London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Death-rates during 1910 in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution,* and (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
| Boroughs. | Death-rates per 1,000 living. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Phthisis. | ||||||
| Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | |
| County of London | 12.9 | 12.7 | 004 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.12 | 1.14 |
| West. | ||||||||||
| Paddington | 13.1 | 11.8 | _ | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.79 | 0.84 |
| Kensington | 13.7 | 11.9 | — | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.37 | 0.77 |
| Hammersmith . | 12.4 | 12.2 | — | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.90 | 1.04 |
| Fulham | 9.4 | 10.5 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.82 | 0.94 |
| Chelsea | 19.0 | 12.6 | — | — | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2.29 | 1.16 |
| City of Westminster | 13.0 | 11.4 | — | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.62 | |
| North. | ||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 12.5 | 12.8 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.62 | 1.10 |
| Hampstead | 11.2 | 8.6 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.37 | 0.59 |
| St. Pancras | 14.4 | 13.8 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.36 | 1.28 |
| Islington | 12.4 | 12.9 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 1.26 | 1.13 |
| Stoke Newington | 8.4 | 11.0 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.04 | 0.66 | 0.91 |
| Hackney | 12.2 | 11.7 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 1.20 | 1.08 |
| Central. | ||||||||||
| Holborn | 17.8 | 14.9 | _ | _ | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 1.26 | 1.98 |
| Kinsbury | 8.7 | 17.6 | — | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.22 | — | 0.04 | 0.67 | 1.70 |
| City of London | 47.5 | 15.5 | — | 0.06 | 1.11 | — | 0.06 | 0.12 | 2.17 | 1.70 |
| East. | ||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 15.6 | 16.7 | _ | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 1.62 | 1.49 |
| Bethnai. Green | 15.6 | 15.3 | — | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 1.50 | 1.43 |
| Stepney | 15.3 | 13.7 | — | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 1.31 |
| Poplar | 14.8 | 15.2 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 1.45 | 1.36 |
| South. | ||||||||||
| Southwark | 13.6 | 15.9 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.94 | 1.74 | |
| Bermondsey | 13.6 | 17.7 | 0.01 | 0.11 | — | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.57 | 1.76 |
| Lambeth | 13.3 | 12.5 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 1.14 | 1.17 |
| Battersea | 11.5 | 11.3 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.17 | 1.03 |
| Wandsworth | 9.4 | 10.2 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.72 | 0.86 |
| Camberwell | 13.6 | 12.1 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.52 | 1.08 |
| Deptford | 10.4 | 14.0 | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.68 | 1.19 |
| Greenwich | 15.4 | 11.6 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.45 | 0.94 |
| Lewisham | 9.5 | 9.6 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.52 | 0.55 |
| Woolwich | 9.6 | 10.5 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
* The Deaths "before Distribution" are those actually registered in the
several Boroughs without any correction whatever.