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 Lewisham]
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Table 13.
Birth and Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1906, after distribution of Deaths in Public institutions.
Boroughs | Per 1000 Persons Living. | |||||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year to 100) Births registered | ||||||||||||
All Causes | Principal Epidemic Diseases | Small.Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping.Cough | Typhus | Enteric Fever | Pyrexia. (Origin uncertain) | Diarrhoea | Phthisis | |||
Cnty of L.nD.n | 26.5 | 15.1 | 1.92 | — | 0.40 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0. 26 | . | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.94 | 1.44 | 131 |
West. | ||||||||||||||
Paddington | 22.7 | 12.5 | 1.30 | — | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.08 | — | 0.05 | . | 0.84 | 1.12 | 105 |
Kensington | 19.2 | 13. 8 | 1.56 | — | 0.45 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | 0.03 | . | 0.80 | 1.27 | 132 |
Hammersmith | 25.9 | 14.8 | 2.13 | — | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.16 | — | 0.07 | — | 1.09 | 1.25 | 138 |
Pulham | 30.0 | 13.7 | 2. 40 | — | 0.33 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.19 | — | 0.08 | — | 1.49 | 1.13 | 134 |
Chelsea | 21.4 | 15.7 | 2.03 | — | 0.78 | 0.12 | 0. 20 | 0 .23 | — | — | — | 0.70 | 1. 57 | 133 |
Cty of Wstmstr | 172 | 129 | 0.84 | . | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.13 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 1.39 | 110 |
North | ||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 21.2 | 14.9 | 1.28 | . | 0.37 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.09 | . | 0.02 | . | 0.60 | 1. 56 | 117 |
Hampstead | 16.5 | 9.4 | 0.57 | — | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.02 | . | 0.03 | . | 0.26 | 0.67 | 77 |
St. Panoras | 26.0 | 15.9 | 1 .65 | — | 0.41 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.30 | . | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 1.81 | 123 |
islington | 25.5 | 14.7 | 1.62 | — | 0.56 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.22 | . | 0.06 | — | 0.58 | 1.23 | 124 |
Stoke Nwingtn | 20.8 | 11.5 | 1.10 | — | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.32 | . | . | . | 0 .47 | 1.04 | 102 |
Hackney | 24.7 | 13.3 | 1.58 | — | 0.28 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.17 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.88 | 1. 30 | 119 |
Central. | ||||||||||||||
Holborn | 22.3 | 18.0 | 1.44 | — | 0.45 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0. 18 | — | 0 .02 | — | 0.63 | 2. 37 | 120 |
Finsbury | 30.2 | 20. 7 | 3.59 | — | 1.27 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.56 | . | 0.14 | — | 1.23 | 2.18 | 160 |
City of London | 16.7 | 17.3 | 1.08 | — | 0. 14 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.19 | . | 0.05 | — | 0.28 | 1.74 | 101 |
East. | ||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 34.2 | 19.6 | 3.13 | — | 0.65 | 0.16 | 0. 13 | 0.53 | . | 0.04 | . | 1.62 | 2.01 | 163 |
Bethnal Green | 34.5 | 18.9 | 2.55 | — | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.48 | . | 0.11 | — | 1.18 | 2.25 | 155 |
Stepney | 35.3 | 17.7 | ..74 | — | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.34 | . | 0. 08 | . | 1.43 | 1.72 | 134 |
Poplar | 31.6 | 17.6 | 2 .95 | — | 0.63 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0. 31 | — | 0.06 | — | 1.71 | 1.55 | 152 |
South. | ||||||||||||||
Southwark | 29. 8 | 18.1 | 2.23 | — | 0.46 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0. 26 | . | 0.06 | . | 1.08 | 2.06 | 144 |
Bermondsey | 31.8 | 19.7 | 2.94 | — | 0.73 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.40 | . | 0.03 | . | 1.29 | 2.01 | 153 |
Lambeth | 26.3 | 15.0 | 1.69 | — | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.23 | . | 0. 07 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 1.37 | 131 |
Battersea | 26.2 | 13.4 | 1. 82 | — | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.44 | . | 0.04 | — | 0.88 | 1.28 | 126 |
Wandsworth | 26 .4 | 12.8 | 1.60 | — | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.22 | . | 0.06 | . | 0.83 | 1.01 | 121 |
Camberwell | 25.7 | 14.6 | 1.88 | — | 0.41 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.28 | . | 0.05 | — | 0 .90 | 1.26 | 130 |
Deptford | 28.6 | 16. 1 | 2.69 | — | 0.60 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.54 | . | 0.05 | — | 1.20 | 1.28 | 143 |
Greenwich | 25.4 | 13.5 | 1.87 | — | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.40 | . | 0.05 | . | 0.69 | 1.19 | 119 |
Lewisham | 23.2 | 12. 0 | 1. 31 | . | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.18 | . | 0. 01 | . | 0.75 | 0.80 | 113 |
Wooiwich | 27.9 | 13.1 | 1.52 | — | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.17 | — | 0.07 | — | 0.83 | 1.33 | 109 |
in this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no death occurred, — is inserted. "Originally described Simple Continued Fever. |