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 24.
Attack Rates per 1.000 persons living at all ages from Small.Pox. Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the Years 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.
Borough. | Small.Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | All Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1903 | 1904. | 1905. | 1906 | 1903. | 1904. | 1905 | 1906 | 1903. | 1904 | 1905. | 1906 | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906 | |
Battersea | 0 .21 | 0.04 | — | — | 2.73 | 2.19 | 4.77 | 5.83 | 1.81 | 1.29 | 1.08 | 1.53 | 6. 18 | 4.84 | 7.13 | 8.51 |
Bermondsey | 0.05 | 014 | — | 0.00 | 3.08 | 3.50 | 5.82 | 7.69 | 1. 34 | 1.49 | 1.29 | 2.61 | 6 66 | 7 .19 | 8.73 | 12.16 |
Bethnal Green | 0.02 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 3.01 | 5.07 | 6.09 | 4.97 | 1.86 | 3.26 | 2.33 | 1.92 | 7.07 | 11.59 | 10.53 | 9.24 |
Camber well | 0.07 | 007 | 0 .04 | 0.02 | 2.50 | 3.52 | 4.46 | 4.23 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0.91 | 1 .29 | 5.25 | 6.20 | 7.04 | 6.87 |
Chelsea | 0.09 | — | — | 2.81 | 1.45 | 3.03 | 3.62 | 1.32 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 2 .16 | 5. 23 | 3.14 | 5.15 | 6.82 | |
Deptford | 0.01 | 009 | 0 .1 | 0.00 | 4.46 | 3.56 | 5.30 | 5.56 | 4.05 | 1.72 | 1.29 | 2.64 | 10.08 | 7 .06 | 8. 30 | 9.93 |
Finsbury | 0.02 | 015 | 0.1 | — | 2.93 | 3.34 | 4.88 | 4.60 | 1 29 | 1.47 | 1.42 | 2.31 | 5.92 | 6.56 | 8. 01 | 8.52 |
Fulham | 0.07 | — | — | — | 2.74 | 1.93 | 4.96 | 4.16 | 1.98 | 1.96 | 1 81 | 2.49 | 6. 27 | 5 .06 | 8. 21 | 7.79 |
Greenwich | 0.04 | 0 01 | 0.3 | — | 1.64 | 2.09 | 2.77 | 5.38 | 2 08 | 1 .49 | 1.40 | 3.88 | 5. 01 | 4.94 | 5.42 | 10.62 |
Hackney | 0.01 | 005 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 2.97 | 3.79 | 4.66 | 4.54 | 2.43 | 2.33 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 8. 01 | 8.48 | 8.40 | 7.99 |
Hammersmith | 0.06 | — | — | — | 2.72 | 2.42 | 3.02 | 3.62 | 1.43 | 1.74 | 2 03 | 2. 33 | 5.73 | 5 .64 | 6.53 | 7.24 |
Hampstead | 0.01 | 0 01 | — | — | 2.04 | 1.83 | 2.04 | 4.31 | 1.00 | 0.66 | 074 | 1.10 | 3. 90 | 3. 66 | 3.52 | 6.23 |
Holborn | 0.03 | 010 | 0.1 | — | 2 .48 | 1.71 | 2.76 | 2.47 | 0.89 | 0. 60 | 0 81 | 1.18 | 6.02 | 4.79 | 4.65 | 4.94 |
Islington | 0.03 | 005 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.55 | 3.37 | 3.49 | 4.03 | 2.21 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.27 | 5. 06 | 5. 71 | 5.62 | 6.54 |
Kensington | 0 .02 | 002 | — | . | 1.87 | 1.48 | 1.87 | 2.65 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.72 | 0.98 | 4. 31 | 3.67 | 3.79 | 4.62 |
Lambeth | 0.23 | 008 | — | . | 2.42 | 2.12 | 3.27 | 4.00 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.46 | 1.33 | 5.06 | 4.44 | 5.96 | 6.49 |
Lewisham | 0 .00 | — | 0 .5 | — | 3.28 | 2.29 | 3.79 | 3 .65 | 1.83 | 0.83 | 0 .98 | 1.64 | 6.09 | 3.93 | 5.88 | 6.08 |
London. City of | — | 008 | — | — | 2.97 | 1.36 | 3.38 | 5.28 | 1.10 | 1.70 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 5.09 | 4.64 | 5.35 | 7.44 |
Padding ton | 0.03 | 0 03 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 2.85 | 2.47 | 1.88 | 4.81 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 0.65 | 1.22 | 5 .09 | 4.66 | 3.82 | 7.28 |
Poplar | 0.16 | 024 | . | 0 .01 | 2.65 | 3.22 | 5.81 | 3 .34 | 2. 50 | 3 94 | 2.88 | 1.45 | 6.77 | 9. 25 | 10.38 | 6.52 |
St. Marylebone | 0.03 | 0.00 | — | — | 3.15 | 2.25 | 2.14 | 3.07 | 1.73 | 0.90 | 101 | 1.09 | 6.87 | 4.98 | 4.80 | 5.70 |
St. Pancras | 0.13 | 0 .3 | 001 | — | 2.79 | 3.59 | 4.17 | 3.37 | 2.21 | 1.48 | 1.21 | 1.18 | 6.48 | 6.81 | 6.71 | 5.95 |
Shoreditch | — | 0.2 | 0 01 | — | 2.20 | 2.93 | 6.80 | 5.40 | 1.31 | 1.66 | 1.56 | 1.24 | 5.68 | 6.64 | 9.11 | 8.25 |
Southwark | 0.19 | 0.3 | — | — | 2.46 | 1.99 | 3.72 | 7.02 | 1.70 | 1.34 | 1.45 | 1 .91 | 6.17 | 5.41 | 7.00 | 11.06 |
Stepney | 0.08 | 0 .9 | 003 | 0.01 | 2.90 | 4.15 | 6.03 | 3 .93 | 1.79 | 2 .70 | 2 09 | 1.96 | 6 .73 | 9.38 | 10.29 | 7.70 |
StokeNewington | 0.03 | 0.5 | 002 | — | 1.67 | 2.93 | 3.36 | 2 .53 | 0.76 | 1.16 | 1.49 | 0.88 | 3.78 | 5.58 | 5.62 | 4.49 |
Wandsworth | 0.11 | 0.2 | 000 | — | 3.28 | 2.95 | 5.61 | 3 .91 | 2.13 | 1.56 | 1 31 | 2.03 | 6.94 | 5.94 | 8.33 | 7.27 |
Wtmstr., City ol | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0 01 | — | 1.96 | 1.76 | 2. 09 | 3 .08 | 1.03 | 0.81 | 0.68 | 1.20 | 4.31 | 3.66 | 3.79 | 5.30 |
Woolwich | 0.04 | 0.00 | 005 | . | 3.21 | 3.80 | 4.09 | 4.12 | 1.51 | 1.32 | 2.18 | 3.03 | 5.64 | 6.04 | 7.31 | 8.15 |
London. Cnty. of | 0.09 | 0.10 | 001 | 0.00 | 2. 71 | 2.89 | 4.15 | 4.30 | 1. 67 | 1.55 | 1.38 | 1.70 | 6 .00 | 6.08 | 7.01 | 7.42 |
*Note.—Chicken Pox. which was notifiable during parts of 1903 and 1904. has been omitted from this Table |