Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1920
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ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY STATISTICS IN LONDON DURING THE YEAR 1920. (Specially compiled for The Lancet.)
Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Civil Population, 1920. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria. | Typhus fever. | Enteric fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal meningitis. | Poliomyelitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Enteric fever. | Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years). | Total | Annual rate per 1,000 persons living | ||||
LONDON | 4,531,971 | 16 | 22,713 | 13,784 | — | 391 | 7 | 452 | 2590 | 156 | 42 | 40,151 | 8.9 | 4 | 1007 | 207 | 1009 | 759 | 49 | 1141 | 4176 | 0.9 | 56,038 | 12.4 |
West Districts : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 149,673 | — | 503 | 465 | — | 19 | — | 16 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 1086 | 7.3 | — | 24 | 3 | 25 | 14 | — | 42 | 108 | 0 .7 | 1653 | 11.1 |
Kensington | 164,177 | — | 642 | 348 | — | 26 | 1 | 10 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 1104 | 6 .7 | — | 22 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 70 | 143 | 0 .9 | 2135 | 13.0 |
Hammersmith | 136,200 | — | 727 | 384 | — | 8 | — | 21 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 1208 | 8.7 | — | 16 | 6 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 93 | 0.7 | 1525 | 11.2 |
Fulham | 158,621 | — | 932 | 626 | — | 25 | — | 32 | 104 | 5 | 2 | 1726 | 10.9 | — | 23 | 9 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 133 | 0.8 | 1790 | 11.3 |
Chelsea | 62,987 | — | 185 | 143 | — | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 1 | — | 371 | 5..9 | — | 9 | 2 | 8 | — | 1 | 10 | 30 | 0 .5 | 748 | 11.9 |
City of Westminster | 132,615 | — | 391 | 237 | — | 16 | 1 | 10 | 68 | 2 | — | 725 | 5 .5 | — | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 56 | 0. 4 | 1532 | 11.6 |
North Districts : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 101,856 | — | 435 | 122 | — | 31 | — | 6 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 665 | 6.5 | — | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | — | 23 | 60 | 0. 6 | 1267 | 12.5 |
Hampstead | 91,519 | 1 | 265 | 164 | — | 23 | — | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 497 | 5.4 | — | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 0.3 | 822 | 9.0 |
St. Pancras | 228,178 | — | 836 | 739 | — | 16 | 1 | 17 | 120 | 6 | — | 1735 | 7.6 | — | 62 | 11 | 30 | 62 | 1 | 44 | 210 | 0.9 | 2808 | 12.3 |
Islington | 335,907 | — | 1306 | 1330 | — | 24 | — | 29 | 165 | 15 | 7 | 2876 | 8.6 | — | 93 | 12 | 134 | 72 | 1 | 73 | 385 | 1.1 | 4447 | 13.3 |
Stoke Newington | 52,984 | — | 223 | 166 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 419 | 7 .9 | — | 5 | 4 | 20 | 10 | — | 13 | 52 | 1.0 | 676 | 12.8 |
Hackney | 225,372 | — | 1093 | 774 | — | 14 | — | 23 | 124 | 7 | — | 2035 | 9.1 | — | 86 | 6 | 69 | 67 | 1 | 63 | 292 | 1.3 | 2827 | 12 .6 |
Central Districts : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 39,676 | — | 122 | 147 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 302 | 7. 6 | — | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 10 | 25 | 0. 6 | 588 | 14.9 |
Finsbury | 78.291 | — | 432 | 226 | — | 6 | — | 5 | 113 | 4 | 3 | 789 | 10.1 | — | 11 | 4 | 27 | 12 | — | 16 | 70 | 0.9 | 1136 | 14. 5 |
City of London | 14,447 | — | 37 | 33 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 77 | 5 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.4 | 192 | 13.3 |
Fast Districts : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 102.044 | — | 521 | 398 | — | 11 | — | 11 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 1008 | 9.9 | — | 48 | 6 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 64 | 158 | 16 | 1567 | 15. 4 |
Bethnal Green | 114,471 | — | 1054 | 581 | — | 5 | — | 13 | 133 | 7 | 3 | 1796 | 15.7 | — | 62 | 12 | 35 | 56 | 2 | 49 | 216 | 19 | 1676 | 14. 7 |
Stepney | 241,770 | 2 | 2455 | 684 | — | 14 | — | 23 | 155 | 14 | 1 | 3348 | 13.9 | — | 19 | 15 | 40 | 73 | 3 | 86 | 266 | 11 | 3465 | 14. 4 |
Poplar | 159,766 | 11 | 1402 | 698 | — | 17 | — | 24 | 84 | 11 | — | 2247 | 14. 1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 57 | 54 | 4 | 47 | 214 | 13 | 2319 | 14.6 |
South Districts : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwark | 187,142 | — | 893 | 457 | — | 8 | — | 17 | 178 | 8 | — | 1561 | 8.4 | — | 63 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 53 | 190 | 10 | 2685 | 14. 4 |
Bermondsey | 129,189 | — | 1001 | 278 | — | 6 | 1 | 21 | 54 | 6 | — | 1367 | 10.6 | 1 | 56 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 163 | 13 | 1673 | 13. 0 |
Lambeth | 293,572 | — | 1240 | 714 | — | 16 | — | 32 | 140 | 6 | 5 | 2153 | 7.4 | — | 79 | 16 | 77 | 35 | 1 | 77 | 280 | 1.0 | 3800 | 13.0 |
Battersea | 165,664 | — | 694 | 563 | — | 13 | — | 31 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 1401 | 8.5 | — | 45 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 52 | 175 | 1.1 | 2040 | 12. 3 |
Wandsworth | 346,990 | — | 1470 | 1089 | — | 23 | 1 | 35 | 176 | 15 | — | 2809 | 8.1 | — | 49 | 11 | 66 | 19 | 3 | 48 | 196 | 0.6 | 3455 | 10.0 |
Camberwell | 284,712 | — | 1305 | 912 | — | 16 | 1 | 20 | 148 | 5 | — | 2407 | 8.5 | — | 59 | 15 | 63 | 37 | 5 | 80 | 259 | 0 .9 | 3275 | 11.5 |
Deptford | 115,636 | — | 717 | 320 | — | 11 | -— | 18 | 83 | — | — | 1149 | 100 | — | 20 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 44 | 104 | 0 .9 | 1386 | 12.0 |
Greenwich | 102,408 | 1 | 585 | 301 | — | 15 | — | 5 | 53 | 2 | — | 962 | 94 | — | 26 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 79 | 0.8 | 1231 | 11.7 |
Lewisham | 174,438 | — | 716 | 464 | — | 7 | — | 9 | 71 | 6 | — | 1273 | 73 | — | 9 | 8 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 96 | 0.6 | 1872 | 10.8 |
Woolwich | 141,666 | 1 | 531 | 421 | — | 5 | — | 12 | 79 | 6 | — | 1055 | 7 5 | — | 21 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 82 | 0.6 | 1463 | 10.4 |
* Including Membranous Croup.