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. | Death-rates per 1000 Living. | |||||||||
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All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Phthisis | ||||||
Before distribution | After Distribution | Before Distri bution | After distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distri bution | |
County of London | 14.2 | 14.0 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.29 | 1.31 |
Paddington | 14.2 | 12.9 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.03 | 1.08 |
Kensington | 15.1 | 13.3 | — | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 1.65 | 0.96 |
Hammersmith | 14.2 | 14.3 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.93 | 1.09 |
Fulham | 11.0 | 12.0 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.56 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 1.17 |
Chelsea | 21.8 | 14.4 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.69 | 1.45 |
City of Westm'r | 14.3 | 13.1 | — | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 1.34 |
St. Marylebone | 14.0 | 14.6 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 1.35 |
Hampstead | 11.3 | 8.9 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.47 | 0.61 |
St . Pancras | 15.2 | 14.8 | — | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.54 | 1.61 |
Islington | 13.7 | 14.0 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 1.46 | 1.23 |
Stoke Newington | 8.6 | 11.3 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.04 | - | 0.02 | 0.59 | 0.83 | |
Hackney | 13.0 | 12.6 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.30 | 1.22 |
Holborn | 19.9 | 15.6 | - | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1.47 | 2.05 |
Finsbury | 9.2 | 19.2 | - | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.74 | 2.22 | |
City of London | 50.7 | 20.3 | — | - | 0.88 | - | 0.17 | 0.06 | 2.48 | 2.15 |
Shoreditch | 17.7 | 19.0 | - | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.74 | 1.75 |
Bethnal Green | 17.1 | 16.8 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.63 | 1.54 |
Stepney | 16.7 | 15.3 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 1.67 |
Poplar | 16.2 | 16.3 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 1.37 | 1.29 |
South wark | 14.2 | 16.8 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.93 | 1.79 |
Hermondsey | 15.4 | 18.8 | 0.01 | 0.12 | - | 0.07 | - | 0.02 | 1.60 | 1.78 |
Lambeth | 15.1 | 14.1 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 1.37 | 1.41 |
Batterrsea | 13.2 | 13.0 | - | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.30 | 1.22 |
Wandsworth | 11.1 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.89 | 0.93 |
Camberwell | 14.6 | 13.4 | - | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.73 | 1.19 |
Deptford | 10.3 | 13.6 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.74 | 1.25 |
Greenwich | 15.6 | 12.2 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 1.45 | 0.99 |
Woolwich | 10.6 | 11.9 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.20 | - | 0.02 | 1.08 | 1.20 |
*The deaths ' before Distribution " are those actually registered in the several Boroughs
without any correction whatever.