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 for the year 1916
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| WARD. | Births. | Infantile Mortality. | Zymotic Bates in the Wards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hales. | Females. | Total. | Birthrate. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | ||
| St. Mary | 276 | 269 | 545 | 26.2 | 90 | - | 0.43 | - | 0.19 | 0.09 | - | 0.53 | 2.41 |
| St. Paul | 243 | 206 | 449 | 24.6 | 91 | — | 0.22 | 0.05 | - | 0.44 | — | 0.44 | 2.30 |
| St. Peter | 248 | 227 | 475 | 27.8 | 75 | .- | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.11 | — | 0.58 | 1.11 |
| St. John | 296 | 289 | 585 | 29.6 | 118 | — | 0.67 | — | 0.40 | 0.40 | — | 0.67 | 2.12 |
| Trinity | 219 | 205 | 424 | 28.4 | 125 | - | 0.20 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.13 | — | 0.53 | 2.41 |
| All Saints | 318 | 292 | 610 | 33.9 | 75 | — | 0.44 | — | 0.22 | 0.27 | — | 0.39 | 2.22 |
| St. Michael | 276 | 256 | 532 | 25.2 | 118 | — | 0.85 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.28 | — | 0.95 | 2.56 |
| St. Jude | 152 | 147 | 299 | 23.7 | 107 | — | 0.31 | — | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 2.13 |
| St. George | 279 | 258 | 537 | 32.0 | 119 | - | 0.59 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.18 | — | 0.95 | 1.98 |
| Christchurch | 93 | 77 | 170 | 19.2 | 94 | — | 0.22 | — | 0.22 | 0.22 | — | 0.56 | 2.93 |
| St. Saviour | 142 | 128 | 270 | 29.5 | 48 | — . | 0.44 | — | 0.33 | 0.22 | — | 0.55 | 2.40 |
| Borough | 2,542 | 2,354 | 4,896 | 27.6 | 98 | — | 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.60 | 2.20 |