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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Greenwich 1897

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1898

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Table: Table No. 9.Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions,during the Tear, 1897.

Table No. 9.Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions,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.Diarrhoea.PhthisisDeaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births.
Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotio Diseases.
LONDON44631691336187897130∙017∙72∙5611453161927778224018371557840897629158
West Districts.
Paddington1261613018181424∙014∙41∙94243...2216444...91102142149
Kensington1714273683267721∙515∙71∙78304...32308119...211120247166
Hammersmith1059593139176029∙716∙71∙99211...5113028...81128146171
Fulham1200404106203434∙317∙03∙04362...51266361...121148184162
Chelsea966922549171326∙417∙82∙55244...18175441...14...100175161
St.George, Hanover Sq.803301369105917∙113∙21∙1089...1771713...10...2593133
Westminster530271237100423∙419∙02∙47131...26132316...6...47143166
St. James, Westminster2257645939320∙437∙51∙8742...13836...3...951163
North Districts.
Marylebone1408084135257229∙518∙31∙61227...994641...14...108246136
Hampstead77275147991119∙211.81∙1690...961725...5...2857127
St. Pancras2422557017451829∙018∙72∙4759718724114124...38...209486168
Islington3411349845538728∙915∙81∙9165319961129134...45...184491136
Stoke Newington3413683548824∙514∙32∙1272...721915...10...1940121
Hackney2166986312357329∙216∙52∙90626...1273713497...35...190310147
Central Districts.
St. Giles3784098169626∙018∙41∙6361...97718...6...14113146
St.Martin-in-the-Fields1271116920613∙316∙31∙191511235...1...233178
Strand2355257050124∙321∙32∙0648210356...4...1879161
Holborn3049378170325∙723∙12∙7985...6141619...5...3584184
Clerkenwell661622092145931∙722∙13∙61238149144849...11...66155184
St. Luke412791860105645∙225∙73∙8215740132128...4...51128149
London City3022847864215∙921∙31∙66501781010...9...557130