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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Newington 1899
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London
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ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY
| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1899. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||
| LONDON | 4,545,752 | 29 | 18,094 | 13,692 | 14 | 4456 | 69 | 330 | 5608 | 15 | 42,307 | 9.3 |
| Paddington | 128,794 | ... | 384 | 205 | 98 | 7 | 148 | ... | 844 | 6.6 | ||
| Kensington | 172,899 | ... | 444 | 260 | 111 | 17 | 11 | 210 | ... | 1054 | 6.1 | |
| I lammersmith | 108,785 | ... | 439 | 191 | 115 | ... | 12 | 109 | ... | 867 | 8.0 | |
| Fulham | 130,720 | 847 | 528 | ... | 110 | 1 | 13 | 179 | 4 | 1683 | 12.9 | |
| Chelsea | 96,721 | ... | 282 | 238 | ... | 64 | 4 | 9 | 83 | 681 | 7.1 | |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 80,876 | ... | 198 | 91 | ... | 46 | ... | 2 | 73 | ... | 410 | 5.1 |
| Westminster | 52,117 | ... | 200 | 101 | ... | 44 | 1 | ... | 56 | ... | 402 | 7.7 |
| St. James, Westminster | 21,827 | ... | 49 | 37 | ... | 34 | ... | ... | 22 | ... | 142 | 6.5 |
| Marylebone | 140,139 | 2 | 400 | 196 | ... | 118 | 6 | 202 | ... | 925 | 6.6 | |
| Hampstead | 80,252 | ... | 289 | 116 | ... | 45 | ... | 5 | 52 | ... | 507 | 6.3 |
| St. Pancras | 244,548 | ... | 862 | 578 | ... | 246 | ... | 13 | 311 | 1 | 2011 | 8.2 |
| Islington | 348,085 | 3 | 1498 | 710 | ... | 361 | 32 | 355 | 3 | 2964 | 8.5 | |
| Stoke Newington | 35,187 | ... | 182 | 80 | ... | ... | 7 | 32 | ... | 268 | 7.6 | |
| Hackney | 222,571 | 2 | 988 | 709 | ... | 268 | 19 | 301 | ... | 2292 | 10.3 | |
| St. Giles | 37,196 | ... | 76 | 30 | ... | 24 | ... | 55 | ... | 186 | 5.0 | |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 12,142 | ... | 31 | 17 | ... | 7 | ... | 9 | ... | 65 | 5.4 | |
| Strand | 23,016 | ... | 55 | 37 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 17 | ... | 121 | 5.3 |
| Holborn | 29,621 | 1 | 117 | 62 | ... | 35 | 1 | 46 | ... | 264 | 8.9 | |
| Clerkenwell | 66,068 | ... | 321 | 198 | ... | 91 | 6 | 72 | ... | 689 | 10.5 | |
| St. Luke | 40,868 | ... | 103 | ... | 36 | ... | ... | 64 | ... | 365 | 9.0 | |
| City of London | 27,986 | ... | 74 | 57 | ... | 86 | 1 | ... | 21 | ... | 239 | 8.6 |
| Shoreditch | 121,071 | 364 | 373 | ... | 168 | 6 | 10 | 202 | 1125 | 9.3 | ||
| Bethnal Green. | 128,938 | ... | 430 | 345 | ... | 202 | ... | 19 | 326 | 1 | 1323 | 10.3 |
| Whitechapel | 81,391 | 2 | 209 | 202 | 4 | 138 | ... | 5 | 125 | ... | 685 | 8.4 |
| St. Georges-in-the-East | 48,560 | 99 | 104 | ... | 72 | ... | 5 | 78 | ... | 359 | 7.4 | |
| Timehouse | 58,807 | 171 | 132 | ... | 136 | ... | 3 | 78 | ... | 522 | 8.9 | |
| Mile End Old Town | 113,161 | ... | 294 | 373 | 138 | 2 | 7 | 149 | ... | 963 | 8.5 | |
| Poplar | 170,606 | 2 | 420 | 424 | 277 | 4 | 14 | 230 | ... | 1371 | 8.1 | |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 24,207 | ... | 91 | 123 | ... | 11 | ... | 3 | 33 | ... | 261 | 10.8 |
| St. George, Southwark | 60,536 | 1 | 237 | 447 | 56 | 76 | ... | 821 | 13 .6 | |||
| Newington | 124,166 | ... | 509 | 728 | ... | 111 | ... | 5 | 201 | ... | 1554 | 12.5 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 11,098 | ... | 64 | 32 | ... | 11 | ... | 3 | ... | 111 | 10.0 | |
| Bermondsey | 85,835 | ... | 402 | 513 | 3 | 110 | 1 | 3 | 88 | ... | 1150 | 13.4 |
| Rotherhithe | 41,050 | ... | 256 | 160 | 54 | ... | 83 | ... | 556 | 13.6 | ||
| Lambeth | 308,108 | 1014 | 1122 | 220 | 10 | 27 | 336 | 3 | 2734 | 8.9 | ||
| Battersea | 174,996 | ... | 723 | 609 | .... | 162 | ... | 14 | 208 | ... | 1716 | 9.8 |
| Wandsworth | 209,655 | ... | 911 | 617 | ... | 127 | 1 | 13 | 240 | ... | 1909 | 9.1 |
| Camberwell | 264,817 | 3 | 1144 | 1241 | 176 | 19 | 259 | ... | 2847 | 10.8 | ||
| Greenwich | 182,513 | 1206 | 684 | ... | 167 | 2 | 271 | 2346 | 12.9 | |||
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 91,027 | 1 | 580 | 482 | 58 | 8 | 82 | ... | 1212 | 13.4 | ||
| Woolwich | 41,542 | 1 | 167 | 130 | ... | 27 | ... | 4 | 28 | ... | 357 | 8.6 |
| Lee | 40,219 | ... | 195 | 135 | ... | 21 | ... | 29 | ... | 382 | 9.5 | |
| Plumstead | 64,031 | ... | 708 | 182 | ... | 25 | 1 | 5 | 64 | ... | 985 | 15.4 |
| Port of London | ... | 4 | 10 | 10 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 89 | ... |