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
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SANITARY AREAS. | Estimated POPULATION middle of 1897. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Un-defined Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Childrenunder 1 year of age to 1,000 births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
East Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 121883 | 4314 | 2627 | 35∙5 | 21∙6 | 4∙07 | 496 | 1 | 116 | 29 | 78 | 63 | ... | 20 | ... | 189 | 247 | 183 |
Bethnal Green | 129098 | 4818 | 2761 | 37∙4 | 21∙4 | 3∙41 | 439 | ... | 114 | 25 | 84 | 57 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 140 | 255 | 171 |
Whitechapel | 79724 | 3150 | 1623 | 39∙6 | 20∙4 | 2∙16 | 171 | ... | 45 | 15 | 34 | 16 | ... | 8 | ... | 53 | 200 | 148 |
St. George-in-the-East | 47917 | 2029 | 1262 | 42∙5 | 26∙4 | 4∙27 | 204 | ... | 68 | 14 | 28 | 24 | ... | 10 | ... | 60 | 132 | 197 |
Liraehouse | 58508 | 1997 | 1462 | 34∙2 | 25∙1 | 3∙54 | 206 | ... | 63 | 12 | 29 | 37 | ... | 4 | ... | 61 | 149 | 193 |
Mile End Old Town | 111883 | 4257 | 2085 | 38∙2 | 18∙7 | 2∙97 | 330 | ... | 77 | 12 | 62 | 58 | ... | 23 | ... | 98 | 156 | 149 |
Poplar | 169811 | 5849 | 3353 | 34∙5 | 19∙8 | 3∙07 | 519 | ... | 83 | 28 | 120 | 83 | ... | 30 | ... | 175 | 319 | 170 |
South Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Saviour, Southwark | 24919 | 769 | 611 | 30∙9 | 24∙6 | 3∙66 | 91 | ... | 32 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | 26 | 80 | 195 |
St. George, Southwark | 60388 | 2114 | 1426 | 35∙1 | 23∙7 | 4∙35 | 262 | 1 | 67 | 14 | 28 | 32 | ... | 10 | 1 | 109 | 171 | 189 |
Newington | 122191 | 4248 | 2588 | 34∙9 | 21∙2 | 3∙59 | 439 | ... | 85 | 33 | 65 | 82 | ... | 9 | ... | 165 | 269 | 177 |
St. Olave, Southwark | 11480 | 434 | 253 | 37∙9 | 22∙1 | 2∙96 | 34 | ... | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 15 | 33 | 154 |
Bermondsey | 85629 | 3176 | 1883 | 37∙2 | 22∙1 | 4∙35 | 371 | ... | 76 | 34 | 62 | 62 | ... | 13 | ... | 124 | 174 | 190 |
Rotherhithe | 40643 | 1258 | 766 | 31∙0 | 18∙9 | 3∙26 | 132 | ... | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | 49 | 64 | 174 |
Lambeth | 300048 | 9388 | 5247 | 31∙4 | 17∙5 | 2∙65 | 791 | ... | 140 | 42 | 144 | 144 | ... | 26 | ... | 295 | 500 | 151 |
Battersea | 168877 | 5266 | 2734 | 31∙3 | 16∙2 | 2∙79 | 470 | ... | 79 | 47 | 106 | 79 | ... | 19 | ... | 140 | 281 | 162 |
Wandsworth | 195612 | 5042 | 2606 | 25∙8 | 13∙4 | 1∙91 | 370 | ... | 27 | 29 | 111 | 42 | ... | 16 | 1 | 144 | 222 | 135 |
Camberwell | 257575 | 7483 | 4276 | 29∙1 | 16∙6 | 2∙91 | 750 | 5 | 141 | 32 | 170 | 111 | ... | 31 | ... | 260 | 386 | 159 |
Deptford, in eluding Greenwich | 178367 | 5563 | 3058 | 31∙3 | 17∙2 | 2∙27 | 405 | 2 | 35 | 32 | 70 | 57 | ... | 29 | ... | 180 | 263 | 157 |
Lee | 39215 | 881 | 516 | 22∙5 | 13∙2 | 1∙43 | 56 | ... | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | 22 | 43 | 135 |
Lewisham | 86152 | 2186 | 1099 | 25∙4 | 12∙8 | 1∙71 | 147 | ... | 17 | 9 | 36 | 19 | ... | 7 | ... | 59 | 81 | 129 |
Woolwich | 41409 | 1307 | 735 | 31∙7 | 17∙8 | 2∙54 | 105 | ... | 2 | 8 | 33 | 8 | ... | 4 | ... | 50 | 79 | 158 |
Plumstead | 61057 | 1975 | 834 | 32∙4 | 13∙7 | 1∙97 | 120 | ... | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | ... | 3 | 1 | 61 | 95 | 116 |