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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
Hammersmith 1910
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1910
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The following table of Deaths from Infectious Diseases per 1,000 persons living is compiled from the Registrar's General Report.
| Boroughs. | Births. | Per 1,000 Persons Living | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths From | |||||||||||||||
| AllCauses. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrcxia† (Origin uncertain). | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | ||||
| Crude. | Corrected. | ||||||||||||||
| COUNTY OF LONDON | 23.6 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 1. 14 | - | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.28 | — | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 1.14 | 103 |
| West. | |||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 20.2 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 1.08 | - | 0.45 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.21 | - | 0.03 | — | 0.28 | 0.84 | 96 |
| Kensington | 17.5 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 0.77 | — | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.17 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.18 | 0.77 | 106 |
| Hammersmith | 24.0 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 1.33 | — | 0.55 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.20 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.32 | 1.04 | 99 |
| Fulham | 23.8 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.13 | — | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.33 | — | 0.01 | — | 0.31 | 0.94 | 107 |
| Chelsea | 18.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 0.65 | — | 0.25 | — | 0.05 | 0.16 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.16 | 1.16 | 101 |
| City of Westminster | 15.3 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 0.47 | — | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.11 | 1.12 | 84 |
| North. | |||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 18.7 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 0..93 | — | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.07 | o.35 | - | 0.05 | - | 0.18 | 1.10 | 108 |
| Hampstead | 14.0 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 0.46 | — | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.12 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.08 | 0.59 | 60 |
| St. Pancras | 2401 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 1.39 | — | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.40 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.22 | 1.28 | 102 |
| Islington | 23.5 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 1.22 | — | 0.48 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.35 | — | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 1.13 | 94 |
| Stoke Newington | 18.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 0.58 | — | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.13 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.15 | 0.91 | 64 |
| Hackney | 22.1 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 0.84 | — | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.25 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.22 | 1.08 | 98 |
| Central. | |||||||||||||||
| Holborn | 19.3 | 14.9 | 16.1 | 0.91 | — | 0 .26 | - | 0.07 | 0 .30 | - | 0.09 | - | o.i9 | 1.98 | 103 |
| Finsbury | 29.9 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 1.92 | — | 0.70 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.38 | - | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 1.70 | 123 |
| City of London | 13.3 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 0.48 | — | — | 0.06 | — | 0.12 | — | 0.12 | — | o.18 | 1.70 | 66 |
| East. | |||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 31.7 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 1.90 | - | 0.74 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.40 | - | 0.07 | - | 0.53 | 1.49 | 146 |
| Bethnal Green | 32. 1 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 1.47 | — | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.27 | — | 0.14 | — | 0.39 | 1.43 | 123 |
| Stepney | 29.5 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 1.32 | — | 0.33 | 0.04 | o.o9 | 0.36 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.45 | 1.31 | 112 |
| Poplar | 29.7 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 1.51 | - | 0.24 | 0.07 | o.12 | 0.49 | - | 0.08 | - | 0.51 | 1. 36 | 118 |
| South. | |||||||||||||||
| Southwark | 27.8 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 2.02 | — | 1.07 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0 .28 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.43 | 1.74 | 116 |
| Bermondsey | 31.6 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 2.44 | — | 1.14 | 0.11 | 0.15. | 0.34 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.67 | 1.76 | 126 |
| Lambeth | 22.5 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 0.99 | — | 0.37 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.17 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.25 | 1.17 | 94 |
| Battersea | 23.9 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 1.11 | — | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.27 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 1.03 | 97 |
| Wandsworth | 22.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 0.61 | - | 0.14 | 0.04 | o.o4 | 0.23 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.13 | 0.86 | 78 |
| Camberwell | 23.3 | 12.1 | i2.5 | 1. 09 | — | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.25 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.21 | 1.08 | 94 |
| Deptford | 25.2 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 1.47 | — | 0.49 | 0.03 | 0.o9 | 0.40 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.42 | 1.19 | 122 |
| Greenwich | 21.6 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 1.42 | — | 0.43 | 0.03 | o.o9 | 0.51 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.33 | 0.94 | 107 |
| Lewisham | 20.9 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 0.61 | — | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.18 | - | 0.02 | — | 0.5 | 0.55 | 80 |
| Woolwich | 21.0 | 10.5 | 11..2 | 0.62 | - | 0. 16 | 0.09 | o.o3 | 0.19 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 1.01 | 85 |
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.
* The Corrected death-rates represent the Crude death-rates multiplied by the respective Factors for
Correction for differences of sex and age constitution of population.
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.