Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green during the year 1896
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Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the Year 1896.
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Popula-tion middle of 1896. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths from Principal ZymoticDiseases. | 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 1,000 births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
LONDON | 4,421,955 | 135,796 | 81,721 | 30.2 | 18.2 | 3.11 | 14,009 | 9 | 3,692 | 940 | 2,663 | 2,931 | 5 | 564 | 13 | 3,192 | 7,567 | 160 |
West Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 124,838 | 3,068 | 1,947 | 24.2 | 15.3 | 2.52 | 320 | 1 | 103 | 22 | 65 | 49 | ... | 13 | 1 | 66 | 161 | 156 |
Kensington | 170,660 | 3,719 | 2,914 | 21.4 | 16.8 | 2.65 | 459 | ... | 173 | 40 | 70 | 99 | ... | 10 | 1 | 60 | 247 | 178 |
Hammersmith | 104,551 | 3,007 | 1,828 | 28.3 | 17.2 | 2 80 | 228 | ... | 62 | 21 | 52 | 62 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 85 | 149 | 179 |
Fulbam | 115,008 | 4,068 | 2,057 | 34.8 | 17.6 | 3.59 | 419 | ... | 101 | 29 | 77 | 69 | ... | 9 | ... | 134 | 194 | 175 |
Chelsea | 96,657 | 2,651 | 1,850 | 26.9 | 18.8 | 3.94 | 388 | ... | 110 | 23 | 115 | 63 | ... | 10 | 1 | 66 | 179 | 168 |
St. George Hanover Sq | 80,041 | 1,407 | 1,108 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 1.39 | 112 | ... | 32 | 11 | 24 | 16 | ... | 9 | ... | 20 | 104 | 149 |
Westminster | 53,477 | 1,223 | 978 | 22.5 | 18.0 | 2.15 | 117 | ... | 18 | 10 | 20 | 25 | ... | 9 | ... | 35 | 122 | 170 |
St JamesWestmnstr. | 22,955 | 496 | 397 | 21.3 | 17.0 | 2.24 | 52 | ... | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 10 | 44 | 149 |
North Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Marylebone | 141,114 | 4,416 | 2,855 | 30.8 | 19.9 | 3.16 | 453 | ... | 195 | 26 | 74 | 70 | ... | 20 | ... | 68 | 280 | 141 |
Hampstead | 75,812 | 1,462 | 916 | 19.0 | 11.9 | 1.83 | 141 | ... | 58 | 7 | 30 | 22 | ... | 7 | ... | 17 | 86 | 123 |
St. Pancras | 241,066 | 7,040 | 4,442 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 2.47 | 608 | ... | 133 | 37 | 99 | 128 | ... | 31 | ... | 180 | 474 | 168 |
Islington | 337,639 | 9,924 | 5,871 | 28.9 | 17.1 | 3.04 | 1,043 | 1 | 275 | 57 | 255 | 247 | ... | 47 | 1 | 160 | 499 | 150 |
Stoke Newington | 33,615 | 841 | 434 | 24.6 | 12.7 | 2.35 | 80 | ... | 5 | 8 | 19 | 16 | ... | 5 | ... | 27 | 28 | 126 |
Hackney | 213,774 | 6,435 | 3,414 | 29.6 | 15.7 | 2.81 | 612 | ... | 95 | 36 | 103 | 147 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 192 | 306 | 146 |
Central Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Giles | 38,158 | 1,064 | 737 | 27.4 | 19.0 | 2.29 | 89 | ... | 41 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ... | 4 | ... | 16 | 113 | 147 |
St Martin-in-Fields | 13,003 | 214 | 214 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 2.28 | 30 | ... | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | 26 | 164 |
Strand | 23,820 | 570 | 550 | 23.5 | 22.7 | 2.44 | 59 | ... | 28 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | 70 | 193 |
Holborn | 30,932 | 883 | 736 | 28.1 | 23.4 | 3.21 | 101 | 1 | 33 | ... | 12 | 27 | 1 | 5 | ... | 22 | 102 | 194 |