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, 1896
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Table No. 9. ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY STATISTICS IN LONDON FOR THE YEAR 1895. (Specially compiled for "The Lancet".)
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1895. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 Births. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.† | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual Rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||||
LONDON | 4,392,346 | 979 | 19,757 | 11,223 | 14 | 3506 | 105 | 236 | 5660 | 29 | 41,509 | 9·5 | 55 | 2628 | 829 | 2289 | 1480 | 5 | 596 | 10 | 3574 | 11,466 | 2·6 | 85,138 | 19·4 | 165 | |
West Districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 122,756 | 10 | 417 | 238 | - | 71 | - | 8 | 103 | 1 | 848 | 6·9 | - | 19 | 14 | 47 | 20 | - | 13 | - | 94 | 207 | 1·7 | 2107 | 17·2 | 164 | |
Kensington | 167,671 | 9 | 532 | 380 | - | 99 | 4 | 7 | 259 | - | 1290 | 7·7 | - | 34 | 28 | 90 | 38 | - | 15 | 1 | 116 | 322 | 1·9 | 2759 | 16·5 | 172 | |
Hammersmith | 108,429 | 8 | 379 | 205 | - | 57 | 5 | 2 | 88 | - | 744 | 6·9 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 43 | - | 12 | - | 81 | 225 | 2·1 | 1810 | 16·7 | 166 | |
Fullham | 117,745 | 2 | 344 | 393 | - | 58 | 3 | 6 | 98 | _ | 904 | 7·7 | - | 51 | 21 | 77 | 50 | - | 12 | 1 | 130 | 342 | 2·9 | 2195 | 18·7 | 187 | |
Chelsea | 99,930 | 4 | 575 | 307 | - | 73 | 2 | 8 | 107 | - | 1076 | 10·8 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 57 | 35 | - | 13 | - | 79 | 221 | 2·2 | 1913 | 19·2 | 168 | |
St. George, Hanover Square | 74,037 | 4 | 303 | 96 | - | 39 | 3 | 1 | 68 | _- | 514 | 7·0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 26 | - | 9 | 1 | 36 | 117 | 1·6 | 1175 | 15·2 | 138 | |
Westminster | 54,003 | 6 | 179 | 105 | - | 27 | — | 2 | 30 | — | 349 | 6·5 | - | 25 | 6 | 21 | 15 | - | 3 | - | 41 | 111 | 2·1 | 1146 | 21·3 | 185 | |
St. James, Westminster | 23,149 | 82 | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | - | 155 | 6·7 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | 6 | — | 6 | 31 | 1·3 | 411 | 17·8 | 144 | |||
North Districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marylebone | 137,392 | 106 | 498 | 232 | - | 135 | 4 | 7 | 234 | 1 | 1217 | 8·9 | 9 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 39 | 23 | 1 | 93 | 239 | 1·7 | 2843 | 20·8 | 138 | ||
Hampstead | 77.592 | 2 | 306 | 117 | - | 63 | 3 | 4 | 51 | _ | 546 | 7·1 | - | 9 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 78 | 1·0 | 931 | 12·0 | 135 | |
St. Pancras | 233,543 | 15 | 1082 | 555 | - | 153 | 4 | 18 | 413 | - | 2240 | 9·6 | 1 | 228 | 52 | 131 | 94 | - | 30 | - | 205 | 741 | 8·2 | 4778 | 20·5 | 174 | |
Islington | 335,929 | 25 | 1725 | 595 | 4 | 197 | 9 | 22 | 334 | - | 2911 | 8·7 | 1 | 141 | 67 | 146 | 79 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 219 | 686 | 2·0 | 5753 | 17·2 | 143 | |
Stoke Newington | 35,234 | _ | 131 | 60 | - | 30 | - | 1 | 28 | — | 250 | 7·1 | - | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 17 | 39 | 1·1 | 471 | 13·4 | 116 | |
Hackney | 215,623 | 14 | 1037 | 501 | 1 | 257 | 6 | 13 | 288 | 1 | 2118 | 9·9 | 1 | 120 | 41 | 83 | 65 | 1 | 45 | - | 189 | 545 | 2·5 | 3735 | 17·4 | 154 | |
Central Districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Giles | 37,654 | 13 | 149 | 63 | - | 26 | - | 1 | 59 | — | 311 | 8·3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 13 | - | 2 | - | 28 | 77 | 2·1 | 859 | 22·9 | 160 | |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,536 | 3 | 40 | 18 | - | 14 | - | - | 7 | — | 82 | 6·1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 24 | 1·8 | 244 | 18·1 | 265 | |
Strand | 22,586 | 5 | 111 | 41 | - | 24 | - | - | 17 | — | 198 | 8·8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | - | 5 | - | 11 | 49 | 2·2 | 569 | 25·3 | 715 | |
Holborn | 32,188 | 31 | 145 | 58 | - | 20 | - | 1 | 60 | - | 315 | 9·8 | - | 45 | 6 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | 24 | 90 | 2·8 | 810 | 25·2 | 212 | |
Clerkenwell | 65,036 | 11 | 326 | 143 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 93 | — | 639 | 9·9 | - | 93 | 17 | 34 | 41 | 1 | 11 | - | 53 | 250 | 3·9 | 1491 | 23·0 | 192 | |
St. Luke | 40,763 | 3 | 149 | 95 | - | 33 | 1 | 2 | 82 | _- | 365 | 9·0 | - | 106 | 5 | 20 | 21 | - | 6 | - | 66 | 224 | 5·5 | 1226 | 30·2 | 184 | |
City of London | 33,824 | 6 | 142 | 43 | - | 35 | 1 | 2 | 24 | _ | 253 | 7·5 | - | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | - | 13 | - | 12 | 55 | 1·6 | 720 | 21·4 | 157 | |
East District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 122,932 | 16 | 584 | 251 | - | 105 | 4 | 2 | 184 | 1 | 1147 | 9·4 | 2 | 106 | 30 | 58 | 87 | - | 22 | - | 155 | 460 | 3·8 | 2856 | 23·3 | 199 | |
Bethnal Green | 130,061 | 94 | 752 | 474 | — | 122 | 2 | 7 | 310 | - | 1761 | 13·6 | 4 | 116 | 30 | 101 | 34 | - | 17 | - | 139 | 441 | 3·4 | 2769 | 21·4 | 162 | |
Whitechapel | 75,820 | 102 | 508 | 289 | 1 | 31 | - | 1 | 114 | - | 1046 | 13·8 | 4 | 82 | 23 | 58 | 19 | - | 10 | - | 54 | 250 | 3·3 | 1824 | 24·1 | 157 | |
St. George-in-the-East | 45,227 | 21 | 300 | 219 | - | 38 | 2 | 1 | 69 | — | 650 | 14·4 | - | 88 | 20 | 50 | 21 | - | 7 | - | 60 | 246 | 5·5 | 1330 | 29·5 | 196 | |
Limehouse | 56,885 | 21 | 401 | 190 | - | 54 | 1 | 2 | 74 | — | 743 | 13·1 | 1 | 86 | 20 | 45 | 40 | - | 10 | - | 59 | 261 | 4·6 | 1547 | 27·3 | 202 | |
Mile End Old Town | 108,443 | 54 | 671 | 483 | — | 78 | - | 3 | 205 | — | 1494 | 13·8 | 1 | 113 | 26 | 111 | 42 | - | 17 | - | 114 | 424 | 3·9 | 2436 | 22·5 | 165 | |
Poplar | 171,230 | 28 | 991 | 777 | 1 | 177 | 11 | 8 | 278 | - | 2271 | 13·3 | 1 | 216 | 48 | 152 | 80 | - | 33 | — | 147 | 677 | 4·0 | 3865 | 22·6 | 183 | |
South Districts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Saviour, Southwark | 26,570 | 4 | 104 | 67 | _- | 11 | — | 1 | 25 | — | 212 | 8·0 | _ | 17 | 6 | 13 | 13 | - | 1 | - | 26 | 76 | 2·9 | 677 | 25·5 | 205 | |
St. George, Southwark | 60,168 | 48 | 185 | 105 | —- | 45 | — | 2 | 62 | 1 | 448 | 7·5 | — | 49 | 14 | 17 | 38 | _ | 7 | - | 69 | 194 | 3·2 | 1524 | 25·4 | 198 | |
Newington | 119,358 | 20 | 423 | 279 | - | 84 | 1 | 9 | 142 | - | 958 | 8·0 | 4 | 132 | 16 | 52 | 71 | - | 15 | 1 | 110 | 401 | 3·4 | 2872 | 24·1 | 201 | |
St. Olave, Southwark | 13,065 | 1 | 31 | 22 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | _ | 64 | 4·9 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | - | 15 | 31 | 2·4 | 314 | 24·1 | 206 | |
Bermondsey | 83,861 | 8 | 304 | 115 | 1 | 58 | - | 4 | 74 | - | 564 | 6·7 | - | 114 | 16 | 29 | 20 | - | 11 | - | 80 | 270 | 3·2 | 1869 | 22·3 | 162 | |
Rotherhithe | 40,713 | 38 | 257 | 144 | 1 | 32 | - | - | 87 | 3 | 562 | 13·8 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 31 | 10 | - | 9 | - | 32 | 110 | 2·7 | 783 | 19·3 | 148 | |
Lambeth | 284,883 | 54 | 1416 | 657 | 1 | 215 | 20 | 16 | 372 | 17 | 2768 | 9·7 | 2 | 150 | 53 | 112 | 132 | - | 26 | 2 | 264 | 741 | 2·6 | 5567 | 19·6 | 152 | |
Battersea | 165,130 | 22 | 830 | 404 | 1 | 133 | 5 | 10 | 249 | - | 1654 | 10·0 | 1 | 98 | 30 | 92 | 53 | - | 22 | - | 145 | 442 | 2·7 | 2872 | 17·4 | 177 | |
Wandsworth | 185,956 | 15 | 654 | 286 | - | 134 | 3 | 7 | 220 | 2 | 1321 | 7·1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 26 | - | 106 | 250 | 1·3 | 2747 | 14·8 | 132 | |
Camberwell | 252,737 | 86 | 874 | 903 | 237 | 2 | 16 | 313 | 2 | 2433 | 9·7 | 7 | 111 | 46 | 179 | 68 | - | 33 | - | 204 | 648 | 2.6 | 4610 | 18·3 | 164 | ||
Greenwich (including Deptford) | 175,183 | 42 | 860 | 882 | 2 | 150 | — | 17 | 211 | — | 2164 | 12·4 | 3 | 49 | 36 | 184 | 55 | - | 17 | - | 121 | 465 | 2·7 | 3305 | 18·9 | 150 | |
Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 82,410 | 1 | 283 | 128 | -_ | 39 | 1 | 8 | 77 | - | 537 | 6·5 | _ | 12 | 9 | 14 | 32 | - | 7 | - | 52 | 126 | 1·5 | 1187 | 14·4 | 135 | |
Woolwich | 42,768 | 1 | 188 | 67 | - | 50 | - | 2 | 31 | - | 339 | 7·9 | _ | 6 | 11 | 14 | 3 | - | 9 | - | 30 | 73 | 1·7 | 748 | 17·5 | 153 | |
Lee | 38,832 | 5 | 164 | 46 | - | 14 | - | 3 | 41 | - | 273 | 7·0 | _ | 18 | 5 | 11 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 12 | 54 | 1·4 | 561 | 14·5 | 140 | |
Plumstead | 61,494 | 18 | 325 | 143 | - | 215 | 2 | 6 | 55 | - | 764 | 12·5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 36 | 5 | - | 30 | - | 46 | 153 | 2·5 | 929 | 15·2 | 133 | |
Port of London | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | — | 11 | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - |
* Including 461 cases of Membranous Croup. † Including Deaths from Membranous Croup.