London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1911
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1911
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Table showing the number of cases of certain Infectious
Diseases notified in each of the Metropolitan Cities and
Boroughs during the 52 weeks ended 30th December,
1911, and the Attack-Rates per 1,000 of the population.
| Population (1911 Census). | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | Cases. | Rate. | ||
| County of London. | 4.522,961 | 72 | 0.02 | 10500 | 2.33 | 7404* | 1.64 | 1024 | 0.23 | 305 | 0.07 | 4904 | 1. 09 |
| City of London | 19,657 | - | - | 23 | 1.18 | 23 | 1.18 | 8 | 0.41 | 1 | 0.05 | 15 | 0.77 |
| Battersea | 167,793 | — | - | 354 | 0.12 | 224 | 1.34 | 34 | 0.20 | 9 | 0.05 | 165 | 0.99 |
| Bermondsey | 125.960 | — | - | 303 | 2.42 | 254 | 2.03 | 26 | 0.21 | 13 | 0.10 | 153 | 1.22 |
| Bethnal Green | 128,282 | 4 | 0.03 | 244 | 1..91 | 202 | 1.58 | 31 | 0.24 | 14 | 0.11 | 249 | 1.95 |
| Camberwell | 261,357 | 3 | 0.01 | 635 | 2.44 | 353 | 1.35 | 33 | 0.13 | 10 | 0.04 | 254 | 0.97 |
| Chelsea | 66,404 | — | — | 143 | 2.17 | 83 | 1.'26 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.08 | 53 | 0.08 | |
| Deptford | 109,498 | 1 | 0.01 | 375 | 3.43 | 165 | 1.51 | 13 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.02 | 183 | 1.68 |
| Finsbury | 87,976 | 1 | 0.01 | 179 | 2.05 | 179 | 2.05 | 80 | 0.92 | 4 | 0.05 | 233 | 2.05 |
| Fulham | 153,325 | — | — | 382 | 2.49 | 314 | 2.05 | 38 | 0.25 | 23 | 0.15 | 118 | 0.77 |
| Greenwich | 95.977 | — | — | 304 | 3.16 | 313 | 3.26 | 10 | 0.10 | 8 | 0.08 | 122 | 1.27 |
| Hackney | 222,587 | 5 | 0.02 | 614 | 2.77 | 316 | 1.42 | 51 | 0.23 | 16 | 0.07 | 369 | 1.66 |
| † Hammersmith | 121,603 | — | - | 239 | 1.97 | 196 | 1 .61 | 27 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.02 | 101 | 0.83 |
| Hampstead | 85,510 | — | - | 130 | 1.52 | 151 | 1.77 | 14 | 0.16 | 7 | 0.08 | 50 | 0.59 |
| Holborn | 49,336 | — | - | 120 | 2.45 | 85 | 1 .74 | 11 | 0.22 | 2 | 0.04 | 38 | 0.78 |
| Islington | 327,423 | 1 | 0.00 | 806 | 2.47 | 594 | 1.82 | 73 | 0.22 | 14 | 0.04 | 283 | 0.87 |
| Kensington | 172,402 | — | — | 235 | 1.37 | 219 | 1.28 | 24 | 0.14 | 7 | 0.04 | 125 | 0.73 |
| Lambeth | 298,126 | 1 | 0.00 | 766 | 2.58 | 405 | 1.36 | 61 | 0.21 | 20 | 0.07 | 251 | 0.84 |
| Lewisham | 160,843 | — | — | 350 | 2.17 | 343 | 2.13 | 36 | 0.22 | 11 | 0.07 | 106 | 0.66 |
| Paddington | 142,576 | 1 | 0.01 | 228 | 1.60 | 172 | 1.21 | 37 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.05 | 120 | 0.84 |
| Poplar | 162,449 | 11 | 0.07 | 376 | 2.32 | 286 | 1.77 | 63 | 0'39 | 11 | 0.07 | 205 | 1.27 |
| St. Marylebone | 118,221 | — | — | 329 | 2.80 | 135 | 1.15 | 18 | 0.35 | 4 | 0.35 | 113 | 0.93 |
| St. Pancras | 218,453 | — | — | 444 | 2.04 | 422 | 1.94 | 70 | 0.32 | 17 | 0.08 | 201 | 0.92 |
| Shoreditch | 111,463 | 3 | 0.03 | 240 | 2.16 | 175 | 1.58 | 22 | 0.20 | 5 | 0.05 | 161 | 1.45 |
| South wark | 191,951 | — | — | 473 | 2 .48 | 294 | 1.54 | 45 | 0.24 | 14 | 0.07 | 321 | 1.68 |
| Stepney | 280,024 | 40 | 0.14 | 467 | 1.68 | 518 | 1.86 | 80 | 0.29 | 31 | 0.11 | 496 | 1.78 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,683 | - | -_ | 99 | 1.96 | 80 | 1.58 | 6 | 0.12 | - | - | 42 | 0.83 |
| Wandsworth | 311,402 | - | - | 868 | 2.78 | 513 | 1.64 | 58 | 0.19 | 240.08 | 206 | 206 | 0.66 |
| City of Westminster | 160,277 | 1 | 0.01 | 255 | 1.60 | 146 | 0.92 | 30 | 0.19 | 7 | 0.04 | 83 | 0.52 |
| Woolwich | 121,403 | — | — | 514 | 4.24 | 237 | 1.96 | 18 | 0.15 | 15 | 0.12 | 82 | 0.68 |
* Including one case of Diphtheria notified in the Inner Temple,
† One case of Typhus was notified.