Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1898
This page requires JavaScript
Table No. 7. Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the. Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institution*, during the Tear, 1897.
SANITARY AREAS. | Estimated POPULATION, middle of 1897. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Undefined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
LONDON | 4463169 | 133618 | 78971 | 30•0 | 17•7 | 2•56 | 11453 | 16 | 1927 | 778 | 2240 | 1837 | 1 | 557 | 8 | 4089 | 7629 | 158 |
West Districts. Paddington | 126161 | 3018 | 1814 | 24•0 | 14•4 | 1•94 | 243 | ... | 2 | 21 | 64 | 44 | ... | 9 | 1 | 102 | 142 | 149 |
Kensington | 171427 | 3683 | 2677 | 21•5 | 15•7 | 1•78 | 304 | ... | 32 | 30 | 81 | 19 | ... | 21 | 1 | 120 | 247 | 166 |
Hammersmith | 105959 | 3139 | 1760 | 29•7 | 16•7 | 1•99 | 211 | ... | 5 | 11 | 30 | 28 | ... | 8 | 1 | 128 | 146 | 171 |
Fulham | 120040 | 4106 | 2034 | 34•3 | 17•0 | 3•04 | 362 | ... | 51 | 26 | 63 | 61 | ... | 12 | 1 | 148 | 184 | 162 |
Chelsea | 96692 | 2549 | 1713 | 26•4 | 17•8 | 2•55 | 244 | ... | 18 | 17 | 54 | 41 | ... | 14 | ... | 100 | 175 | 161 |
St.George, Hanover Sq. | 80330 | 1309 | 1059 | 17•1 | 13•2 | 1•10 | 89 | ... | 17 | 7 | 17 | 13 | ... | 10 | ... | 25 | 93 | 133 |
Westminster | 53027 | 1237 | 1004 | 23•4 | 19•0 | 2•47 | 131 | ... | 26 | 13 | 23 | 16 | ... | 6 | ... | 47 | 143 | 166 |
St. James, Westminster | 22576 | 459 | 393 | 20•4 | 37•5 | 1•87 | 42 | ... | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ... | 3 | ... | 9 | 51 | 163 |
North Districts. Marylebone | 140808 | 4135 | 2572 | 29•5 | 18•3 | 1•61 | 227 | ... | 9 | 9 | 46 | 41 | ... | 14 | ... | 108 | 246 | 136 |
Hampstead | 77275 | 1479 | 911 | 19•2 | 11•8 | 1•16 | 90 | ... | 9 | 6 | 17 | 25 | ... | 5 | ... | 28 | 57 | 127 |
St. Pancras | 242255 | 7017 | 4518 | 29•0 | 18•7 | 2•47 | 597 | 1 | 87 | 24 | 114 | 124 | ... | 38 | ... | 209 | 486 | 168 |
Islington | 341134 | 9845 | 5387 | 28•9 | 15•8 | 1•91 | 653 | 1 | 99 | 61 | 129 | 134 | ... | 45 | ... | 184 | 491 | 136 |
Stoke Newington | 34136 | 835 | 488 | 24•5 | 14•3 | 2•12 | 72 | ... | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | ... | 10 | ... | 19 | 40 | 121 |
Hackney | 216698 | 6312 | 3573 | 29•2 | 16•5 | 2•90 | 626 | ... | 127 | 37 | 134 | 97 | ... | 35 | ... | 190 | 310 | 147 |
Central Districts. St. Giles | 37840 | 981 | 696 | 26•0 | 18•4 | 1•63 | 61 | ... | 9 | 7 | 7 | 18 | ... | 6 | ... | 14 | 113 | 146 |
St.Martin-in-the-Fields | 12711 | 169 | 206 | 13•3 | 16•3 | 1•19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 33 | 178 |
Strand | 23552 | 570 | 501 | 24•3 | 21•3 | 2•06 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ... | 4 | ... | 18 | 79 | 161 |
Holborn | 30493 | 781 | 703 | 25•7 | 23•1 | 2•79 | 85 | ... | 6 | 14 | 16 | 19 | ... | 5 | ... | 35 | 84 | 184 |
Clerkenwell | 66162 | 2092 | 1459 | 31•7 | 22•1 | 3•61 | 238 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 48 | 49 | ... | 11 | ... | 66 | 155 | 184 |
St. Luke | 41279 | 1860 | 1056 | 45•2 | 25•7 | 3•82 | 157 | 40 | 13 | 21 | 28 | ... | 4 | ... | 51 | 128 | 149 | |
London City | 30228 | 478 | 642 | 15•9 | 21•3 | 1•66 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ... | 9 | ... | 5 | 57 | 130 |