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, 1899
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TABLE VII.
Sanitaby Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1899. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Undefined Fever. | Diarrhcea. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
London | 4,546,752 | 133,120 | 87,530 | 29.4 | 19.3 | 2.46 | 11,147 | 3 | 2,141 | 398 | 1946 | 1717 | 2 | 758 | 1 | 4,181 | 8,275 | 166 |
Faddington | 128,794 | 2,941 | 2,065 | 22.9 | 16.1 | 1.55 | 198 | .. | 6 | 5 | 29 | 43 | .. | 9 | .. | 106 | 148 | 151 |
Kensington | 172,899 | 3,590 | 3,054 | 20.8 | 17.7 | 1.53 | 263 | .. | 24 | 10 | 43 | 61 | .. | 24 | .. | 101 | 231 | 180 |
Hammersmith | 108,785 | 3,061 | 2,058 | 28.2 | 19 0 | 2.11 | 230 | .. | 22 | 13 | 25 | 46 | .. | 23 | .. | 101 | 187 | 183 |
F ulham | 130,720 | 4,574 | 2,507 | 35.1 | 19.2 | 3.23 | 423 | .. | 68 | 33 | 59 | 54 | .. | 25 | .. | 183 | 238 | 189 |
Chelsea | 96,72; | 2,381 | 1,893 | 24.7 | 19.6 | 213 | 205 | .. | 18 | 8 | 26 | 71 | .. | 18 | .. | 64 | 173 | 164 |
St. George, Hanover Sq. | 80,876 | 1,348 | 1.142 | 16.7 | 14.2 | 1 09 | 98 | .. | 17 | 7 | 12 | 14 | .. | 9 | .. | 29 | 110 | 129 |
Westminster | 52,117 | 1,115 | 1,159 | 21.5 | 22.3 | 1.64 | 85 | .. | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | .. | 9 | .. | 39 | 172 | 207 |
St. James, Westminster North Districts. | 21,827 | 437 | 389 | 20.1 | 17.9 | 1.12 | 24 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 8 | 46 | 142 |
Marylebone | 140,139 | 3,987 | 2,596 | 28.5 | 18.6 | 1.70 | 236 | 24 | 15 | 36 | 34 | .. | 26 | .. | 100 | 277 | 124 | |
Hampstead | 80,252 | 1,577 | 926 | 19.8 | 11 6 | 1.16 | 93 | .. | 22 | 6 | 15 | 11 | .. | .. | 35 | 67 | 129 | |
St. Pancras | 244,548 | 6,621 | 4,948 | 27.1 | 20.3 | 2.69 | 653 | .. | 102 | 25 | 111 | 142 | .. | 42 | .. | 231 | 489 | 178 |
Islington | 348,085 | 9,658 | 6,299 | 27.8 | 181 | 2.30 | 798 | .. | 164 | 34 | 126 | 176 | .. | 48 | .. | 256 | 552 | 160 |
Stoke Newington | 35,187 | 799 | 446 | 22.8 | 12.7 | 1 .33 | 47 | .. | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | .. | 5 | .. | 19 | 31 | 103 |
Hackney | 222,571 | 6,453 | 3,753 | 29.1 | 16.9 | 2.22 | 492 | .. | 110 | 16 | 89 | 48 | .. | 35 | .. | 194 | 332 | 153 |
St. Giles | 37,196 | 1,132 | 739 | 30.5 | 19.9 | 1.40 | 52 | .. | 16 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 26 | 116 | 112 |
St. Martin.in.the.Fields | 12,142 | 148 | 189 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 1.07 | 13 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 22 | 203 |
Strand | 23,016 | 472 | 521 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 1.30 | 30 | .. | 5 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 62 | 189 |
Holborn | 29,621 | 721 | 737 | 24.4 | 24.9 | 2.23 | 66 | .. | 11 | 3 | 6 | 13 | .. | 7 | .. | 26 | 91 | 226 |
Clerkenwell | 66,068 | 2,050 | 1,492 | 31.1 | 22.6 | 3.04 | 200 | .. | 36 | 13 | 28 | 30 | .. | 23 | .. | 70 | 153 | 193 |
St. Luke | 40,868 | 1,811 | 1,159 | 44.4 | 28 4 | 3.03 | 123 | .. | 26 | 8 | 10 | 14 | .. | 6 | .. | 59 | 144 | 149 |
London City | 27,986 | 416 | 599 | 14 9 | 21.5 | 1.36 | 38 | .. | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .. | 12 | .. | 9 | 61 | 144 |
Shoreditch | 121,071 | 4,132 | 2,857 | 34.2 | 238 | 3.64 | 438 | .. | 90 | 13 | 65 | 47 | .. | 25 | .. | 198 | 253 | 204 |
Bethnal Green | 128,939 | 4,753 | 2,936 | 37.0 | 22.8 | 3.15 | 405 | .. | 98 | 9 | 59 | 45 | .. | 38 | .. | 156 | 303 | 174 |
Whitechapel | 81,391 | 3,000 | 1,714 | 37.0 | 211 | 2.12 | 173 | .. | 58 | 2 | 27 | 24 | .. | 15 | .. | 46 | 194 | 147 |
St. George.in.the.East | 48,560 | 2,068 | 1,312 | 42.7 | 27.1 | 3.44 | 166 | .. | 58 | 3 | 12 | 25 | .. | 9 | .. | 59 | 121 | 200 |
Limehouse | 58.807 | 1,933 | 1,500 | 33.0 | 25.6 | 3.78 | 221 | .. | 62 | 1 | 34 | 31 | .. | 22 | .. | 71 | 135 | 216 |
Mile End Old Town | 113,161 | 4,250 | 2,406 | 37 7 | 21.3 | 2.72 | 307 | .. | 52 | 5 | 65 | 48 | .. | 26 | .. | 111 | 205 | 158 |
Poplar | 170,606 | 5,918 | 3,762 | 34.8 | 22.1 | 3.41 | 582 | .. | 104 | 10 | 77 | 106 | .. | 38 | .. | 247 | 364 | 176 |
St. Saviour, Southwark | 24,207 | 694 | 607 | 28.7 | 25.1 | 3.51 | 85 | .. | 21 | 2 | 17 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 34 | 83 | 203 |
St. George, Southwark | 60,536 | 2,128 | 1,673 | 35.2 | 27.7 | 4.53 | 274 | .. | 63 | 6 | 63 | 32 | .. | 8 | .. | 102 | 213 | 205 |
Newington | 124,166 | 4,178 | 2,969 | 33.7 | 24.0 | 3.67 | 455 | .. | 87 | 13 | 104 | 104 | .. | 23 | .. | 124 | 325 | 191 |
St. Olave, Southwark | 11,098 | 361 | 276 | 32.6 | 24.9 | 2.61 | 29 | .. | 10 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 28 | 147 |
Bermondsey | 85,835 | 3,063 | 2,063 | 35.8 | 24.1 | 3.46 | 296 | .. | 68 | 10 | 88 | 29 | 1 | 18 | .. | 82 | 183 | 187 |
Rotherhithe | 41,050 | 1,266 | 865 | 30.9 | 211 | 2.80 | 115 | .. | 14 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 11 | .. | 32 | 75 | 170 |
Lambeth | 308,108 | 9,433 | 5,894 | 30.7 | 19 2 | 2 .65 | 819 | .. | 170 | 25 | 158 | 130 | .. | 50 | .. | 286 | 537 | 158 |
Battersea | 174,996 | 5,179 | 2,910 | 29.7 | 16.7 | 2.22 | 387 | .. | 105 | 14 | 62 | 52 | .. | 38 | .. | 116 | 277 | 162 |
Wandsworth | 209,655 | 5,542 | 3,203 | 26.5 | 15 3 | 1.89 | 395 | .. | 59 | 9 | 68 | 65 | .. | 18 | .. | 176 | 253 | 153 |
Camberwell | 264,817 | 7,444 | 4,602 | 28.2 | 17.4 | 2.52 | 667 | .. | 130 | 19 | 160 | 86 | .. | 33 | .. | 239 | 404 | 158 |
Greenwich | 182,513 | 5,682 | 3,415 | 31.2 | 18'8 | 2.76 | 503 | .. | 127 | 17 | 73 | 53 | .. | 30 | .. | 203 | 281 | 167 |
Lee | 40,219 | 976 | 606 | 24.3 | 15.1 | 2.06 | 83 | .. | 25 | 4 | 14 | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | 27 | 40 | 141 |
Lewisham | 91,027 | 2,597 | 1,478 | 28.6 | 163 | 2.23 | 203 | .. | 14 | 6 | 68 | 12 | .. | 11 | .. | 91 | 104 | 143 |
Woolwich | 41,542 | 1,260 | 879 | 30.4 | 21.2 | 2.44 | 101 | .. | 13 | 4 | 21 | 13 | .. | 5 | .. | 45 | 102 | 163 |