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 1910
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Death rates per 1,000 persons living, and Infantile Mortality, after Distribution of Births in the chief Institutions treating Maternity cases, and of Deaths in all Public Institutions, &c., in the Five years, 1905-1909, and in 1910.
Boroughs. | All Causes. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | ScarletFever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diar-rhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths under One Year to 1000 Births. | ||||||||||||
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County of London | 14.5 | 12.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.ll | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.28 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.28 | 1.38 | 1.14 | 120 | 103 |
Paddington | 12.9 | 11.8 | — | — | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.21 | — | _ | 0.03 | 0.03 | — | _ | 0.45 | 0.28 | 1.05 | 0.84 | 107 | 96 |
Kensington | 13.6 | 11.9 | — | — | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.17 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.03 | — | — | 0.45 | 0.18 | 1.08 | 0.77 | 126 | 106 |
Hammersmith | 14.2 | 12.2 | — | — | 0.38 | 0.55 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.20 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | _ | _ | 0.57 | 0.32 | 1.19 | 1.04 | 125 | 99 |
Fulham | 13.3 | 10.5 | — | — | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.33 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.01 | _ | _ | 0.90 | 0.31 | 1.17 | 0.94 | 125 | 107 |
Chelsea | 14.9 | 12.6 | — | — | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.09 | — | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.16 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.03 | _ | — | 0.44 | 0.16 | 1.46 | 1.10 | 116 | 101 |
City of Westminster | 13.0 | 11.4 | 0.00 | — | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.11 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.00 | — | 0.25 | 0.11 | 1.37 | 1.12 | 103 | 84 |
St. Marylebone | 14.8 | 12.8 | — | — | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.35 | — | _ | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | _ | 0.35 | 0.18 | 1.40 | 1.10 | 109 | 108 |
Hampstead | 9.0 | 8.6 | — | — | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.12 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.03 | _ | — | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 76 | 60 |
Sr. PANCRAS | 15.2 | 13.8 | — | — | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.40 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | — | 0.40 | 0.22 | 1. 62 | 1.28 | 113 | 102 |
Islington | 14.2 | 12.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.30 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.38 | .22 | 1. 26 | 1.13 | 113 | 94 |
Stoke Newington | 11.9 | 11.0 | — | — | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.13 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.32 | 0.15 | 1.04 | 0.91 | 98 | 64 |
Hackney | 13.4 | 11.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.25 | — | — | 0.07 | 0.04 | — | — | 0.65 | 0.22 | 1.21 | 1.08 | 116 | 98 |
Holborn | 17.0 | 14.9 | — | — | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.07 | _ | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.30 | _ | _ | 0.05 | 0.09 | _ | _ | 0.38 | 0.19 | 2.39 | 1.98 | 117 | 103 |
Finsbury | 19.3 | 17.6 | — | — | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.38 | — | 0.08 | 0.O4 | — | 0.01 | 0.85 | 0.53 | 2.18 | 1.70 | 138 | 123 | |
City of London | 17.9 | 15.5 | — | — | 0.14 | — | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.11 | — | 0.18 | 0.12 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.12 | — | — | 0.17 | 0.18 | 1.81 | 1.70 | 109 | 66 |
Shoreditch | 19.3 | 16.7 | 0.00 | —_ | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 0.40 | _ | _ | 0.05 | 0.07 | _ | _ | 1.05 | 0.53 | 1.96 | 1.49 | 152 | 146 |
Bethnal Green | 17.8 | 15.8 | — | — | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.40 | 0.27 | — | — | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.00 | — | 0.82 | 0.39 | 1.87 | 1.43 | 140 | 123 |
Stepney | 16.6 | 13.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.64 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.09 | o.35 | 0.36 | — | — | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.00 | — | 0.87 | 0.45 | 1.65 | 1.31 | 129 | 112 |
Poplar | 16.8 | 15.2 | — | — | 0.61 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 0.49 | — | — | 0.07 | 0.08 | — | 0.99 | 0.51 | 1.41 | 1.30 | 136 | 118 | |
South war k | 17.5 | 15.9 | — | _ | 0.54 | 1.07 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.l7 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.28 | —_ | — | 0.04 | 0.03 | _ | 0.77 | 0.43 | 1.98 | 1.74 | 135 | 116 | |
Bermondsey | 18.9 | 17.7 | — | — | 0.80 | 1.14 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.l6 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.34 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.00 | _ | 0.83 | 0.67 | 1.87 | 1.76 | 141 | 126 |
Lambeth | 14.4 | 12.5 | — | — | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.l5 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.17 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | _— | 0.52 | 0.25 | 1.43 | 1.17 | 118 | 94 |
Batteksea | 13.3 | 11.3 | — | — | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 0.27 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.04 | — | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.30 | 1.26 | 1.03 | 115 | 97 |
Wandsworth | 12.2 | 10.2 | — | — | 0.27 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.23 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | — | 0.44 | 0.13 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 105 | 78 |
Camberwell | 13.6 | 12.1 | — | — | 0.34 | 0.48 | 0.09 | 0.04 | O.13 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.25 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.03 | — | — | 0.49 | 0.21 | 1.22 | 1.08 | 114 | 94 |
Deptford | 14.4 | 14.0 | — | — | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.40 | — | _ | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 | _ | 0.61 | 0.42 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 118 | 122 |
Greenwich | 12.9 | 11.6 | — | — | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.51 | — | _ | 0.05 | 0.03 | — | _ | 0.53 | 0.33 | 1.12 | 0.94 | 113 | 107 |
Lewisham | 11.3 | 9.6 | 0.01 | — | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.18 | — | — | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | _ | 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.85 | 0.55 | 91 | 80 |
Woolwich | 12.4 | 10.5 | — | — | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.19 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 0.13 | 1.30 | 1.01 | 100 | 85 |