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 Hackney]
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I would mention here, that allowance has seen made for deaths in workhouses not belonging to the districts, and also in hospitals.
No. of Persons to an Acre | Name of District. | Death rate per 1000 Residents. | No. of Persons to an Acre | Name of District. | Death rate per 1000 Residents. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Lewisham | 16.2 | 219 | St. Giles | 27.3 |
10 | Woolwich | 20.7 | 200 | Holborn | 26.2 |
11 | Wandsworth | 19.5 | 197 | St. Georges, East | 28.6 |
14 | Hampstead | 15.2 | 190 | Shoreditch | 28.2 |
25 | Camberwell | 21.4 | 196 | Whitechapel | 24.3 |
26 | Greenwich | 24.0 | 159 | Bethnal Green | 25.3 |
32 | Hackney | 19.3 | 150 | St. Saviours | 24.2 |
37 | Kensington | 19.5 | | 137 | Mile End Old Town | 23.2 |
I have omitted Westminster, although the most crowded
district, as the Census is taken when the Houses of Parliament
are sitting, and in the height of the London season, as it is,