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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Civil Population, 1920. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Otber continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | | Cerebro-Spinal | meningitis. | Polio-myelitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhsea and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | |||||||
| LONDON | 4,531,971 | 16 | 22713 | 13784 | ... | 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 | 67 | ... | 22 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 70 | 143 | 0.9 | 2135 | 13.0 |
| Hammersmith | 136,200 | ... | 727 | 384 | ... | 8 | ... | 91 | 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 | 02,987 | ... | 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 | 6.0 | 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 | ||
| East Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 102,044 | ... | 521 | 398 | ... | 11 | ... | 11 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 1008 | 9.9 | ... | 48 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 64 | 158 | 1.6 | 1567 | 15.4 | |
| Bethnal Green | 114,471 | ... | 1064 | 581 | ... | 5 | ... | 13 | 133 | 7 | 3 | 1796 | 15.7 | ... | 62 | 12 | 35 | 56 | 2 | 49 | 216 | 1.9 | 1676 | 14.7 |
| Stepney | 241,770 | 2 | 2455 | 684 | ... | 14 | ... | 23 | 155 | 14 | 1 | 3348 | 13.9 | ... | 49 | 15 | 40 | 73 | 3 | 86 | 266 | 1.1 | 3465 | 14.4 |
| Poplar | 159,766 | 11 | 1402 | 698 | ... | 17 | ... | 24 | 84 | 11 | ... | 2247 | 14.1 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 57 | 54 | 4 | 47 | 214 | 1.3 | 2319 | 14.6 |
| South Districts — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwark | 187,142 | ... | 893 | 457 | ... | 8 | ... | 17 | 179 | 8 | ... | 1562 | 8.4 | ... | 63 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 53 | 190 | 1.0 | 2685 | 14.4 |
| Bermondaey | 129,189 | ... | 1001 | 278 | ... | 6 | 1 | 21 | 54 | 6 | ... | 1367 | 10.6 | 1 | 56 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 163 | 1.3 | 1673 | 13.0 |
| Lambeth | 293,572 | ... | 1240 | 714 | ... | 16 | ... | 8? | 140 | 6 | 5 | 2153 | 7.4 | ... | 79 | 16 | 77 | 35 | 1 | 77 | 285 | 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 | 10.0 | ... | 20 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 44 | 104 | 0.9 | 1386 | 12.0 |
| Greenwich | 102,408 | 1 | 585 | 301 | ... | 15 | ... | 5 | 53 | 2 | ... | 962 | 9.4 | ... | 26 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 79 | 0.8 | 1216 | 11.9 |
| Lewisham Woolwich | 174,438 141,666 | 1 | 716 531 | 464 421 | ... | 7 5 | ... | 9 12 | 71 79 | 6 6 | ... | 1273 1055 | 7.3 7.5 | ... | 9 21 | 8 4 | 45 24 | 12 14 | 1 1 | 21 18 | 96 82 | 0.6 0.6 | 1872 1463 | 10.8 10.4 |