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 London County Council]
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Sanitary district. | No. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
Paddington | l.58 | 1.50 | 2.35 | 3.04 | 1.89 | 2.03 | 2.68 | 2.58 | 2.04 |
Kensington | 1.19 | 1.17 | 2.19 | 1.63 | 2.22 | 2.15 | 1.97 | 1.28 | 1.52 |
Hammersmith | 2.96 | 3.22 | 2.79 | 1.86 | 1.99 | 2.05 | 1.46 | 1.53 | 1.76 |
Fulham | 0.93 | 1.13 | 2.48 | 3.26 | 3.57 | 3.05 | 3.24 | 3.81 | 4.05 |
Chelsea | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.64 | 2.78 | 3.67 | 5.66 | 3.18 | 2.09 | 1.83 |
Westminster | 0.88 | 1.78 | 1.81 | 1.37 | 1.56 | 1.64 | 1.75 | 1.77 | 1.49 |
St. Marylebone | 1.06 | 1.59 | 2.83 | 2.03 | 1.65 | 2.04 | 1.57 | 1.68 | 1.40 |
Hampstead | 1.59 | 1.89 | 2.33 | 1.36 | 1.58 | 2.58 | 1.39 | 1.72 | 1.45 |
St. Pancras | 1.35 | 1.86 | 3.31 | 2.15 | 2.32 | 1.97 | 2.24 | 2.06 | 2.37 |
Islington | 2.31 | 2.34 | 2.76 | 2.68 | 1.79 | 3.25 | 2.15 | 1.59 | 2.05 |
*Stoke Newington | 1.26 | 2.22 | 3.10 | 1.99 | 1.79 | 2.14 | 1.54 | 1.54 | 1.02 |
Hackney | 1.99 | 2.89 | 4.31 | 2.80 | 2.38 | 2.73 | 3.61 | 3.99 | 3.19 |
Holborn | 0.79 | 1.75 | 2.52 | 1.59 | 1.70 | 1.88 | 3.07 | 2.69 | 1.38 |
Finsbury | 1.80 | 1.61 | 4.17 | 2.11 | 2.22 | 3.43 | 5.02 | 4.30 | 2.79 |
City of London | 0.90 | 2.54 | 1.93 | 1.26 | 1.32 | 2.26 | 2.09 | 1.59 | 2.04 |
Shoreditch | 1.89 | 1.74 | 4.18 | 2.46 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 3.05 | 2.10 | 3.09 |
Bethnal-green | 2.34 | 4.51 | 5.79 | 4.34 | 3.68 | 3.50 | 4.26 | 2.64 | 2.68 |
Stepney | 1.61 | 2.58 | 3.60 | 3.19 | 4.03 | 4.61 | 3.80 | 2.44 | 2.69 |
Poplar | 2.90 | 2.90 | 6.86 | 4.12 | 4.61 | 4.07 | 4.16 | 2.76 | 2.49 |
Southwark | 1.08 | 1.42 | 3.71 | 2.93 | 2.20 | 3.25 | 3.03 | 3.97 | 6.23 |
Bermondsey | 1.03 | 1.18 | 2.68 | 3.26 | 2.05 | 3.04 | 2.86 | 2.37 | 5.34 |
Lambeth | 1.33 | 1.91 | 2.90 | 2.16 | 2.27 | 2.28 | 2.46 | 2.70 | 3.64 |
Battersea | 2.19 | 2.41 | 4.22 | 3.17 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 3.69 | 4.67 | 3.49 |
Wandsworth | 1.12 | 1.82 | 2.70 | 2.04 | 1.54 | 1.58 | 2.97 | 3.01 | 2.97 |
Camberwell | 1.05 | 1.27 | 2.13 | 2.91 | 3.61 | 5.53 | 4.55 | 2.67 | 4.69 |
Deptford | 1.09 | 1.33 | 2.76 | 3.96 | 5.78 | 3.48 | 4.18 | 3.47 | 3.65 |
Greenwich | 0.91 | 0.84 | 2.68 | 2.20 | 3.52 | 5.80 | 2.44 | 2.77 | 3.67 |
Lewisham | 0.73 | 1.45 | 2.62 | 1.82 | 1.46 | 3.76 | 2.52 | 3.34 | 5.12 |
Woolwich | 0.49 | 1.33 | 2.11 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 2.96 | 2.69 | 2.25 | 3.00 |
London | 1.52 | 1.96 | 3.20 | 2.59 | 2.57 | 3.07 | 2.96 | 2.63 | 3.01 |
†Including cases of membranous croup.
Typhus fever.
Sanitary district. | N0. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
Paddington | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.01 |
Kensington | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | - | - | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Hammersmith | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | _ | - | 0.01 |
Fulham | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Chelsea | - | - | - | 0.01 | - | - | _ | _ | __ |
Westminster | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | __ |
St. Marylebone | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hampstead | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
St. Pancras | - | - | - | 0.00 | - | - | - | __ | _ |
Islington | 0.01 | - | 0.00 | 0-00 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.01 | - |
*Stoke Newington | - | 0.03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hackney | 0.01 | - | - | - | 0.00 | - | - | - | _ |
Holborn | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | _ | _ | _ |
Finsbury | - | 0.03 | - | - | 0.01 | - | - | - | _ |
City of London | - | - | 0.03 | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
Shoreditch | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | _ | _ |
Bethnal-green | 0.01 | - | - | 0.02 | - | - | 0.01 | - | _ |
Stepney | - | 0.00 | 0.01 | - | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | 0.01 |
Poplar | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | - | - | _ |
Southwark | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Bermondsey | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | - | - | - | 0.03 |
Lambeth | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0-00 | - | 00.0 | 0.00 |
Battersea | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | 00.1 | - |
Wandsworth | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
Camberwell | 0.00 | - | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | _ | 00.0 |
Deptford | 0.07 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.02 | - | - | 00.1 | _ |
Greenwich | - | 0.05 | - | 0.02 | - | - | - | _ | _ |
Lewisham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ |
Woolwich | 0.01 | - | - | 0.01 | - | - | - | _ | |
London | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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.
*See footnote(*), page 2.