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 during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005 ; where no death occurred, ...
is inserted.
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901. No deaths from Small Pox or Typhus
London and the Metropolitan Boroughs. Birth-rates based upon births registered in each Borough, and Death-rates after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, of Persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 53 Weeks of 1908.*
| Boroughs. | Per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Deaths from | ||||||||||||
| All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Dieeases. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia† (Origin uncertain). | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | ||||
| COUNTY OF LONDON | 25.2 | Crude 13.8 | Corrected. 14.5 | 1.35 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 1.32 | 113 |
| West. | |||||||||||||
| Paddington | 22.1 | 12.4 | 18-S | 0.87 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.03 | ... | 0.34 | 1.01 | 103 |
| Kensington | 19.2 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 0.92 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.03 | ... | 0.48 | 0.98 | 119 |
| Hammersmith | 25.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 1.09 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.04 | ... | 0.59 | 1.26 | 120 |
| Fulham | 27.0 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 1.59 | 0.41 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.06 | ... | 0.65 | 1.14 | 116 |
| Chelsea | 20.4 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 1.18 | 0.16 | 1.10 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.07 | ... | 0.47 | 1.27 | 107 |
| City of Westminster | 16.7 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 0.58 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.03 | ... | 0.24 | 1.23 | 102 |
| North. | |||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 20.6 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 0.85 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.05 | ... | 0.30 | 1.16 | 101 |
| Hampstead | 14.9 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.78 | 69 | |
| St. Pancras | 24.6 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 1.06 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.04 | ... | 0.37 | 1.51 | 107 |
| Islington | 24.7 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 1.01 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.05 | ... | 0.32 | 1.24 | 102 |
| Stoke Newington | 19.7 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 0.82 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.07 | ... | 0.35 | 1.07 | 92 |
| Hackney | 23.3 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 1.52 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.03 | ... | 0.68 | 1.22 | 115 |
| Central. | |||||||||||||
| Holborn | 19.6 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 1.07 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.09 | ... | 0.42 | 2.11 | 113 |
| Finsbury | 31.1 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 2.09 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.12 | ... | 0.97 | 2.15 | 133 |
| City of London | 14.9 | 17.7 | 19.4 | 0.40 | 0.15 | ... | 0.10 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 0.10 | 1.79 | 92 |
| East. | |||||||||||||
| SHOREDITCH | 32.0 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 2.09 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.09 | ... | 1.00 | 2.00 | 139 |
| BETHNAL GREEN | 32.6 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 2.48 | 0.78 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.10 | ... | 0.77 | 1.61 | 132 |
| Stepney | 32.1 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 2.53 | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 1.56 | 180 |
| POPLAR | 31.5 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 2.26 | 0.47 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.42 | 0.08 | ... | 0.89 | 1.34 | 123 |
| South. | |||||||||||||
| Southwarrk | 29.2 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 1.76 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.03 | ... | 0.88 | 1.88 | 131 |
| Bermondsey | 32.5 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 2.30 | 0.82 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.84 | 1.89 | 144 |
| Lambeth | 24.6 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 1.18 | 0.31 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.02 | ... | 0.43 | 1.45 | 104 |
| Battersea | 24.9 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 1.19 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.03 | ... | 0.44 | 1.19 | 106 |
| Wandsworth | 25.2 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 0.93 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.02 | ... | 0.35 | 0.96 | 97 |
| Camberwell | 24.2 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 1.06 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.02 | ... | 0.44 | 1.12 | 104 |
| DEPTRORD | 26.4 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 1.32 | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.07 | ... | 0.63 | 1.16 | 122 |
| Greenwich | 23.5 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 1.25 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.08 | ... | 0.54 | 1.10 | 120 |
| Lewisham | 23.0 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 1.25 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.03 | ... | 0.40 | 0.85 | 86 |
| Woolwich | 23.8 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 0.92 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.02 | ... | 0.36 | 1.20 | 94 |