Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1914
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The following table of Deaths from Infectious Diseases per 1,000 persons living is compiled from the Registrar-General's Report.
Boroughs. | Per 1,000 Persons Living. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths From | |||||||||||
All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |||
Crude. | Standardized. | |||||||||||
COUNTY OF LONDON | 24.3 | 14.4 | 0.03 | — | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 1.39 | 27.64 | 104 | |
Paddington | 20.9 | 13.0 | 0.02 | — | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 1.02 | 26.64 | 95 | |
Kensington | 18.8 | 13.1 | 0.01 | — | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 1.10 | 19.63 | 94 | |
Hammersmith | 23.8 | 13.9 | 0.04 | — | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 1.38 | 22.83 | 94 | |
Fulham | 26.5 | 13.4 | 0.06 | — | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.14 | 1.31 | 30.33 | 113 | |
Chelsea | I3.5 | 0.05 | — | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 1.35 | 16.17 | 67 | ||
City of Westminster | 14.0 | 12.6 | 0.06 | — | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 1.33 | 16.24 | 80 | |
St. Marylebone | 18.7 | 13.8 | 0.05 | — | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 1.28 | 27.67 | 98 | |
Hampstead | 14.8 | 10.4 | 0.05 | — | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.64 | 8.64 | 80 | |
St. Pancras | 24.5 | 15.6 | 0.02 | — | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 1.77 | 23.17 | 92 | |
Islington | 25.2 | 15.2 | 0.05 | — | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 1.45 | 27.90 | 105 | |
Stoke Newington | 20.7 | 13.1 | 12.5 | — | — | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 1.15 | 15.31 | 78 |
Hackney | 24.5 | 13.9 | 0.04 | — | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 1.36 | 23.26 | 92 | |
Holborn | 16.4 | 16.1 | 0.13 | — | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 1.97 | 17.02 | 90 | |
Finsbury | 30.1 | 19.6 | 0.02 | — | 0.90 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.11 | 1.98 | 34.63 | 123 | |
City of London | 10.2 | 13.4 | 0.05 | — | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 1.12 | 5.52 | 94 | |
Shoreditch | 32.1 | 19.0 | 0.02 | — | 1.02 | 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.18 | 2.14 | 42.15 | 141 | |
Bethnal Green | 29.7 | 16.0 | 0.03 | — | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 1.65 | 45.96 | 137 | |
Stepney | 29.4 | 16.5 | 0.03 | — | 0.66 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 1.70 | 33.26 | 124 | |
Poplar | 31.6 | 17.1 | 0.04 | — | 0.41 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 1.67 | 38.44 | 116 | |
Southwark | 29.8 | 17.8 | 0.01 | — | 0.51 | 0.12 | 0.31 | 0.20 | 1.76 | 36.94 | 124 | |
Bcrmondsey | 31.0 | 17.4 | 0.02 | — | 0.65 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 1.63 | 36.37 | 125 | |
Lambeth | 23.7 | 14.6 | 0.05 | — | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 1.42 | 28.77 | 104 | |
Bittersea | 25.8 | 13.3 | 0.02 | — | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 1.26 | 28.35 | 93 | |
Wandsworth | 20.2 | 10.9 | 0.02 | — | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.90 | 22.17 | 89 | |
Camberwell | 25.2 | 13.7 | 0.02 | — | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 1.43 | 21.73 | 99 | |
Deptford | 28.0 | 14.4 | 0.03 | — | 0.47 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 1.38 | 29.21 | 99 | |
Greenwich | 25.1 | 14.7 | 0.05 | — | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 1.38 | 22.01 | 98 | |
Lewisham | 19.8 | 10.9 | 0.04 | — | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.75 | 16.49 | 74 | |
Woolwich | 23.3 | 13.8 | 0.02 | — | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 1.40 | 0.57 | 85 |
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