Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE VII.
Analysis of Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis in 1694, after distribution of deaths occurring in Public Institutions.
SANITARY AREAS. | Estimated Population middle of 1894. | 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. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
London | 4,349,166 | 130553 | 75,434 | 30.1 | 174 | 2.6 | 11,467 | 89 | 3,291 | 961 | 2,637 | 2,094 | 5 | 608 | 13 | 1,769 | .. | 143 |
West Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 121,583 | 2,837 | 1,826 | 23.4 | 15.1 | 2.4 | 289 | 3 | 66 | 14 | 93 | 45 | .. | 19 | .. | 49 | .. | 137 |
Kensington | 167,350 | 3,673 | 2,647 | 220 | 15.9 | 2.1 | 349 | .. | 111 | 22 | 77 | 58 | .. | 21 | 3 | 57 | .. | 173 |
Hammersmith | 105,696 | 2,901 | 1,712 | 27.5 | 16.2 | 2.4 | 256 | .. | 71 | 14 | 50 | 59 | .. | 15 | .. | 47 | .. | 147 |
Fulham | 110,993 | 3,763 | 1,897 | 34.0 | 17.1 | 3.8 | 425 | 3 | 161 | 33 | 105 | 60 | .. | 5 | 1 | 57 | .. | 149 |
Chelsea | 99,052 | 2,700 | 1,619 | 27.3 | 16.4 | 2.3 | 224 | .. | 70 | 16 | 52 | 38 | .. | 14 | 1 | 33 | .. | 131 |
St. George, Hanover Square | 75,033 | 1,501 | 1,088 | 20.1 | 14.5 | 1.4 | 105 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 21 | .. | 12 | .. | 10 | .. | 115 |
Westminster | 54,414 | 1,235 | 991 | 22.8 | 18.3 | 20 | 108 | .. | 35 | 7 | 26 | 21 | .. | 5 | .. | 14 | .. | 138 |
St. James, Westminster | 23,571 | 464 | 393 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 2.2 | 52 | l | 13 | 3 | 15 | 7 | .. | 8 | .. | 5 | .. | 144 |
North Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||
Marylebone | 138,554 | 4,304 | 2,662 | 31.2 | 19.3 | 2.4 | 328 | 29 | 88 | 40 | 73 | 40 | .. | '23 | .. | 35 | .. | 130 |
Hampstead | 75,443 | 1,472 | 798 | 19.6 | 10.6 | 1.4 | 104 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 26 | .. | 6 | 1 | 8 | .. | 113 |
St. Pancras | 233,739 | 6,967 | 4,256 | 29.9 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 510 | 8 | 95 | 51 | 118 | 115 | 1 | 38 | .. | 84 | .. | 145 |
Islington | 331,900 | 9,500 | 5,266 | 28.7 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 847 | 3 | 204 | 69 | 221 | 195 | .. | 36 | .. | 119 | .. | 139 |
Stoke Newington | 34,172 | 757 | 334 | 22.2 | 9.8 | 0.9 | 29 | .. | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 86 |
Hackney | 211,493 | 6,073 | 3,241 | 28.8 | 15.4 | 2.6 | 554 | 1 | 186 | 57 | 122 | 68 | .. | 38 | .. | 82 | .. | 127 |
Central Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Giles | 38,144 | 1,069 | 757 | 28.1 | 19.9 | 2.1 | 78 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 27 | .. | 8 | .. | 11 | .. | 132 |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,783 | 23 3 | 266 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 2.0 | 27 | .. | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 210 |
Strand | 23,179 | 547 | 524 | 23.7 | 22.7 | 2.7 | 62 | .. | 16 | 1 | 9 | 21 | .. | 7 | .. | 8 | .. | 179 |
Holborn | 32,438 | 832 | 660 | 25.7 | 20.4 | 2.5 | 81 | .. | 23 | .. | 20 | 21 | .. | 7 | .. | 10 | .. | 180 |
Clerkenwell | 65,312 | 2,180 | 1,243 | 33.5 | 19.1 | 2.7 | 174 | .. | 49 | 10 | 34 | 38 | .. | 8 | .. | 35 | .. | 145 |
St. Luke | 41,168 | 1,879 | 965 | 45.8 | 23.5 | 2.1 | 87 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 18 | .. | 3 | .. | 26 | .. | 123 |
London City | 34,832 | 525 | 679 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 1.1 | 39 | .. | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | .. | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 160 |
East Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 123,186 | 4,332 | 2,450 | 35.3 | 19.9 | 2.8 | 350 | 2 | 69 | 28 | 75 | 93 | 1 | 11 | .. | 70 | .. | 160 |
Bethnal Green | 129,840 | 4,636 | 2,642 | 35.8 | 20.4 | 3.5 | 457 | 5 | 135 | 27 | 133 | 70 | .. | 27 | .. | 60 | .. | 151 |
Whitechapel | 75,498 | 3,178 | 1,613 | 42.2 | 21.4 | 3.1 | 231 | .. | 66 | 23 | 46 | 52 | .. | 10 | .. | 34 | .. | 154 |
St. George-in-the-East | 45,360 | 1,877 | 1,196 | 41.5 | 26.4 | 5.0 | 224 | .. | 49 | 18 | 51 | 41 | .. | 6 | .. | 59 | .. | 185 |
Limehouse | 57,000 | 1,906 | 1,403 | 33.5 | 24.7 | 4.3 | 244 | 1 | 93 | 33 | 51 | 27 | .. | 8 | .. | 31 | .. | 174 |
Mile End Old Town | 108,242 | 4,042 | 2,281 | 37.5 | 21.1 | 4.1 | 439 | 4 | 157 | 37 | 82 | 74 | .. | 13 | 2 | 70 | .. | 156 |
Poplar | 170,217 | 5,800 | 3,225 | 34.2 | 19.0 | 3.2 | 549 | 10 | 214 | 40 | 108 | 77 | .. | 31 | 1 | 68 | .. | 153 |
South Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Saviour, Southwark | 26,712 | 770 | 560 | 28.9 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 87 | .. | 46 | 6 | 20 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 145 |
St. George, Southwark | 60,060 | 2,071 | 1,384 | 34.6 | 23.1 | 3.6 | 217 | .. | 80 | 17 | 49 | 27 | .. | 5 | .. | 39 | .. | 186 |
Newington | 118,512 | 4.201 | 2,369 | 35.6 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 327 | 2 | 103 | 19 | 61 | 75 | .. | 14 | .. | 13 | .. | 158 |
St. Olave, Southwark | 12,984 | 431 | 268 | 33.3 | 20.7 | 2.8 | 36 | .. | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 128 | |
Bermondsey | 84,053 | 3,095 | 1,734 | 36.9 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 279 | 1 | 79 | 23 | 66 | 51 | 1 | 16 | .. | 42 | .. | 146 |
Rotherhithe | 40,365 | 1,353 | 764 | 33.6 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 134 | .. | 41 | 15 | 31 | 13 | .. | 2 | .. | 32 | .. | 161 |
Lambeth | 282,574 | 9,231 | 4,845 | 32.8 | 17.2 | 2.4 | 676 | 1 | 181 | 64 | 141 | 109 | .. | 46 | .. | 134 | .. | 133 |
Battersea | 161,558 | 5,024 | 2,573 | 31.2 | 16.0 | 3.1 | 493 | 2 | 151 | 32 | 116 | 75 | .. | 28 | 1 | 88 | .. | 146 |
Wandsworth | 179,518 | 4,423 | 2,224 | 24.7 | 12.4 | 1.8 | 317 | .. | 75 | 20 | 80 | 55 | .. | 21 | 2 | 64 | .. | 114 |
Camberwell | 248,893 | 7,382 | 4,045 | 29.7 | 16.3 | 2.8 | 687 | 2 | 186 | 46 | 192 | 137 | 1 | 22 | .. | 101 | .. | 148 |
Greenwich | 173,128 | 5,374 | 2,976 | 31.1 | 17.2 | 3.1 | 540 | .. | 144 | 59 | 132 | 112 | .. | 32 | 1 | 60 | .. | 138 |
Lee | 38,172 | 794 | 472 | 20.9 | 12.4 | 1.7 | 64 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 | .. | 94 |
Lewisham | 79,903 | 2,040 | 1,097 | 25.6 | 13.8 | 1.9 | 154 | .. | 39 | 12 | 30 | 35 | .. | 14 | .. | 24 | .. | 128 |
Woolwich | 42,309 | 1,271 | 753 | 30.1 | 17.8 | 2.6 | 110 | 1 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 12 | .. | 6 | .. | 16 | .. | 136 |
Plumstead | 59,233 | 1,910 | 736 | 32.3 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 124 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 36 | 30 | - | 6 | - | 6 | ... | 94 |