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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1909.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1908. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Death.rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro.Spinal meningitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping.cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths from all causes. | ||||
| LONDON | 4,833,938 | 21 | 17,251 | 6685 | 7 | 1042 | 20 | 287 | 4194 | 1ll | 29,618 | 6.1 | 2 | 2324 | 383 | 605 | 1246 | ... | 146 | 2 | 1577 | 6285 | 1.3 | 67,632 | 140 | 107 |
| Paddington | 151,955 | ... | 630 | 184 | ... | 29 | ... | 3 | 106 | 4 | 956 | 6.3 | ... | 36 | 14 | 10 | 36 | ... | 4 | ... | 36 | 136 | 0.9 | 1956 | 12.9 | 108 |
| Kensington | 183,683 | ... | 420 | 177 | ... | 48 | ... | 7 | 135 | 791 | 4.3 | ... | 58 | 9 | 19 | 40 | ... | 8 | ... | 49 | 183 | 1.0 | 2440 | 13.3 | 119 | |
| Hammersmith | 125,704 | ... | 389 | 192 | ... | 16 | ... | 14 | 76 | 1 | 688 | 5.5 | ... | 80 | 11 | 23 | 47 | ... | 5 | ... | 44 | 210 | 1.7 | 1791 | 14.3 | ... |
| Fulham | 176,406 | ... | 511 | 322 | ... | 41 | 1 | 34 | 115 | 3 | 1027 | 5.8 | ... | 74 | 10 | 40 | 49 | ... | 4 | ... | 99 | 276 | 1.6 | 2113 | 12.0 | 111 |
| Chelsea | 75,249 | ... | 307 | 98 | ... | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 460 | 61 | ... | 24 | 6 | 15 | 13 | ... | 2 | ... | 15 | 75 | 10 | 1084 | 14.1 | 114 | |
| City of Westminster | 168,883 | 1 | 590 | 225 | ... | 25 | ... | 5 | 102 | 3 | 951 | 5.6 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 19 | ... | 7 | ... | 16 | 104 | 0.6 | 2212 | 131 | 103 |
| St. Marylebone | 126,027 | ... | 458 | 113 | ... | 21 | ... | 3 | 134 | 6 | 7.35 | 5.8 | ... | 33 | 8 | 9 | 25 | ... | 1 | ... | 29 | 105 | 0.8 | 1836 | 14.6 | 64 |
| Hampstead | 94,185 | ... | 259 | 47 | ... | 16 | ... | 5 | 30 | 4 | 361 | 3.8 | ... | 14 | 4 | 5 | 18 | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 50 | 0.5 | . 839 | 8.9 | 77 |
| St. Pancras | 237,422 | 1 | 771 | 320 | ... | 50 | ... | 15 | 155 | 6 | 1318 | 5.6 | ... | 105 | 17 | 27 | 30 | ... | 6 | ... | 45 | 230 | 1.0 | 3510 | 14.8 | 109 |
| Islington | 351,202 | 3 | 1284 | 432 | 1 | 94 | ... | 14 | 221 | 11 | 2060 | 5.9 | ... | 199 | 26 | 30 | 86 | ... | 13 | ... | 69 | 423 | 1.2 | 4913 | 14.0 | 105 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,423 | ... | 110 | 28 | ... | 11 | ... | 4 | 27 | ... | 180 | 3.3 | ... | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 34 | 0.6 | 612 | 11.3 | 82 |
| Hackney | 237,601 | 1 | 784 | 264 | ... | 59 | 1 | 15 | 271 | 6 | 1401 | 5.9 | ... | 57 | 10 | 19 | 51 | ... | 6 | ... | 77 | 220 | 0.9 | 2988 | 12.6 | 98 |
| Holborn | 53,802 | 1 | 97 | 47 | ... | 16 | 1 | 3 | 41 | ... | 206 | 3.8 | ... | 14 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 45 | 0.8 | 836 | 15.6 | 70 |
| Finsbury | 95,289 | ... | 240 | 167 | 1 | 13 | ... | 5 | 132 | 3 | 561 | 5.9 | ... | 85 | 11 | 14 | 51 | ... | 3 | ... | 60 | 224 | 2.4 | 1829 | 19.2 | 108 |
| City of London | 18,193 | 1 | 38 | 19 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | 73 | 4.0 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 13 | 0.7 | 368 | 20.3 | 117 |
| Shoreditch | 114,802 | ... | 341 | 186 | ... | 50 | ... | 14 | 144 | 2 | 737 | 6.4 | ... | 130 | 9 | 22 | 72 | ... | 6 | ... | 89 | 328 | 2.9 | 2178 | 19.0 | 146 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,316 | 1 | 566 | 184 | ... | 33 | ... | 7 | 164 | 5 | 960 | 7.3 | ... | 79 | 25 | 17 | 40 | ... | 4 | ... | 95 | 260 | 2.0 | 2201 | 16.8 | 134 |
| Stepney | 312,525 | 8 | 1038 | 583 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 13 | 487 | 4 | 2208 | 7.1 | 1 | 236 | 26 | 51 | 69 | ... | 6 | ... | 137 | 526 | 1.7 | 4759 | 15.3 | 115 |
| Poplar | 171,965 | ... | 733 | 213 | ... | 54 | ... | 13 | 177 | 8 | 1189 | 7.0 | ... | 156 | 23 | 20 | 84 | ... | 13 | ... | 109 | 405 | 2.4 | 2787 | 16.3 | 133 |
| Southwark | 211,125 | 2 | 590 | 256 | ... | 35 | 1 | 6 | 224 | 5 | 1119 | 5.3 | ... | 127 | 14 | 33 | 57 | ... | 6 | ... | 113 | 350 | 1.7 | 3528 | 16.7 | 124 |
| Bermondsey | 127,509 | ... | 458 | 198 | 3 | 30 | ... | 7 | 143 | 4 | 843 | 6.6 | ... | 200 | 15 | 9 | 55 | ... | 2 | ... | 67 | 348 | 2.7 | 2388 | 18 8 | 140 |
| Lambeth | 324,188 | ... | 1182 | 378 | ... | 50 | 1 | 16 | 191 | 14 | 1832 | 5.7 | ... | 104 | 27 | 58 | 85 | ... | 9 | 1 | 103 | 387 | 1.2 | 4544 | 14.1 | 97 |
| Battersea | 186,036 | ... | 723 | 288 | ... | 54 | ... | 14 | 156 | 4 | 1239 | 6.7 | ... | 90 | 8 | 22 | 63 | ... | 7 | ... | 49 | 239 | 1.3 | 2416 | 130 | 112 |
| Wandsworth . | 297,646 | ... | 997 | 371 | ... | 66 | 2 | 26 | 193 | 4 | 1659 | 5.6 | ... | 111 | 14 | 27 | 69 | ... | 6 | 1 | 58 | 286 | 1.0 | 3524 | 11.9 | 87 |
| Camberwell | 283,022 | 1 | 1017 | 379 | ... | 47 | ... | 14 | 234 | 4 | 1696 | 6.0 | ... | 105 | 17 | 43 | 52 | ... | 5 | ... | 84 | 306 | 1.1 | 3776 | 13.4 | 102 |
| Deptford | 118,583 | ... | 374 | 195 | ... | 33 | 6 | 181 | 2 | 798 | 6.7 | ... | 67 | 12 | 15 | 47 | ... | 6 | ... | 31 | 178 | 1.5 | 1611 | 13.6 | 104 | |
| Greenwich | 111,014 | ... | 390 | 163 | ... | 30 | 1 | 8 | 95 | 4 | 691 | 6.2 | ... | 38 | 9 | 7 | 20 | ... | 4 | ... | 36 | 114 | 1.0 | 1350 | 12.2 | 100 |
| Lewisham | 160,749 | 1 | 927 | 388 | ... | 18 | 1 | 4 | 105 | ... | 1444 | 9.0 | ... | 6 | 15 | 21 | 20 | ... | 2 | ... | 29 | 93 | 0.6 | 1656 | 10.3 | 75 |
| Woolwich | 133,374 | ... | 1027 | 267 | ... | 12 | ... | 9 | 101 | ... | 1416 | 10.6 | ... | 55 | 19 | 26 | 15 | ... | 3 | ... | 19 | 137 | 1.0 | 1587 | 11.9 | 81 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
* Including Membranous Croup.