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 Lewisham Borough]
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Table 12.
Metropolitan Boroughs.—
Boroughs. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2) | Phthisis. | ||||||||
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Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | |
County of L'nd'n | 144 | 0.03 | 9 | 0.00 | 2570 | 0.57 | 172 | 0.04 | 1038 | 0.23 | 612 | 0.14 | 5313 | 1.18 | 6084 | 1.35 |
West. | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 5 | 0.04 | — | — | 48 | 0.34 | 3 | 0.02 | 44 | 0.31 | 11 | 0.08 | 134 | 0.94 | 173 | 1.22 |
Kensington | 4 | 0.02 | — | — | 94 | 0.55 | 2 | 0.01 | 54 | 0.31 | 18 | 0.10 | 146 | 0.85 | 159 | 0.93 |
Hammersmith | 7 | 0.06 | — | — | 36 | 0.30 | 5 | 0.04 | 35 | 0.29 | 28 | 0.23 | 178 | 1.47 | 153 | 1.26 |
Fulham | 8 | 0.05 | — | — | 64 | 0.42 | 7 | 0.05 | 28 | 0.18 | 27 | 0.18 | 213 | 1.39 | 224 | 1.46 |
Chelsea | — | — | — | _ | 30 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.02 | 10 | 0.15 | 5 | 0.08 | 55 | 0.83 | 96 | 1.45 |
City of Westm'er | 4 | 0.03 | — | — | 23 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.02 | 26 | 0.16 | 14 | 0.09 | 63 | 0.40 | 193 | 1.21 |
North. | ||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 2 | 0.02 | — | — | 66 | 0.56 | 7 | 0.06 | 28 | 0.24 | 5 | 0.04 | 83 | 0.71 | 172 | 1.46 |
Hampstead | 2 | 0.02 | — | — | 14 | 0.16 | — | — | 3 | 0.04 | 17 | 0.20 | 22 | 0.26 | 52 | 0.61 |
St. Pancras | 7 | 0.03 | — | — | 108 | 0.50 | 12 | 0.06 | 55 | 0.25 | 37 | 0.17 | 201 | 0.92 | 342 | 1.57 |
Islington | 12 | 0.04 | — | — | 130 | 0.40 | 21 | 0.06 | 70 | 0.21 | 51 | 0.16 | 365 | 1.12 | 405 | 1.24 |
Stoke Newington | 1 | 0.02 | — | — | 28 | 0.55 | 3 | 0.06 | 18 | 0.36 | 3 | 0.06 | 28 | 0.55 | 55 | 1.09 |
Hackney | 8 | 0.01 | — | — | 148 | 0.67 | 11 | 0.05 | 58 | 0.26 | 20 | 0.09 | 195 | 0.88 | 311 | 1.40 |
Central. | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 3 | 0.06 | — | — | 15 | 0.31 | 3 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.06 | 34 | 0.69 | 102 | 2.08 |
Finsbury | 8 | 0.09 | — | — | 79 | 0.90 | 6 | 0.07 | 24 | 0.27 | 17 | 0.19 | 142 | 1.63 | 163 | 1.87 |
City of London | — | _ | — | — | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.52 | 31 | 1.60 |
East. | ||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 128 | 1.15 | 6 | 0.05 | 32 | 0.29 | 24 | 0.22 | 222 | 2.00 | 204 | 1.84 |
Bethnal Green | 3 | 0.02 | — | — | 130 | 1.02 | 5 | 0.04 | 49 | 0.38 | 21 | 0.16 | 248 | 1.94 | 208 | 1.63 |
Stepney | 6 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.03 | 303 | 1.09 | 7 | 0.03 | 49 | 0.18 | 32 | 0.11 | 468 | 1.68 | 493 | 1.77 |
Poplar | 14 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.01 | 225 | 1.39 | 10 | 0.06 | 44 | 0.27 | 44 | 0.27 | 316 | 1.95 | 213 | 1.32 |
South. | ||||||||||||||||
South wark | 5 | 0.03 | — | — | 120 | 0.63 | 6 | 0.03 | 64 | 0.34 | 30 | 0.16 | 298 | 1.56 | 326 | 1.71 |
Bermondsey | 5 | 0.04 | — | — | 55 | 0.44 | 6 | 0.05 | 50 | 0.40 | 13 | 0.10 | 212 | 1.69 | 223 | 1.78 |
Lambeth | 12 | 0.04 | — | — | 112 | 0.38 | 8 | 0.03 | 67 | 0.23 | 43 | 0.14 | 336 | 1.13 | 419 | 1.41 |
Battersea | 3 | 0.02 | — | — | 112 | 0.67 | 4 | 0.02 | 36 | 0.22 | 20 | 0.12 | 222 | 1.33 | 223 | 1.33 |
Wandsworth | 9 | 0.03 | — | — | 230 | 0.74 | 10 | 0.03 | 70 | 0.22 | 33 | 0.11 | 293 | 0.94 | 277 | 0.89 |
Camber well | 5 | 0.02 | — | — | 112 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.03 | 45 | 0.17 | 25 | 0.10 | 270 | 1.06 | 350 | 1.34 |
Deptford | 2 | 0.02 | — | — | 69 | 0.63 | 7 | 0.06 | 37 | 0.34 | 15 | 0.14 | 171 | 1.57 | 139 | 1.27 |
Greenwich | 3 | 0.03 | — | — | 41 | 0.43 | 3 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.15 | 16 | 0.17 | 152 | 1.59 | 112 | 1.17 |
Lewisham | 4 | 0.03 | — | — | 19 | 0.13 | 5 | 0.03 | 17 | 0.11 | 27 | 0.17 | 108 | 0.66 | 104 | 0.64 |
Woolwich | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0.23 | 3 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.05 | 11 | 0.09 | 102 | 0.84 | 162 | 1.34 |