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 Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London
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DEATH RATES of LONDON and its SANITARY AREAS during the 52 Weeks of 1899, after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.
Sanitary Areas. | Per 1,000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered. | |||||||||||
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Deaths from | |||||||||||||
All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | ||
REGISTRATION LONDON | 19.3 | 2.46 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.92 | 1.82 | 166 | ||
West London | 18.0 | 1.91 | .. | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.38 | .. | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 1.65 | 173 | |
North ,, | 17.8 | 2.16 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.38 | .. | 0.15 | .. | 0.78 | 1.64 | 154 |
Central ,, | 23.0 | 2.21 | .. | 0.44 | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.27 | .. | 0.22 | .. | 0.90 | 2.75 | 168 |
East ,, | 22.9 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.47 | 0.45 | .. | 0.24 | .. | 1.23 | 2.19 | 179 |
South ,, | 18.8 | 2.62 | 0.53 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.15 | .. | 0.94 | 1.74 | 164 | |
West. | |||||||||||||
Paddington | 16.1 | 1.65 | .. | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.33 | .. | 0.07 | .. | 0.83 | 1.15 | 151 |
Kensington | 17.7 | 1.53 | .. | 0 .14 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.35 | .. | 0.14 | .. | 0.59 | 1.34 | 180 |
Hammersmith | 19.0 | 2.11 | .. | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.42 | .. | 0.21 | .. | 0.93 | 1.72 | 183 |
Fulham | 19.2 | 3.23 | .. | 0.52 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.41 | .. | 0.19 | 0.01 | 1.40 | 1.83 | 189 |
Chelsea. | 19.6 | 2.13 | .. | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.74 | .. | 0.19 | .. | 0.66 | 1.79 | 164 |
St. George, Hanover Square | 14.2 | 1.09 | .. | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.17 | .. | 0.11 | .. | 0.36 | 1.36 | 129 |
St.Margaret & St. JohnWestmnstr. | 22.3 | 1.64 | .. | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.10 | .. | 0.17 | .. | 0.75 | 3.31 | 207 | |
St. James Westminster | 17.9 | 1.12 | .. | 0.14 | 0 .05 | 0.14 | 0.28 | .. | 0.14 | .. | 0.37 | 2.11 | 142 |
North | |||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 18.6 | 1.70 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.24 | .. | 0.19 | .. | 0.72 | 1.98 | 124 |
Hampstead | 11.6 | 1.16 | .. | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.14 | .. | 0.05 | .. | 0.44 | 0.84 | 129 |
St. Pancras | 20.3 | 2.69 | .. | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.46 | 0.59 | .. | 0.17 | .. | 0.95 | 2.01 | 178 |
Islington | 18.1 | 2.30 | .. | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.36 | 0.49 | .. | 0.14 | .. | 0.74 | 1.59 | 160 |
Stoke Newington | 12.7 | 1.33 | .. | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.11 | .. | 0.14 | .. | 0.54 | 0.88 | 103 |
Hackney | 16.9 | 2.22 | .. | 0.50 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 0.22 | .. | 0 .16 | .. | 0.87 | 1.50 | 153 |