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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Paddington | 145,107 | 113 | 364 | 222 | _ | 83 | 1 | 14 | 148 | _ | 945 | 6.4 | 20 | 83 | 9 | 33 | 23 | _ | 13 | _ | 75 | 256 | 1.74 | 2156 | 14.6 | 133 |
Kensington | 177,605 | 99 | 378 | 186 | — | 83 | 4 | 15 | 189 | — | 954 | 5.3 | 11 | 93 | 21 | 19 | 21 | _ | 19 | _ | 81 | 265 | 1.49 | 2768 | 15.3 | 149 |
Hammersmith | 114,210 | 100 | 353 | 182 | — | 51 | 1 | 7 | 118 | _ | 812 | 7.0 | 13 | 77 | _ | 23 | 27 | _ | 11 | 64 | 222 | 1.90 | 1895 | 16.3 | 143 | |
Fulham | 148,102 | 94 | 553 | 429 | _ | 74 | _ | 7 | 124 | _ | 1281 | 8.8 | 13 | 168 | 19 | 51 | 65 | _ | _ | _ | 129 | 154 | 3.13 | 2488 | 17.1 | 148 |
Chelsea | 74,018 | 39 | 204 | 133 | _ | 35 | _ | 7 | 60 | _ | 478 | 6.4 | 7 | 67 | 8 | 13 | 14 | _ | _ | _ | 40 | 155 | 2.06 | 1354 | 18.0 | 145 |
City of Westminster | 180,800 | 232 | 475 | 285 | _ | 133 | 1 | 6 | 144 | — | 1276 | 6.9 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 29 | 34 | — | 20 | 1 | 54 | 234 | 1.28 | 2953 | 16.1 | 136 |
St. Marylebone | 132,145 | 154 | 414 | 237 | _ | 96 | _ | 14 | 219 | _ | 1134 | 8.4 | 24 | 97 | 14 | 27 | 23 | _ | 15 | _ | 67 | 267 | 1.98 | 2455 | 18.3 | 107 |
Hampstead | 83,743 | 20 | 255 | 98 | — | 46 | 1 | 7 | 57 | — | 484 | 5.7 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 10 | _ | 11 | _ | 12 | 68 | 0.81 | 920 | 10.8 | 87 |
St. Pancras | 235,521 | 360 | 1219 | 836 | — | 197 | 2 | 12 | 258 | — | 2884 | 12.0 | 81 | 113 | 49 | 107 | 113 | _ | 44 | _ | 83 | 590 | 2.46 | 4450 | 18.6 | 147 |
Islington | 337,270 | 302 | 1380 | 881 | _ | 263 | _ | 19 | 364 | _ | 3214 | 9.4 | 54 | 116 | 40 | 104 | 156 | _ | 46 | _ | 98 | 614 | 1.80 | 5634 | 16.4 | 133 |
Stoke Newington | 51,700 | 51 | 202 | 99 | _ | 22 | _ | 1 | 52 | _ | 427 | 8.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | _ | 4 | 1 | 18 | 61 | 1.17 | 702 | 13.4 | 115 |
Hacknev | 221,926 | 425 | 883 | 721 | — | 184 | 6 | 17 | 329 | 2565 | 11.4 | 70 | 78 | 15 | 61 | 92 | _ | 31 | _ | 96 | 443 | 1.98 | 3378 | 15.0 | 119 | |
Holborn | 58,535 | 219 | 203 | 117 | _ | 40 | _ | 7 | 85 | _ | 671 | 11.3 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 27 | _ | 6 | _ | 19 | 146 | 2.44 | 1266 | 21.3 | 129 |
Finsbury | 100,487 | 211 | 392 | 240 | _ | 83 | 6 | 7 | 155 | _ | 1094 | 10.7 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 38 | 75 | _ | 9 | _ | 69 | 325 | 3.18 | 2334 | 22.0 | 154 |
City of London | 25,598 | 39 | 83 | 97 | — | 15 | l | — | 32 | — | 267 | 10.3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 4 | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | 36 | 1.38 | 530 | 20.4 | 126 |
Shoreditch | 118,304 | 442 | 250 | 233 | _ | 150 | 4 | 9 | 175 | 1263 | 10.5 | 76 | 88 | 8 | 25 | 76 | _ | 22 | _ | 130 | 425 | 3.58 | 2488 | 20.7 | 174 | |
Bethnal Green | 129,865 | 516 | 529 | 324 | _ | 132 | 10 | 255 | 1766 | 13.4 | 64 | 59 | 19 | 33 | 76 | _ | 14 | _ | 61 | 339 | 2.56 | 2747 | 20.8 | 155 | ||
Stepney | 300,551 | 1387 | 1070 | 780 | _ | 297 | _ | 22 | 447 | 4004 | 13.1 | 260 | 164 | 19 | 85 | 89 | _ | 34 | _ | 237 | 1000 | 3.31 | 2747 | 20.6 | 147 | |
Poplar | 169,214 | 630 | 670 | 469 | _ | 210 | — | 10 | 191 | — | 2180 | 12.7 | 93 | 69 | 21 | 57 | 99 | _ | 27 | _ | 110 | 476 | 2.77 | 3326 | 19.3 | 154 |
South wark | 206,825 | 518 | 1098 | 539 | _ | 193 | _ | 10 | 372 | _ | 2730 | 13.0 | 78 | 164 | 42 | 63 | 114 | _ | 23 | _ | 169 | 653 | 3.10 | 4495 | 21.4 | 166 |
Bermondsey | 130,218 | 224 | 506 | 283 | 1 | 130 | 1 | 6 | 190 | _ | 1341 | 10.1 | 31 | 155 | 18 | 30 | 69 | _ | 13 | _ | 89 | 405 | 3.06 | 2753 | 20.8 | 155 |
Lambeth | 305,102 | 362 | 1357 | 490 | _ | 219 | 11 | 17 | 337 | 1 | 2794 | 9.0 | 60 | 83 | 48 | 53 | 118 | _ | 38 | _ | 180 | 581 | 1.86 | 5384 | 17.4 | 127 |
Battersea | 171,401 | 189 | 893 | 294 | _ | 96 | _ | 15 | 200 | _ | 1687 | 9.7 | 27 | 101 | 24 | 18 | 63 | _ | 16 | _ | 97 | 346 | 1.98 | 2618 | 15.0 | 127 |
Wandsworth | 241,810 | 131 | 1079 | 758 | 1 | 145 | 1 | 21 | 243 | _ | 2379 | 9.7 | 25 | 97 | 23 | 67 | 34 | _ | 29 | _ | 97 | 402 | 1.62 | 3306 | 13.5 | 127 |
Cambirwell | 262,775 | 356 | 1390 | 693 | 1 | 146 | _ | 15 | 309 | _ | 2910 | 10.9 | 63 | 121 | 41 | 84 | 110 | _ | 31 | _ | 146 | 596 | 2.23 | 4345 | 16.3 | 138 |
Deptford | 111,577 | 145 | 649 | 268 | _ | 76 | _ | 6 | 150 | _ | 1294 | 11.4 | 33 | 74 | 19 | 20 | 41 | _ | 13 | _ | 76 | 277 | 2.44 | 1873 | 16.5 | 138 |
Greenwich | 98,013 | 102 | 463 | 183 | _ | 68 | _ | 6 | 122 | _ | 914 | 9.5 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 15 | 20 | _ | 9 | 1 | 46 | 159 | 1.59 | 1532 | 15.4 | 138 |
Lewisham | 132,432 | 88 | 664 | 401 | 60 | 1 | 14 | 112 | _ | 1340 | 10.0 | 12 | 27 | 19 | 45 | 65 | _ | 9 | _ | 64 | 241 | 1.79 | 1833 | 13.6 | 125 | |
Woolwich | 119,556 | 236 | 278 | 252 | — | 61 | l | 11 | 97 | — | 936 | 7.7 | 38 | 40 | 9 | 23 | 51 | _ | 13 | _ | 61 | 235 | 1.93 | 1837 | 15.1 | 125 |
Port of London | — | 14 | 4 | 5 | — | 24 | _ | — | — | _ | 47 | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
*Including Membranous Croup. |