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 of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1908
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Death rates per 1,000 persons living and Infantile Mortality (corrected) in the five years, 1903-1907, and in 1908, as issued by Registrar General.
Boroughs. | Deaths under one year to 1000 Births. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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all Causes. | smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | whooping Cough | typhus. | Enteric Fever. | pyrexia. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis | ||||||||||||||
1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907 | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | |||
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County of London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 13.3 | 12.4 | 0.00 | _ | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.l0 | 5.25 | 0.07 | _ | -_ | 0.05 | 0.03 | -_ | - | 0.60 | 0.34 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 115 | 103 |
Kensington | 13.9 | 12.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | — | 0.58 | 0.48 | 1.23 | 0.98 | 137 | 119 |
hammersmith | 14.6 | 14.0 | — | — | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.15 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 | — | 0.75 | 0.59 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 133 | 120 |
fulham | 14.3 | 12.4 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1.18 | 0.65 | 1.27 | 1.14 | 136 | 116 | ||||||
Chelsea | 15.5 | 14.5 | — | — | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.22 | — | 0.03 | 007 | — | — | 0.51 | 0.47 | 1.59 | 1.27 | 131 | 107 | |
City of Westminster | 13.3 | 12.6 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0 .13 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.05 | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.00 | - | 0.34 | 0.24 | 1.50 | 1.23 | 110 | 102 | ||
St. Marylebone | 15.6 | 14.2 | _ | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 | - | 0.50 | 0.30 | 1.60 | 1.10 | 122 | 101 | |||
Hampstead | 9.6 | 8.5 | — | — | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.05 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.05 | — | — | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 87 | 69 |
St. Pancras | 16.1 | 14.7 | - | 0.50 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.37 | 1.74 | 1.51 | 125 | 107 | ||||
Islington | 14.7 | 13 2 | 0.00 | — | 0. 44 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.16 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | -_ | 0.50 | 0.32 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 122 | 102 |
Stoke newington | 12.4 | 12.3 | — | — | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.11 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.07 | — | — | 0.42 | 0.35 | 1.25 | 1.07 | 109 | 92 |
Hackney | 13. 9 | 13.2 | 0.00 | - | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.18 | — | — | 0.11 | 0.03 | — | 0.77 | 0.68 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 126 | 115 | |
holborn | 18.0 | 16.4 | 0.01 | _ | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 2.76 | 2.11 | 125 | 113 | ||||
finsbury | 20.0 | 18.6 | 0.01 | — | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.26 | — | — | 0.09 | 0 12 | — | — | 0.93 | 0.97 | 2.14 | 2.15 | 147 | 133 |
city of London | 16.6 | 17.7 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 1.65 | 1.79 | 115 | 92 | ||||||||
Shoreditch | 19.9 | 17.4 | 0.01 | _ | 0.76 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.ll | 0.62 | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 1.28 | 1.00 | 2.11 | 2.00 | 167 | 139 | ||||
Bethnal Green | 18.5 | 17. 1 | 0.01 | — | 0 .54 | 0.78 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.32 | — | — | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.00 | — | 0.94 | 0.77 | 2.09 | 1.61 | 147 | 132 |
Stepney | 17.7 | 16.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.55 | 0.84 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.41 | — | — | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.10 | 0.83 | 1.84 | 1.56 | 138 | 130 |
Poplar | 17.8 | 15.9 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 0.08 | - | 1.20 | 0.89 | 1.58 | 1.34 | 146 | 123 | ||||
southwark | 18.6 | 16.3 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.23 | - | - | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.00 | - | 0.95 | 0.88 | 2.20 | 1.88 | 148 | 131 | |
bermondsey | 19.0 | 18.8 | — | — | o.6l | 0.82 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.00 | - | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.04 | 0.84 | 1.91 | 1.89 | 150 | 144 |
Lambeth | 15.1 | 13.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 9.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.15 | — | — | o.o5 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.70 | 0.43 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 131 | 104 |
Battersea | 14.0 | 12.2 | 0. 46 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.21 | - | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.72 | 0.44 | 1.32 | 1.19 | 128 | 106 | |||||
Wandsworth | 12.7 | 11.6 | — | — | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.21 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.61 | 0.35 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 114 | 97 | ||
Camberwell | 14.2 | 12.7 | — | — | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.19 | __- | -_ | 0.05 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.63 | o.44 | 1.27 | 1.12 | 126 | 104 |
Deptford | 15.1 | 13.8 | — | — | 0.48 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.20 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.07 | o.oo | 0.78 | 0.63 | 1.32 | 1.16 | 128 | 122 | |
Greenwich | 13.5 | 12.6 | — | — | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.34 | 0.28 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.08 | -_ | _ | 0.71 | 0.54 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 123 | 120 |
Lewisham | 11.7 | 11.0 | 0.01 | — | 0. 19 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.19 | — | -_ | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 | -_ | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 102 | 86 |
woolwich | 13.2 | 11.4 | — | — | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0 07 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.24 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 | - | 0.68 | 0.36 | 1.44 | 1.20 | 113 | 94 |