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 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| Boroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1913.* | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of Age. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping cough.. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | PulmonaryTuberculosis. | ||||
| County of London | 4,518,191 | 112,637 | 65 030 | 114 | _ | 1570 | 188 | 800 | 431 | 3098 | 5981 | 11869 |
| Paddington | 142,210 | 3055 | 1941 | 6 | - | 55 | 7 | 37 | 12 | 71 | 157 | 305 |
| Kensington | 171,284 | 3357 | 2377 | 4 | - | 84 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 80 | 188 | 375 |
| Hammersmith | 123,745 | 3043 | 1754 | — | - | 47 | 7 | 47 | 12 | 64 | 151 | 314 |
| Fulham | 157,117 | 4302 | 1992 | 8 | - | 50 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 98 | 209 | 414 |
| Chelsea | 64,598 | 1257 | 911 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 81 | 113 |
| City of Westminster | 154,810 | 2227 | 1992 | 3 | - | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 206 | 213 |
| St. Marylebone | 114,532 | 2221 | 1633 | 5 | - | 33 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 158 | 202 |
| Hampstead | 86,346 | 1326 | 938 | 1 | - | 21 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 97 |
| St. Pancras | 214,330 | 5512 | 3321 | 6 | - | 41 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 114 | 327 | 508 |
| Islington | 325,585 | 8357 | 5009 | 5 | - | 107 | 17 | 61 | 34 | 221 | 441 | 894 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,518 | 1144 | 698 | 2 | - | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 94 |
| Hackney | 223,353 | 5522 | 3037 | 4 | - | 68 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 141 | 261 | 549 |
| Holborn | 46,949 | 798 | 698 | _ | - | 10 | — | 6 | 4 | 15 | 89 | 83 |
| 84,679 | 2547 | 1576 | — | - | 30 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 97 | 173 | 352 | |
| City of London | 17,916 | 167 | 276 | 2 | - | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 16 | |
| Shoreditch | 109,654 | 3513 | 2068 | - | 52 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 207 | 200 | 546 | |
| Bethnal Green | - | |||||||||||
| Stepney | 275,300 | 8187 | 4172 | 11 | - | 95 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 287 | 471 | 916 |
| Poplar | 160,913 | 5230 | 2668 | 5 | - | 69 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 159 | 239 | |
| South wark | 188,487 | 5936 | 3343 | 6 | - | 105 | 11 | 38 | 19 | 182 | 354 | 682 |
| Bermondsey | 124,739 | 3896 | 2266 | 3 | - | 90 | 4 | 47 | 17 | 165 | 204 | 513 |
| Lambeth | 297,139 | 7233 | 4314 | 8 | - | 99 | 14 | 47 | 37 | 202 | 389 | 736 |
| Battersea | 167,464 | 4239 | 2361 | 6 | - | 93 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 125 | 192 | 469 |
| Wandsworth | 330,395 | 6840 | 3550 | 5 | - | 116 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 148 | 288 | 603 |
| Camberwell | 261,805 | 6671 | 3653 | 5 | - | 68 | 13 | 54 | 18 | 179 | 306 | 708 |
| Deptford | 109,280 | 3103 | 1704 | 2 | - | 50 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 93 | 144 | 347 |
| Greenwich | 96,015 | 2541 | 1385 | 2 | - | 40 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 52 | 114 | 262 |
| Lewisham | 168,822 | 3522 | 1814 | 8 | - | 25 | 5 | 23 | 35 | 50 | 127 | 273 |
| Woolwich | 122,382 | 2893 | 1573 | 1 | - | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 186 | 229 |
* Based on the results of the Censuses of 1901 and 1911.