Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909
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Boroughs | Per 1000 Persons Living. | |||||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Biiths | ||||||||||||
All Causes | Principal Epidemic Diseases | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping-Cough | Typhus | Enteric Fever | Pyrcxia† (Origin uncertain) | Diarrhœa | Phthisis | |||
CntyopL'nd'n | 24.2 | 14.0 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.26 | - | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.31 | 108 |
Paddington | 20.6 | 12.9 | 0.91 | - | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.24 | - | 0.08 | - | 0.24 | 1.08 | 100 |
Kensington | 18.4 | 13.3 | 1.00 | - | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.22 | - | 0.04 | — | 0.27 | 0.96 | 113 |
Hammersmith | 23.9 | 14.3 | 1.87 | - | 0.64 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.37 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.35 | 1.09 | 120 |
Fnlham | 24.5 | 12.0 | 1.57 | — | 0.42 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.28 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.56 | 1.17 | 108 |
Chelsea | 18.5 | 14.4 | 1.00 | — | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.17 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.20 | 1.45 | 107 |
Cty of Wstmstr | 16.2 | 13.1 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.10 | 1.34 | 95 |
St. Marylebone | 20.6 | 14.6 | 0.83 | - | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.20 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.23 | 1.35 | 99 |
Hampstead | 14.1 | 8.9 | 0.52 | — | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.19 | — | 0.05 | - | 0.04 | 0.61 | 75 |
St. Pancras | 23.7 | 14.8 | 0.97 | — | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.13 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.19 | 1.61 | 102 |
Islington | 23.8 | 14.0 | 1.22 | — | 0.57 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.25 | — | 0.04 | - | 0.20 | 1.23 | 101 |
Stoke Nwingtn | 18.9 | 11.3 | 0.63 | - | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.26 | - | 0.02 | - | 0.07 | 0.83 | 80 |
Hackney | 22.9 | 12.6 | 0.93 | — | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.22 | — | 0.03 | - | 0.32 | 1.22 | 102 |
Holborn | 18.2 | 15.6 | 0.85 | — | 0.26 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.28 | — | 0.02 | - | 0.17 | 2.05 | 102 |
Finsbury | 29.6 | 19.2 | 2.36 | — | 0.89 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.54 | — | 0.03 | - | 0.63 | 2.22 | 131 |
City of London | 13.6 | 20.3 | 0.72 | — | 0.33 | — | — | 0.22 | — | 0.06 | - | 0.11 | 2.15 | 113 |
Shoreditch | 31.7 | 19.0 | 2.87 | - | 1.14 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.63 | - | 0.05 | - | 0.78 | 1.75 | 140 |
Bethnal Green | 31.6 | 16.8 | 1.99 | — | 0.60 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.73 | 1.54 | 129 |
Stepney | 30.5 | 15.3 | 1.68 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.22 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.44 | 1.67 | 119 |
Poplar | 30.3 | 16.3 | 2.37 | — | 0.91 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.49 | — | 0.08 | — | 0.64 | 1.29 | 129 |
South wark | 28.3 | 16.8 | 1.67 | — | 0.60 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.27 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.54 | 1.79 | 119 |
Bermondsey | 32.3 | 18.8 | 2.74 | — | 1.57 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.43 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.53 | 1.78 | 138 |
Lambeth | 23.4 | 14.1 | 1.19 | — | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.26 | — | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 109 |
Battersea | 24.0 | 13.0 | 1.29 | — | 0.49 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.34 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.26 | 1.22 | 107 |
Wandsworth | 23.6 | 11.9 | 0.96 | — | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.23 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.93 | 86 |
Camberwell | 23.7 | 13.4 | 1.08 | — | 0.37 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.18 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.30 | 1.19 | 100 |
Deptford | 26.4 | 13.6 | 1.51 | — | 0.57 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.40 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.26 | 1.25 | 102 |
Greenwich | 22.4 | 12.2 | 1.03 | — | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.18 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.33 | 0.99 | 100 |
Lewisham | 21.9 | 10.4 | 0.47 | — | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.12 | — | 0.01 | — | 0.06 | 0.78 | 75 |
Woolwich | 22.2 | 11.9 | 1.02 | - | 0.41 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.11 | - | 0.02 | - | 0.14 | 1.20 | 82 |
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.