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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1904
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1904
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Analysis of the Vital Statistics of the Metropolitan Boroughs and of the City of London, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the year 1904:—
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population, middle of 1904. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths from principal Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| County of London | 4,648,950 | 129,335 | 74,555 | 27.9 | 16.1 | 2.14 | 9,906 | 25 | 2,256 | 365 | 723 | 1,495 | ... | 286 | 6 | 4,750 | 7,526 | 144 |
| Paddington | 146,975 | 3,295 | 2,017 | 22.5 | 13.8 | 1.56 | 229 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 16 | ... | 10 | ... | 132 | 176 | 136 |
| Kensington | 179,236 | 3,450 | 2,558 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 1.45 | 256 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 17 | 19 | ... | 6 | 1 | 139 | 257 | 150 |
| Hammersmith | 117,412 | 3,146 | 1,840 | 26.9 | 15.7 | 2.53 | 296 | ... | 106 | 6 | 22 | 36 | ... | 5 | ... | 121 | 161 | 152 |
| Fulham | 152,482 | 4,905 | 2,346 | 32.3 | 15.4 | 2.49 | 379 | ... | 64? | 4 | 23 | 58 | ... | 6 | ... | 224 | 217 | 153 |
| Chelsea | 74,329 | 1,547 | 1,225 | 20.9 | 16.5 | 1.49 | 110 | ... | 25 | 6 | 5 | 26 | ... | 2 | ... | 46 | 135 | 156 |
| City of Westminster | 177,321 | 2,898 | 2,396 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 0.87 | 153 | ... | 23 | 9 | 7 | 18 | ... | 10 | 2 | 84 | 268 | 125 |
| St. Marylebone | 130,337 | 3,948 | 2,109 | 30.4 | 16.2 | 1.51 | 197 | ... | 50 | 9 | 14 | 13 | ... | 3 | ... | 108 | 218 | 94 |
| Hampstead | 86,663 | 1,431 | 884 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 0.66 | 57 | ... | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ... | 5 | ... | 21 | 72 | 113 |
| St. Pancras | 235,936 | 6,116 | 4,102 | 26.0 | 17.4 | 2.01 | 474 | ... | 127 | 27 | 38 | 82 | ... | 17 | ... | 183 | 443 | 150 |
| Islington | 341,044 | 8,892 | 5,243 | 26.2 | 15.4 | 1.75 | 596 | 1 | 181 | 35 | 29 | 84 | ... | 18 | ... | 248 | 526 | 129 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,445 | 1,139 | 697 | 21.8 | 13.3 | 1.13 | 59 | ... | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ... | 3 | ... | 26 | 90 | 114 |
| Hackney | 226,266 | 6,159 | 3,366 | 27.3 | 14.9 | 2.13 | 481 | ... | 76 | 20 | 55 | 55 | ... | 26 | ... | 249 | 314 | 142 |
| Holborn | 57,161 | 1,628 | 1,054 | 28.6 | 18.5 | 1.80 | 102 | 2 | 42 | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | 4 | ... | 41 | 163 | 109 |
| Finsbury | 98,958 | 3,593 | 2,100 | 36.4 | 21.3 | 2.57 | 254 | 3 | 58 | 17 | 16 | 28 | ... | 9 | ... | 123 | 236 | 140 |
| City of London | 23,482 | 346 | 390 | 14.8 | 16.7 | 0.60 | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | 37 | 104 | |
| Shoreditch | 117,033 | 3,744 | 2,378 | 32.1 | 20.4 | 3.20 | 374 | 2 | 81 | 13 | 18 | 63 | ... | 8 | ... | 189 | 254 | 188 |
| Rethnal Green | 130,207 | 4,526 | 2,500 | 34.9 | 19.3 | 2.95 | 383 | 7 | 90 | 18 | 47 | 52 | ... | 6 | 1 | 162 | 280 | 157 |
| Stepney | 303,791 | 11,204 | 5,876 | 37.0 | 19.4 | 2.84 | 859 | 3 | 174 | 33 | 90 | 126 | ... | 30 | ... | 403 | 642 | 155 |
| Poplar | 169,905 | 5,543 | 3,149 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 3.35 | 568 | 3 | 91 | 24 | 84 | 81 | ... | 13 | ... | 272 | 295 | 154 |
| South wark | 207,937 | 6,557 | 4,169 | 31.6 | 20.1 | 3.13 | 649 | 1 | 191 | 12 | 26 | 118 | ... | 18 | 1 | 282 | 489 | 174 |
| Bermondsey | 129,397 | 4,192 | 2,582 | 32.5 | 20.0 | 3.52 | 456 | ... | 136 | 18 | 16 | 69 | ... | 16 | 1 | 200 | 274 | 172 |
| Lambeth | 310,359 | 9,059 | 4,884 | 29.3 | 15.8 | 2.10 | 650 | ... | 164 | 16 | 34 | 109 | ... | 11 | ... | 316 | 448 | 138 |
| Battersea | 175,465 | 4,849 | 2,541 | 27.7 | 14.5 | 2.02 | 353 | ... | 59 | 10 | 14 | 59 | ... | 13 | ... | 198 | 248 | 147 |
| Wandsworth | 257,448 | 6,928 | 3,435 | 27.0 | 13.4 | 1.73 | 448 | ... | 106 | 14 | 42 | 50 | ... | 11 | ... | 225 | 288 | 122 |
| Camberwell | 268,384 | 7,242 | 3,992 | 27.1 | 14.9 | 1.90 | 509 | ... | 110 | 17 | 21 | 99 | ... | 16 | ... | 246 | 368 | 144 |
| Deptford | 113,509 | 3,255 | 1,823 | 28.8 | 16.1 | 2.46 | 278 | ... | 76 | 10 | 16 | 49 | ... | 3 | ... | 124 | 161 | 145 |
| GREENWICH | 101,651 | 2,629 | 1,455 | 25.9 | 14.4 | 2.26 | 229 | ... | 40 | 3 | 11 | 56 | ... | 9 | ... | 110 | 135 | 142 |
| Lewisham | 140,401 | 3,579 | 1,681 | 25.6 | 12.0 | 1.41 | 198 | ... | 25 | 7 | 12 | 37 | ... | 2 | ... | 115 | 126 | 123 |
| Woolwich | 123,416 | 3,535 | 1,763 | 28.7 | 14.3 | 2.40 | 295 | ... | 29 | 16 | 29 | 56 | ... | 6 | ... | 159 | 205 | 135 |