Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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London and the Metropolitan Boroughs. Death-rates per 1000 persons living and Infantile Mortality of persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs in the Five years 1907-11, and in 1912.
County of London . | 14.7 | 13.6 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 1.37 | 1.35 | The average mortality under this heading cannot be stated. | 12.42 | 114 | 91 |
Paddington | 13.4 | 12.3 | 0.03 | 0.01 | _ | _ | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 1.10 | 0.87 | 14.23 | 107 | 98 | |
Kensington | 13.7 | 13.0 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.98 | 1.07 | 11.12 | 120 | 91 | |
Hammersmith | 14.6 | 13.1 | 0.01 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 1.21 | 1.35 | 10.07 | 120 | 90 | |
Fulham | 11.1 | 12.8 | 0.01 | 0.05 | - | - | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 7.83 | 116 | 94 | |
Chrlsea | 15.6 | 14.6 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 1.47 | 1.30 | 6.51 | 109 | 68 | ||
City of Westminster | 12.8 | 12.1 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | - | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 1.28 | 1.17 | 16.18 | 97 | 84 | |
St. Marylebone | 14.8 | 13.8 | 0.03 | 0.04 | _ | _ | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 1.35 | 1.26 | 11.59 | 103 | 93 | |
Hampstead | 9.7 | 9.8 | 0.04 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.78 | 70 | 62 | |
St. Pancras | 15.5 | 14.6 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.44 | 0.4l | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 1.61 | 1.58 | 6.89 | 106 | 88 | |
Islington | 14.6 | 14.3 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 10.96 | 108 | 87 | |
Stoke Newington | 12.4 | 12.1 | 0.04 | - | - | - | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.09 | - | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.06 | - | 1.02 | 0.87 | 2.90 | 87 | 72 | |
Hackney | 13.8 | 12.1 | 0.05 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 11.39 | 109 | 80 | |
Holborn | 16.6 | 15.3 | 0.06 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 0.26 | 0.52 | 0.06 | - | 0.27 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 2.24 | 2.07 | 8.87 | 113 | 80 | |
Finsbury | 19.6 | 18.8 | 0.06 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.72 | 1.50 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.42 | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 2.14 | 1.92 | 17.09 | 134 | 114 | |
City of London | 15.3 | 13.5 | 0.05 | - | - | - | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.03 | - | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 1.66 | 1.98 | 21.62 | 98 | 81 | |
Shoreditch | 19.0 | 18.1 | 0.06 | 0.04 | _ | _ | 0.91 | 1.05 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 1.86 | 2.10 | 26.89 | 149 | 123 | |
BETHNAL GREEN | 17.3 | 15.3 | 0.07 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 1.65 | 1.69 | 12.30 | 134 | 96 | |
Stepnby | 16.9 | 15.2 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 1.69 | 1.68 | 17.93 | 125 | 105 | |
Poplar | 17.2 | 16.4 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - | 0.74 | 0.69 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 1.38 | 1.51 | 13.48 | 130 | 107 | |
southwark | 18.2 | 16.7 | 0.04 | 0.02 | _ | 0.68 | 0.73 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 1.95 | 1.87 | 18.61 | 130 | 105 | ||
Bbrmondsey | 18.1 | 16.8 | 0.05 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 17.10 | 137 | 111 | |
Lambeth | 14.8 | 13.3 | 0.04 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 1.48 | 1.37 | 14.10 | 110 | 86 | |
Battkrsba | 13 .8 | 12.2 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | - | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 1.30 | 1.17 | 11.74 | 109 | 84 | |
Wandsworth | 11.6 | 10.2 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.33 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 10.80 | 97 | 76 | |
Camberwbll | 11.1 | 12.9 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 1.28 | 1.30 | 10.12 | 104 | 83 | |
Dbptford | 15..1 | 13.1 | 0.05 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 0.51 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 10.01 | 119 | 89 | |
Greenwich' | 14.2 | 13.1 | 0.05 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0 14 | 0.16 | 1.18 | 1.11 | 10.6 | 111 | 84 | |
Lbwisham | 11.0 | 10.4 | 0.02 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.78 | 0.70 | 7.75 | 87 | 70 | |
Woolwich | 12.7 | 11.6 | 0.02 | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0-19 | 022 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 1.29 | 1.05 | 3.65 | 94 | 73 |