Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1919
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Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1919.
(Specially complied for the lancet)
Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated civil population, 1919. | Notified cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death rate per 1000 living. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other con-tinued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Poliomyelitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhæa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||
Paddington | 143,938 | — | 261 | 259 | — | 10 | — | 15 | 77 | 7 | 5 | 634 | 4.3 | — | 11 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 52 | 87 | 0.6 | 1896 | 13.0 |
Kensington | 157,886 | — | 261 | 274 | — | 19 | — | 12 | 75 | 7 | 2 | 650 | 4.1 | — | 14 | 2 | 17 | 4 | — | 82 | 119 | 0.7 | 2389 | 14.9 |
Hammersmith | 130,981 | 1 | 186 | 237 | — | 9 | — | 6 | 78 | 6 | 6 | 529 | 4.0 | — | 9 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 65 | 107 | 0.8 | 1674 | 12.6 |
Fulham | 152,543 | — | 369 | 335 | — | 6 | 1 | 35 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 831 | 5.4 | — | 13 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 97 | 0.6 | 1871 | 12.1 |
Chelsea | 60,573 | — | 156 | 76 | — | 8 | — | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 268 | 4.4 | — | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | — | 13 | 37 | 0.6 | 897 | 14.6 |
City of Westminster | 127,533 | — | 248 | 136 | — | 12 | — | 4 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 481 | 3.7 | — | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 51 | 0.4 | 1808 | 13.9 |
St. Marylebone | 97,953 | — | 198 | 156 | — | 4 | — | 6 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 429 | 4.3 | — | 18 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 65 | 0.7 | 1517 | 15.2 |
Hampstead | 88,012 | — | 126 | 87 | — | 8 | — | 2 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 263 | 2.9 | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 17 | 31 | 0..3 | 1004 | 11.2 |
St. Pancras | 219,434 | 10 | 587 | 354 | — | 9 | — | 12 | 145 | 10 | 5 | 1132 | 5.1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 106 | 0.5 | 2944 | 13.2 |
Islington | 323,034 | 2 | 1084 | 654 | — | 16 | 1 | 29 | 212 | 16 | 3 | 2017 | 6.1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 86 | 183 | 0.6 | 4619 | 14.1 |
Stoke Newington | 50,954 | — | 130 | 118 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 41 | 2 | — | 296 | 5.7 | — | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 9 | 31 | 0.6 | 657 | 12.7 |
Hackney | 216,736 | — | 653 | 700 | — | 23 | 2 | 17 | 111 | 6 | 6 | 1518 | 6.9 | — | 6 | 8 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 66 | 193 | 0.9 | 2860 | 13.0 |
Holborn | 38,156 | — | 56 | 88 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | — | 174 | 4.5 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 14 | 0.4 | 630 | 16.2 | |
Finsburv | 75,291 | — | 264 | 143 | — | 6 | — | 6 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 475 | 6.2 | — | 9 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 30 | 49 | 0.6 | 1165 | 15.2 |
City of London | 13,893 | — | 15 | 23 | - | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 42 | 3.0 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 0.3 | 198 | 14.0 |
Shoreditch | 98,134 | — | 296 | 260 | — | 8 | — | 3 | 82 | 4 | — | 653 | 6.5 | — | 14 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 98 | 1.0 | 1562 | 15.7 |
Bethnal Green | 110,085 | 1 | 390 | 552 | 1 | 4 | — | 9 | 163 | 3 | 2 | 1125 | 10.1 | — | 12 | 3 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 149 | 1.3 | 1550 | 13.9 |
Stepney | 232,506 | 1 | 1023 | 795 | — | 33 | 1 | 13 | 219 | 12 | 1 | 2098 | 8.9 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 112 | 205 | 0.9 | 3403 | 14.4 |
Poplar | 153,644 | 1 | 369 | 323 | — | 24 | — | 17 | 130 | 16 | 6 | 886 | 5.7 | — | 9 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 65 | 144 | 0.9 | 2246 | 14.4 | |
Southwark | 179,971 | — | 799 | 504 | — | 12 | — | 19 | 208 | 6 | 2 | 1550 | 8.5 | — | 19 | 4 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 92 | 170 | 0.9 | 2728 | 14.9 |
Bermondsey | 124,239 | — | 399 | 283 | — | 8 | — | 3 | 84 | 4 | — | 781 | 6.2 | — | 23 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 109 | 0.9 | 1729 | 13.7 |
Lambeth | 282,322 | 1 | 1033 | 544 | — | 16 | — | 17 | 190 | 10 | 7 | 1818 | 6.3 | — | 26 | 16 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 89 | 209 | 0.7 | 4194 | 14.6 |
Battersea | 159,316 | 3 | 495 | 244 | — | 11 | — | 11 | 95 | 13 | 6 | 878 | 5.4 | — | 18 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 81 | 0.5 | 2063 | 12.7 |
Wandsworth | 333,693 | — | 906 | 535 | — | 18 | — | 31 | 147 | 13 | 9 | 1659 | 4.9 | — | 18 | 7 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 127 | 0.4 | 3783 | 11.2 |
Camberwell | 273,802 | — | 725 | 511 | — | 10 | — | 14 | 151 | 6 | 8 | 1425 | 5.1 | — | 31 | 12 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 94 | 190 | 0.7 | 3441 | 12.4 |
Deptford | 111,205 | — | 521 | 263 | — | 8 | — | 8 | 72 | 2 | 4 | 878 | 7.8 | — | 21 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 81 | 0.7 | 1447 | 12.8 |
Greenwich | 98,484 | — | 483 | 276 | — | 20 | — | 5 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 845 | 8.4 | —_ | 12 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 73 | 0.7 | 1372 | 13.15 |
Lewisham | 167,754 | — | 657 | 374 | — | 4 | — | 6 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 1147 | 6.7 | — | 3 | 9 | 20 | 5 | — | 16 | 53 | 0.3 | 1943 | 11.4 |
Woolwich | 136,237 | 4 | 239 | 374 | — | 27 | — | 7 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 726 | 5.2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 74 | 0.5 | 1683 | 12.2 |
Port of London | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* Including Membranous Croup. |