London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Small-pox.
| Sanitary district. | No. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
| Paddington | - | 0.02 | 0.59 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | - |
| Kensington | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.61 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.07 | - | - | - |
| Hammersmith | - | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.03 | - | - | - |
| Fulham | - | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.01 |
| Chelsea | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | - | - |
| Westminster | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.84 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.01 | - |
| St. Marylebone | 0.01 | 0.08 | 1.26 | 2.18 | 0.75 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Hampstead | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.03 | - | - | - | - |
| St. Pancras | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.51 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Islington | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 |
| *Stoke Newington | - | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.10 | - | 0.04 | 0.04 | - | - |
| Hackney | - | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Holborn | 0.01 | 0.16 | 1.50 | 0.22 | 0.66 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Finsbury | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.06 | - | - | - |
| City of London | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.76 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.03 | - |
| Shoreditch | 0.02 | 0.67 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 |
| Bethnal-green | 0.05 | 0.28 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 0.02 | - | - |
| Stepney | 0.03 | 0.15 | 1.20 | 0.24 | 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Poplar | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.30 | 0.67 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Southwark | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| Bermondsey | 0.19 | 0.01 | 1.14 | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Lambeth | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Battersea | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.74 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
| Wandsworth | 0.04 | - | 0.20 | 002 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Camberwell | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.59 | 0.06 | 0.34 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Deptford | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.47 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.01 | - | - |
| Greenwich | 0.14 | 0.19 | 1.67 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.06 | - | - | 0.01 |
| Lewisham | 0.02 | - | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Woolwich | 0.01 | 0.07 | 1.13 | 0.35 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 |
| London | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.65 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
In this table 0.00 indicates that the cases were too few to give a rate of 0.005; when no case occurred—is inserted.
Scarlet fever.
| Sanitary district. | No. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
| Paddington | 2.37 | 4.79 | 6.43 | 2.57 | 3.80 | 6.30 | 4.38 | 2.50 | 2.92 |
| Kensington | 1.85 | 4.40 | 5.55 | 2.26 | 3.12 | 5.89 | 4.48 | 2.76 | 2.58 |
| Hammersmith | 2.31 | 4.65 | 6.65 | 3.25 | 3.69 | 5.01 | 3.75 | 4.31 | 4.05 |
| Fulham | 1.33 | 5.45 | 6.98 | 5.07 | 3.12 | 5.37 | 6.34 | 6.49 | 6.50 |
| Chelsea | 2.05 | 5.24 | 6.29 | 3.25 | 5.98 | 5.61 | 4.18 | 3.54 | 3.04 |
| Westminster | 1.91 | 4.39 | 6.97 | 2.74 | 3.69 | 4.31 | 3.43 | 2.15 | 2.81 |
| St. Marylebone | 2.62 | 4.96 | 6.45 | 3.96 | 3.53 | 5.65 | 2.83 | 2.23 | 2.86 |
| Hampstead | 2.00 | 4.60 | 7.24 | 3.19 | 4.13 | 3.75 | 2.91 | 3.08 | 3.61 |
| St. Pancras | 2.65 | 5.49 | 10.94 | 5.36 | 4.52 | 4.40 | 3.90 | 4.04 | 3.53 |
| Islington | 2.25 | 5.35 | 9.17 | 4.59 | 5.18 | 5.96 | 4.64 | 3.89 | 4.32 |
| *Stoke Newington | 1.42 | 7.02 | 10.47 | 2.23 | 3.91 | 5.77 | 2.97 | 3.77 | 4.47 |
| Hackney | 2.58 | 8.62 | 10.50 | 4.97 | 4.93 | 7.06 | 6.35 | 4.68 | 4.45 |
| Holborn | 2.71 | 6.52 | 7.90 | 2.34 | 4.24 | 4.25 | 4.96 | 2.43 | 2.89 |
| Finsbury | 4.24 | 5.64 | 9.94 | 3.21 | 4.39 | 6.61 | 5.54 | 4.86 | 4.50 |
| City of London | 1.88 | 7.76 | 8.46 | 2.35 | 4.34 | 6.17 | 3.15 | 2.7 | 2.65 |
| Shoreditch | 2.97 | 6.74 | 8.20 | 3.96 | 4.78 | 5.70 | 5.14 | 3.47 | 3.01 |
| Bethnal-green | 4.32 | 7.24 | 11.55 | 3.97 | 5.84 | 9.58 | 5.62 | 3.37 | 3.34 |
| Stepney | 2.05 | 7.99 | 11.02 | 4.95 | 6.41 | 7.08 | 6.68 | 3.38 | 2.57 |
| Poplar | 3.43 | 8.81 | 11.25 | 4.76 | 5.88 | 5.60 | 6.15 | 3.80 | 2.47 |
| Southwark | 2.83 | 7.14 | 9.34 | 4.59 | 3.47 | 5.48 | 6.19 | 4.85 | 4.02 |
| Bermondsey | 4.11 | 6.42 | 7.23 | 5.51 | 4.32 | 4.68 | 6.43 | 4.87 | 5.25 |
| Lambeth | 3.14 | 6.34 | 7.89 | 4.06 | 4.85 | 5.29 | 4.61 | 3.28 | 3.30 |
| Battersea | 3.96 | 7.37 | 9.52 | 5.23 | 5.11 | 6.97 | 9.41 | 4.70 | 4.14 |
| Wandsworth | 2.82 | 5.44 | 7.66 | 3.88 | 3.60 | 5.23 | 5.30 | 3.52 | 4.36 |
| Camberwell | 2.78 | 6.48 | 7.65 | 3.79 | 3.50 | 4.73 | 4.64 | 3.66 | 4.34 |
| Deptford | 3.99 | 8.09 | 10.62 | 6.76 | 5.23 | 6.68 | 5.63 | 4.12 | 6.10 |
| Greenwich | 3.12 | 9.15 | 6.06 | 5.26 | 4.15 | 5.97 | 3.06 | 3.34 | 7.28 |
| Lewisham | 1.98 | 3.81 | 6.82 | 3.32 | 3.35 | 3.68 | 3.84 | 2.49 | 5.99 |
| Woolwich | 1.51 | 9.77 | 8.16 | 7.07 | 5.64 | 5.17 | 6.05 | 5.76 | 8.01 |
| London | 2.71 | 6.38 | 8.61 | 4.25 | 4.52 | 5.70 | 5.12 | 3.76 | 3.99 |
*The Notification Act was adopted in South Hornsey in September, 1892, the rates shown for the years 1891 and 1892 relate
therefore to the Parish of Stoke Newington; those for the years 1893 onwards relate to the district of Stoke Newington as constituted
by the London Government Act, 1899, i.e., Stoke Newington, plus South Hornsey.