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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Puerperal fever.
Sanitary district. | No. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1892. | 1893 | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
Paddington | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Kensington | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Hammersmith | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.11 |
Fulham | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.10 |
Chelsea | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.11 |
Westminster | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
St. Marylebone | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
Hampstead | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
St. Pancras | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
Islington | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
*Stoke Newington | - | 0.03 | - | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
Hackney | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
Holborn | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 | - | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
Finsbury | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
City of London | - | 0.03 | - | 0.03 | 0.06 | - | 0.07 | - | - |
Shoreditch | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
Bethnal-green | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.15 |
Stepney | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Poplar | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.08 |
Southwark | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
Bermondsey | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Lambeth | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
Battersea | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
Wandsworth | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
Camberwell | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Deptford | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Greenwich | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
Lewisham | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Woolwich | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
London | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
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.
Erysipelas.
Sanitary district. | No. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
Paddington | 1.14 | 0.99 | 1.96 | 1.00 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 1.18 |
Kensington | 0.98 | 1.10 | 1.62 | 1.09 | 1.53 | 1.61 | 1.40 | 1.06 | 1.22 |
Hammersmith | 0.68 | 1.22 | 1.83 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 1.14 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 1.00 |
Fulham | 0.84 | 1.11 | 1.54 | 1.09 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 1.12 | 0.97 | 1.37 |
Chelsea | 1.84 | 2.08 | 2.28 | 1.65 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.70 |
Westminster | 0.73 | 0.96 | 1.17 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 0.93 |
St. Marylebone | 1.20 | 1.71 | 2.68 | 1.85 | 1.66 | 1.73 | 1.81 | 1.29 | 1.45 |
Hampstead | 0.66 | 0.77 | 1.09 | 0.91 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.65 |
St. Pancras | 1.59 | 1.81 | 2.77 | 1.97 | 1.73 | 1.45 | 1.61 | 1.32 | 1.28 |
Islington | 1.06 | 1.65 | 2.15 | 1.24 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 1.02 |
*Stoke Newington | 0.42 | 0.76 | 1.07 | 0.68 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.79 |
Hackney | 1.01 | 1.63 | 2.28 | 1.28 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 1.26 | 1.37 | 1.36 |
Holborn | 1.48 | 2.67 | 2.76 | 2.00 | 1.77 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 1.71 | 1.54 |
Finsbury | 1.59 | 2.42 | 3.62 | 1.81 | 1.59 | 2.18 | 1.69 | 1.16 | 1.27 |
City of London | 0.66 | 1.39 | 2.15 | 1.23 | 0.73 | 1.06 | 0.86 | 0.65 | 0.75 |
Shoreditch | 1.13 | 2.05 | 2.58 | 1.61 | 1.50 | 2.39 | 1.86 | 1.43 | 1.67 |
Bethnal-grsen | 1.18 | 2.61 | 3.31 | 2.03 | 2.41 | 2.49 | 2.97 | 2.52 | 2.54 |
Stepney | 1.02 | 2.05 | 2.75 | 1.43 | 1.58 | 1.77 | 1.47 | 1.63 | 1.43 |
Poplar | 1.78 | 2.04 | 3.38 | 2.15 | 1.65 | 1.83 | 1.54 | 1.33 | 1.35 |
Southwark | 1.07 | 1.83 | 2.36 | 1.38 | 1.11 | 1.54 | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.49 |
Bermondsey | 2.00 | 1.93 | 2.22 | 1.66 | 1.23 | 1.89 | 1.29 | 1.46 | 1.26 |
Lambeth | 0.93 | 1.46 | 2.05 | 1.06 | 1.27 | 1.17 | 1.07 | 0.93 | 1.08 |
Battersea | 1.44 | 1.86 | 2.76 | 1.88 | 1.53 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.19 |
Wandsworth | 1.13 | 1.67 | 2.25 | 1.42 | 1.23 | 1.40 | 1.24 | 1.17 | 1.16 |
Camberwell | 0.92 | 1.17 | 1.80 | 1.33 | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.16 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
Deptford | 1.03 | 1.71 | 1.87 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.46 | 1.39 | 1.21 | 1.55 |
Greenwich | 1.57 | 1.85 | 2.29 | 1.62 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.41 | 1.18 | 1.30 |
Lewisham | 0.55 | 1.15 | 1.95 | 1.20 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.63 | 0.85 |
Woolwich | 0.63 | 0.98 | 1.46 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.86 |
London | 1.13 | 1.63 | 2.26 | 1.40 | 1.29 | 1.43 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 1.23 |
*See footnote (*), page 2.