Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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Table showing Deaths and Death Rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London.
Boroughs. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Diarrhœa & Enteritis (under 2). | ||||||||
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Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | N umber. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1000 births | |
County of L'nd'n | 120 | 002 _ | 3 | — | 2272 | 0.5 | 332 | 0.08 | 1146 | 0.27 | 699 | 0.16 | 6782 | 1.60 | 2542 | 25.0 |
West. | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 6 | 0.03 | - | - | 93 | 0.7 | 11 | 0.08 | 31 | 0.24 | 20 | 0.15 | 169 | 1.36 | 91 | 33.1 |
Kensington | 2 | 0.01 | - | — | 111 | 0.7 | 11 | 0.07 | 21 | 0.13 | 16 | 0.10 | 193 | 1.25 | 69 | 22.1 |
Hammersmith | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | 47 | 0.4 | 13 | 0.12 | 27 | 0.23 | 14 | 0.13 | 197 | 1.70 | 45 | 16.6 |
Fulham | 5 | 0.03 | 3 | 0 01 | 122 | 0.8 | 20 | 0.12 | 50 | 0.34 | 27 | 0.18 | 197 | 1.32 | 75 | 19.4 |
Chelsea | - | - | - | - | 40 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.09 | 8 | 0.14 | 6 | 0.10 | 110 | 1.54 | 17 | 15.5 |
City of Westm'er | 4 | 0.01 | — | — | 38 | 0.3 | 11 | 0.09 | 11 | 0.08 | 12 | 0.09 | 205 | 1.51 | 39 | 19.8 |
North. | ||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 2 | 0.01 | — | — | 53 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.10 | 16 | 0.17 | 8 | 0.08 | 134 | 1.34 | 46 | 25.2 |
Hampstead | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 22 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.02 | 6 | 0.10 | 10 | 0.12 | 56 | 0.70 | 17 | 12.9 |
St. Pancras | 8 | 0.04 | — | — | 64 | 0.3 | 22 | 0.11 | 51 | 0.25 | 24 | 0.12 | 415 | 2.12 | 102 | 21.5 |
Islington | 5 | 0.02 | — | — | 152 | 0.5 | 40 | 0.12 | 105 | 0.33 | 58 | 0.18 | 525 | 1.69 | 164 | 21.7 |
Stoke Newington | 2 | 0.04 | — | — | 24 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.14 | 7 | 0.14 | 9 | 0.18 | 55 | 1.15 | 7 | 7.6 |
Hackney | 6 | 0.03 | — | — | 67 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.03 | 43 | 0.21 | 29 | 0.14 | 309 | 1.47 | 122 | 25.2 |
Central. | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 1 | 0.02 | — | — | 19 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.30 | 11 | 0.27 | 80 | 2.03 | 13 | 19.3 |
Finsbury | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 54 | 0.7 | 10 | 0.13 | 45 | 0.60 | 9 | 0.12 | 169 | 2.22 | 83 | 37.8 |
City of London | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0.2 | — | — | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0.15 | 20 | 1.08 | 3 | 20.0 |
East. | ||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 3 | 0.03 | - | — | 68 | 0.7 | 11 | 0.11 | 36 | 0.35 | 22 | 0.22 | 260 | 2.56 | 130 | 41.7 |
Bethnal Green | 4 | 0.02 | — | — | 101 | 0.8 | 11 | 0.09 | 41 | 0.34 | 39 | 0.32 | 199 | 1.66 | 135 | 38.4 |
Stepney | 3 | 0.02 | — | — | 111 | 0.4 | 29 | 0.11 | 53 | 0.20 | 72 | 0.27 | 520 | 2.00 | 236 | 31.4 |
Poplar | 5 | 0.04 | — | 118 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.06 | 72 | 0.47 | 34 | 0.22 | 252 | 1.66 | 173 | 36.5 | |
South. | ||||||||||||||||
Southwark | 3 | 0.01 | — | — | 131 | 0.7 | 12 | 0.07 | 46 | 0.26 | 37 | 0.21 | 389 | 2.21 | 148 | 28.2 |
Bermondsey | 3 | 0.03 | — | — | 110 | 0.9 | 9 | 0.07 | 79 | 0.67 | 21 | 0.19 | 239 | 2.01 | 134 | 37.8 |
Lambeth | 13 | 0.03 | — | — | 102 | 0.4 | 19 | 0.06 | 49 | 0.17 | 45 | 0.16 | 460 | 1.64 | 139 | 21.2 |
Battersea | 6 | 0.04 | — | — | 164 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.06 | 77 | 0.48 | 29 | 0.18 | 240 | 1.51 | 79 | 20.7 |
Wandsworth | 9 | 0.02 | — | - | 165 | 0.5 | 22 | 0.07 | 66 | 0.21 | 54 | 0.17 | 335 | 1.10 | 117 | 18.6 |
Camberwell | 6 | 0.02 | - | - | 95 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.03 | 40 | 0.16 | 30 | 0.12 | 366 | 1.48 | 146 | 23.7 |
Deptford | 4 | 0.05 | - | - | 55 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.08 | 65 | 0.59 | 10 | 0.09 | 173 | 1.63 | 96 | 32.5 |
Greenwich | 8 | 0.04 | - | - | 46 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.03 | 43 | 0.45 | 14 | 0.15 | 165 | 1.55 | 46 | 19.7 |
Lewisham | 3 | 0.01 | - | - | 50 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.03 | 23 | 0.13 | 16 | 0.06 | 155 | 0.90 | 53 | 16.2 |
Woolwich | 5 | 0.04 | — | - | 45 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.05 | 16 | 0.13 | 20 | 0.15 | 196 | 1.52 | 31 | 11.0 |