Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The sixth annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1894
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Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population middle of 1894. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Undefined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 123186 | 4332 | 2450 | 35.3 | 19.9 | 2.8 | 350 | 2 | 69 | 28 | 75 | 93 | 1 | 12 | ... | 70 | ... | 160 |
Bethnal Green | 129840 | 4636 | 2642 | 35.8 | 20.4 | 3.5 | 457 | 5 | 135 | 27 | '33 | 70 | ... | 27 | ... | 60 | ... | 151 |
Whitechapel | 75498 | 3178 | 1613 | 42.2 | 21.4 | 3.1 | 231 | ... | 66 | 23 | 46 | 52 | ... | 10 | ... | 34 | ... | 154 |
St. George-in-the-East | 45360 | 1877 | 1196 | 41.5 | 26.4 | 5.0 | 224 | ... | 49 | 18 | 5i | 41 | ... | 6 | ... | 59 | ... | 185 |
Limehouse | 57000 | 1906 | 1403 | 33.5 | 24.7 | 4.3 | 244 | 1 | 93 | 33 | 5i | 27 | ... | 8 | ... | 31 | ... | 174 |
Mile End Old Town | 101242 | 4042 | 2281 | 37.5 | 21.1 | 4.1 | 439 | 4 | 157 | 37 | 82 | 74 | ... | 13 | 2 | 70 | ... | 156 |
Poplar | 170217 | 5800 | 3225 | 34.2 | 19.0 | 3.2 | 549 | 10 | 214 | 40 | 108 | 77 | ... | 31 | 1 | 68 | ... | 153 |
St. Saviour Southwark | 26712 | 770 | 560 | 28.9 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 87 | ... | 46 | 6 | 20 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 145 |
St. George Southwark | 60060 | 2071 | 1384 | 34.6 | 23.1 | 3.6 | 217 | ... | 80 | 17 | 49 | 27 | ... | 5 | ... | 39 | ... | 186 |
Newington | 118512 | 4201 | 2369 | 35.6 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 327 | 2 | 103 | 19 | 61 | 75 | ... | 14 | ... | 53 | ... | 158 |
St. Olave Southwark | 12984 | 431 | 268 | 33.3 | 20.7 | 2.8 | 36 | ... | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 128 | |
Bermondsey | 84053 | 3095 | 1734 | 36.9 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 279 | 1 | 79 | 23 | 66 | 51 | 1 | 16 | ... | 42 | ... | 146 |
Rotherhithe | 40365 | 1353 | 764 | 33.6 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 134 | ... | 41 | 15 | 31 | 13 | ... | 2 | ... | 32 | ... | 161 |
Lambeth | 282574 | 9231 | 4845 | 32.8 | 17.2 | 2.4 | 676 | 1 | 181 | 64 | 141 | 109 | ... | 46 | ... | 134 | ... | 133 |
Battersea | 161558 | 5024 | 2573 | 31.2 | 16.0 | 3.1 | 493 | 2 | 151 | 32 | 116 | 75 | ... | 28 | 1 | 88 | ... | 146 |
Wandsworth | 179518 | 4423 | 2224 | 24.7 | 12.4 | 1.8 | 317 | ... | 75 | 20 | 80 | 55 | ... | 21 | 2 | 64 | ... | 114 |
Camberwell | 248893 | 7382 | 4045 | 29.7 | 16.3 | 2.8 | 687 | 2 | 186 | 46 | 192 | 137 | 1 | 22 | ... | 101 | ... | 148 |
Greenwich | 173128 | 5374 | 2976 | 31.1 | 17.2 | 3.1 | 540 | ... | 144 | 59 | 132 | 112 | ... | 32 | 1 | 60 | ... | 138 |
Lee | 38172 | 794 | 472 | 20.9 | 12.4 | 1.7 | 64 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | 94 |
Lewisham | 79903 | 2040 | 1097 | 25.6 | 13.8 | 1.9 | 154 | ... | 39 | 12 | 30 | 35 | ... | 14 | ... | 24 | ... | 128 |
Plumstead | 59233 | 1910 | 736 | 32.3 | 12.5 | 2.1 | 124 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 56 | 30 | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | 94 |