — | 43 | 10 | 13 | 70 | — | 9 | 1 | 39 | 261 | 79 |
Camberwell | 286,058 | 6,5l6 | 3,439 | 22.8 | 12.1 | 308 | — | 136 | 22 | 70 | — | 9 | — | 61 | 309 | 97 | ||
Deptford | 1.71 | 205 | — | 60 | 3 | 12 | 48 | — | — | 151 | ||||||||
Greenwich | 112,935 | 2,457 | 1,306 | 21.8 | 11.6 | 1.42 | — | — | 3 | — | 37 | 106 | 106 | |||||
Lewisham | 164,899 | 3,411 | 1,585 | 20.7 | 9.6 | 0.61 | 100 | — | 12 | 12 | 20 | 29 | — | 3 | — | 24 | 90 | 90 |
Woolwich | 135,422 | 2,869 | 1,413 | 21.2 | 10.5 | 0.62 | 82 | — | 22 | 12 | 4 | 25 | — | 1 | 1 | 17 | 136 | 84 |