Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Third annual report 1896-7
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TABLE VII. TABLE VII.— (continued). Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1896.
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1896. | Notified cases of Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from Principal Inrectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes | Death-rate per 1000 living | Deaths of infants under one year to 1000 births | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Small Pox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria* | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever | Other Continued Fevers | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | Cholera | Total | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtherial | Whooping Cough | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever | Other continued Fevers | Diarrhoea | Total | Annual rate per 1000 persons living | |||||
London | 4,421,955 | 225 | 25,647 | 13,808 | 6 | 3190 | 103 | 277 | 6436 | 13 | 49,705 | 11.1 | 9 | 3692 | 940 | 2663 | 2931 | 5 | 564 | 13 | 3192 | 14,009 | 3.1 | 81,721 | 18.2 | 160 |
1 Vest Districts. Paddington | 124,838 | 4 | 795 | 247 | .. | 61 | 1 | 10 | 119 | .. | 1237 | 9.7 | 1 | 103 | 22 | 65 | 49 | .. | 13 | 1 | 66 | 320 | 2.5 | 1947 | 15.3 | 156 |
Kensington | 170,660 | 13 | 1020 | 372 | .. | 95 | 7 | 8 | 275 | .. | 1790 | 10.3 | .. | 173 | 40 | 70 | 99 | .. | 16 | 1 | 60 | 459 | 2.6 | 2914 | 16.8 | 178 |
Hammersmith | 104,551 | 3 | 532 | 218 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 121 | .. | 939 | 8.8 | .. | 62 | 21 | 52 | 62 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 85 | 298 | 2.8 | 1828 | 17.2 | 179 |
Fulham | 115,008 | 2 | 628 | 356 | .. | 54 | 5 | 9 | 99 | 2 | 1155 | 9.9 | .. | 101 | 29 | 77 | 69 | .. | 9 | .. | 134 | 419 | 3.6 | 2057 | 17.6 | 175 |
Chelsea | 96,657 | 2 | 571 | 488 | .. | 66 | 2 | 6 | 120 | .. | 1255 | 12.8 | .. | 110 | 23 | 115 | 63 | .. | 10 | 1 | 66 | 388 | 3.9 | 1850 | 18.8 | 168 |
St. George, Hanover-sq | 80,041 | 1 | 342 | 124 | .. | 54 | 1 | 2 | 56 | .. | 580 | 7.1 | .. | 32 | 11 | 24 | 15 | .. | 9 | .. | 20 | 111 | 1.4 | 1108 | 13.6 | 149 |
Westminster | 53,477 | 2 | 224 | 109 | .. | 35 | 2 | 1 | 79 | .. | 452 | 8.3 | .. | 18 | 10 | 20 | 26 | .. | 9 | .. | 35 | 118 | 2.2 | 978 | 18.0 | 170 |
St. James, Westminster | 22,955 | 3 | 75 | 37 | .. | 6 | 2 | 20 | .. | 143 | 6.1 | .. | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 10 | 52 | 2.2 | 397 | 17.0 | 149 | |
North District. Marylebone | 141,114 | 4 | 811 | 292 | .. | 107 | .. | 3 | 248 | .. | 1465 | 10.2 | .. | 195 | 26 | 74 | 70 | .. | 20 | .. | 68 | 453 | 3.2 | 2855 | 19.9 | 141 |
Hampstead | 75,812 | .. | 289 | 199 | .. | 58 | 2 | 6 | 54 | .. | 608 | 7.9 | .. | 58 | 7 | 30 | 22 | .. | 7 | .. | 17 | 141 | 1.8 | 916 | 11.9 | 123 |
St. Pancras | 241,066 | 6 | 1079 | 482 | .. | 200 | 1 | 21 | 355 | .. | 2144 | 8.7 | .. | 133 | 37 | 99 | 128 | .. | 31 | .. | 180 | 608 | 2.5 | 4442 | 18.1 | 168 |
Islington | 337,639 | 51 | 2047 | 1117 | .. | 236 | 6 | 31 | 394 | .. | 3882 | 11.3 | 1 | 275 | 57 | 255 | 247 | .. | 47 | 1 | 160 | 1043 | 3.0 | 5871 | 17.1 | 150 |
Stoke Newington | 33,615 | 2 | 226 | 80 | .. | 16 | .. | 1 | 40 | .. | 365 | 10.7 | .. | 5 | 8 | 19 | 16 | .. | 5 | .. | 27 | 80 | 2.3 | 434 | 12.7 | 126 |
Hackney | 213,774 | 8 | 1533 | 593 | .. | 202 | '7 | 6 | 311 | .. | 2660 | 12.2 | .. | 95 | 36 | 103 | 147 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 192 | 612 | 2.8 | 3414 | 15.7 | 146 |
Central Districts. St. Giles | 38,158 | .. | 180 | 60 | .. | 21 | .. | 1 | 80 | .. | 342 | 8.8 | .. | 41 | 7 | 7 | 14 | .. | 4 | .. | 16 | 89 | 2.3 | 737 | 19.0 | 147 |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,003 | 1 | 73 | 16 | .. | 18 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .. | 123 | 9.3 | .. | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 30 | 2.3 | 214 | 16.2 | 164 |
Strand | 23,820 | .. | 132 | 37 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | 189 | 7.8 | .. | 28 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 59 | 2.4 | 550 | 22.7 | 193 |
Holborn | 30,932 | 1 | 123 | 72 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 65 | .. | 295 | 9.4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .. | 22 | 101 | 3.2 | 736 | 23.4 | 194 | |
Clerkenwell | 66,195 | 5 | 461 | 246 | .. | 67 | .. | 4 | 108 | .. | 891 | 13.2 | .. | 53 | 15 | 42 | 42 | .. | 15 | .. | 88 | 255 | 3.8 | 1393 | 20.7 | 184 |
St. Luke | 41,478 | 2 | 264 | 133 | .. | 38 | 2 | 2 | 133 | .. | 574 | 13.6 | .. | 35 | 21 | 26 | 23 | .. | 4 | .. | 52 | 161 | 3.8 | 1059 | 25.1 | 154 |
City of London | 31,409 | 2 | 197 | 72 | .. | 21 | 1 | .. | 34 | .. | 327 | 10.2 | .. | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | .. | 10 | .. | 5 | 46 | 1.4 | 626 | 19.6 | 137 |
East Districts. Shoreditch | 122,265 | 1 | 708 | 371 | .. | 117 | 9 | 3 | 297 | .. | 1506 | 12.1 | 1 | 143 | 39 | 74 | 126 | .. | 17 | .. | 136 | 536 | 4.3 | 2656 | 21.4 | 180 |
Bethnal Green | 129,151 | 2 | 1257 | 460 | .. | 129 | 4 | 12 | 327 | .. | 2191 | 16.7 | .. | 153 | 35 | 75 | 160 | .. | 20 | 1 | 113 | 557 | 4.2 | 29.12 | 22.1 | 170 |
Whitechapel | 78,886 | 4 | 638 | 351 | .. | 62 | .. | 2 | 138 | .. | 1195 | 14.9 | .. | 51 | 20 | 48 | 36 | .. | 9 | 1 | 45 | 210 | 2.6 | 1655 | 20.6 | 141 |
St. George in-the-East | 47,589 | 2 | 378 | 214 | .. | 33 | 1 | 2 | 89 | .. | 719 | 14.9 | .. | 28 | 18 | 30 | 17 | .. | 5 | .. | 60 | 158 | 3.3 | 1187 | 24.5 | 154 |
Limehouse | 58,347 | 7 | 350 | 270 | .. | 27 | 1 | 4 | 110 | .. | 769 | 13.0 | .. | 62 | 15 | 49 | 61 | .. | 3 | .. | 46 | 236 | 4.0 | 1357 | 22.9 | 176 |
Mile End Old Town | 111,226 | 2 | 764 | 551 | .. | 113 | 2 | 5 | 197 | .. | 1634 | 14.5 | .. | 84 | 34 | 97 | 83 | .. | 16 | .. | 95 | 409 | 3.6 | 2252 | 19.9 | 157 |
Poplar | 169,379 | 9 | 964 | 701 | .. | 184 | 8 | 7 | 315 | 1 | 2189 | 12.7 | .. | 147 | 33 | 105 | 158 | .. | 26 | .. | 168 | 637 | 3.7 | 3550 | 20.6 | 176 |
South Districts. St. Saviour, Southwark | 25,276 | 4 | 140 | 83 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 35 | .. | 271 | 10.5 | .. | 17 | 5 | 18 | 19 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | 83 | 3.2 | 587 | 22.8 | 213 |
St. George, Southwark | 60,301 | 3 | 335 | 193 | .. | 48 | .. | 3 | 95 | .. | 677 | 11.0 | .. | 77 | 17 | 40 | 55 | .. | 7 | .. | 64 | 260 | 4.2 | 1472 | 24.0 | 181 |
Newington | 121,191 | 3 | 677 | 407 | .. | 88 | 1 | 9 | 194 | .. | 1379 | 11.2 | 1 | 98 | 29 | 71 | 66 | .. | 18 | .. | 127 | 410 | 3.3 | 2527 | 20.5 | 184 |
St. Olave, Southwark | 11,673 | .. | 62 | 44 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 21 | .. | 136 | 11.5 | .. | 11 | 5 | 9 | 13 | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | 57 | 4.8 | 261 | 22.0 | 153 |
Bermondsey | 85,508 | 4 | 394 | 258 | .. | 65 | .. | 5 | 131 | .. | 857 | 9.9 | .. | 75 | 20 | 73 | 97 | .. | 11 | .. | 52 | 328 | 3.8 | 1873 | 21.6 | 160 |
Rotherhithe | 40,432 | 5 | 198 | 123 | .. | 45 | 1 | 6 | 113 | 1 | 492 | 12.0 | .. | 43 | 10 | 26 | 36 | .. | 11 | .. | 31 | 157 | 3.8 | 834 | 20.3 | 159 |
Lambeth | 296,036 | 18 | 1595 | 692 | 1 | 165 | 14 | 20 | 355 | 6 | 2866 | 9.5 | 2 | 182 | 65 | 139 | 140 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 175 | 729 | 2.4 | 5081 | 16.9 | 136 |
Battersea | 165,861 | 8 | 1175 | 419 | .. | 109 | 1 | 10 | 253 | .. | 1975 | 11.7 | .. | 179 | 32 | 82 | 138 | .. | 16 | 1 | 166 | 614 | 3.6 | 2985 | 17.7 | 177 |
Wandsworth | 188,908 | 2 | 1000 | 299 | .. | 102 | 8 | 11 | 265 | 1 | 1688 | 8.8 | .. | 151 | 29 | 40 | 158 | .. | 21 | .. | 121 | 520 | 2.7 | 2749 | 14.3 | 150 |
Camberwell | 253,975 | 13 | 1222 | 1430 | 3 | 175 | .. | 16 | 319 | 1 | 3179 | 12.3 | .. | 206 | 52 | 260 | 196 | 1 | 37 | .. | 176 | 928 | 3.6 | 4602 | 17.8 | 156 |
Greenwich | 176,293 | 14 | 1163 | 836 | .. | 113 | 3 | 17 | 242 | .. | 2388 | 13.3 | 2 | 193 | 51 | 140 | 127 | .. | 32 | 1 | 120 | 666 | 3.7 | 3323 | 18.5 | 157 |
Lewisham (excldg. Penge) | 83,795 | 1 | 343 | 355 | .. | 58 | .. | 9 | 79 | .. | 855 | 10.0 | .. | 39 | 7 | 75 | 28 | .. | 9 | .. | 60 | 218 | 2.6 | 1216 | 14.3 | 136 |
Woolwich | 41.334 | 1 | 146 | 102 | .. | 21 | 3 | 1 | 45 | .. | 319 | 7.6 | .. | 72 | 9 | 31 | 22 | .. | 2 | 1 | 28 | 165 | 3.9 | 861 | 20.5 | 172 |
Lee | 38,714 | 1 | 168 | 75 | .. | 28 | .. | 6 | 37 | .. | 315 | 8.0 | .. | 14 | 8 | 17 | 18 | .. | 2 | .. | 15 | 74 | 1.9 | 526 | 13.4 | 141 |
Port of London | .. | 5 | 5 | 6 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plumstead | 59,610 | 4 | 363 | 208 | .. | 29 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 654 | 10.8 | .. | 69 | 18 | 55 | 35 | .. | 4 | .. | 33 | 214 | 3.5 | 936 | 15.4 | 133 |
* Including 446 cases of Membranous Croup.
† Including deaths from Membranous Croup.