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 for the year ending December 31st, 1897
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Sanitary Areas | Estimated population in the middle of 1897 | Smallpox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever | Other continued Fevers | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | Cholera | Total | Annual Rate per 1000 persons livings |
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South Districts (continued) | ||||||||||||
Greenwich | 178367 | 1 | 818 | 600 | ... | 144 | 2 | 10 | 239 | ... | 1814 | 10'2 |
Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 86152 | ... | 298 | 219 | ... | 46 | ... | 2 | 81 | ... | 646 | 7'5 |
Woolwich | 41409 | 2 | 224 | 148 | ... | 18 | 1 | 2 | 36 | ... | 431 | 10'4 |
Lee | 39215 | 1 | 210 | 110 | ... | 17 | ... | 1 | 51 | ... | 390 | 10'0 |
Plumstead | 61057 | ... | 373 | 135 | ... | 25 | ... | 3 | 46 | 4 | 586 | 9'6 |
Port of London | ... | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 41 | ... |
LONDON | 4463169 | 104 | 22850 | 13192 | 4 | 3106 | 65 | 264 | 5796 | 38 | 45419 | 10.2 |