Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| oroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1914. | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of Age. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | ||||
| County of London | 4,518,021 | 109,667 | 64 994 | 147 | _ | 1385 | 316 | 918 | 706 | 3031 | 6281 | 11395 |
| Paddington | 142,193 | 2965 | 1846 | 3 | —_ | 4 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 79 | 145 | 281 |
| Kensington | 171,234 | 3210 | 2242 | 1 | — | 15 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 187 | 302 |
| Hammersmith | 123,853 | 2935 | 1717 | 5 | — | 41 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 67 | 170 | 275 |
| Fulham | 157,303 | 4154 | 2101 | 9 | — | 31 | 21 | 42 | 22 | 126 | 205 | 468 |
| Chelsea | 64,511 | 1299 | 870 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 87 | 87 |
| City of Westminster | 154,544 | 2155 | 1936 | 9 | — | 6 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 205 | 173 |
| St. Marylebone | 114,355 | 2132 | 1577 | 6 | — | 2 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 59 | 146 | 208 |
| Hampstead | 86,388 | 1273 | 893 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 102 |
| St. Pancras | 214,133 | 5223 | 3334 | 4 | — | 56 | 18 | 51 | 30 | 121 | 379 | 481 |
| Islington | 325,496 | 8171 | 4923 | 15 | — | 97 | 24 | 84 | 43 | 228 | 470 | 857 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,511 | 1045 | 661 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 81 |
| Hackney | 223,393 | 5460 | 3099 | 8 | — | 106 | 9 | 53 | 39 | 127 | 303 | 502 |
| Holborn | 46,832 | 764 | 754 | 6 | — | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 92 | 69 |
| Finsbury | 84,521 | 2541 | 1652 | 2 | — | 76 | 6 | 45 | 9 | 88 | 167 | 312 |
| City of London | 17,831 | 181 | 239 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 17 |
| Shoreditch | 109,569 | 3511 | 2075 | 2 | — | 112 | 5 | 55 | 20 | 148 | 234 | 496 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,807 | 3786 | 2034 | 4 | — | 68 | 7 | 48 | 28 | 174 | 210 | 518 |
| Stepney | 275,081 | 8058 | 4539 | 8 | — | 182 | 28 | 72 | 70 | 268 | 465 | 997 |
| Poplar | 160,839 | 5073 | 2743 | 6 | — | 66 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 195 | 268 | 590 |
| Southwark | 188,321 | 5604 | 3350 | 2 | — | 95 | 22 | 59 | 37 | 207 | 330 | 693 |
| Bermondsey | 124,683 | 3849 | 2165 | 3 | — | 81 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 140 | 203 | 482 |
| Lambeth | 297,094 | 7022 | 4319 | 16 | _ | 58 | 16 | 40 | 50 | 202 | 422 | 728 |
| Battersea | 167,451 | 4303 | 2220 | 3 | — | 50 | 11 | 26 | 17 | 122 | 210 | 402 |
| Wandsworth | 331,321 | 6675 | 3617 | 5 | — | 26 | 13 | 56 | 41 | 148 | 298 | 591 |
| Camberwell | 261,828 | 6580 | 3589 | 5 | — | 65 | 23 | 47 | 39 | 143 | 873 | 653 |
| Deptford | 109,269 | 3115 | 1572 | 3 | — | 51 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 91 | 150 | 308 |
| Greenwich | 96,018 | 2408 | 1412 | 5 | — | 47 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 132 | 235 |
| Lewisham | 169,211 | 3336 | 1836 | 6 | —_ | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 55 | 126 | 247 |
| Woolwich | 122,431 | 2839 | 1679 | 8 | — | 25 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 171 | 240 |