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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
Mile End 1898
Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1898
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TABLE 6. Table shewing Deaths from all causes, and also from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in the various Metropolitan Districts as well as Mile End Old Town, during the year 1898.
| Name of District. | Deaths from all causes. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. * | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Annual Rate per 1,000 living. | Death rate per 1000 living. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration London | 82031 | 1 | 3069 | 581 | 1756 | 2157 | 3 | 554 | 9 | 4352 | 2.77 | 18.3 |
| Paddington | 2041 | ... | 93 | 8 | 61 | 44 | ... | 17 | 1 | 83 | 2.41 | 16.1 |
| Kensington | 2809 | ... | 120 | 24 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 13 | ... | 110 | 2.02 | 16.4 |
| Hammersmith | 1964 | ... | 129 | 22 | 73 | 36 | ... | 12 | ... | 120 | 3.19 | 18.3 |
| Fulham | 2155 | ... | 59 | 35 | 61 | 41 | ... | 18 | 1 | 180 | 3.16 | 17.2 |
| Chelsea | 1752 | ... | 92 | 15 | 41 | 26 | ... | 14 | ... | 74 | 2.73 | 18.2 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 1059 | ... | 35 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ... | 9 | ... | 29 | 1.29 | 13.2 |
| Westminster | 1090 | ... | 52 | 5 | 22 | 43 | ... | 3 | ... | 32 | 3.00 | 20.8 |
| St. James, Westminster | 411 | ... | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 1.31 | 18.6 |
| Marylebone | 2565 | ... | 129 | 13 | 45 | 43 | ... | 22 | ... | 79 | 2.36 | 18.3 |
| Hampstead | 917 | ... | 26 | 3 | 19 | 27 | ... | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1.40 | 11.7 |
| St. Panci as | 4651 | ... | 111 | 63 | 96 | 87 | ... 41 | ... | 214 | 2.49 | 19.2 | |
| Islington | 5712 | ... | 334 | 26 | 90 | 180 | ... | 36 | ... | 291 | 2.78 | 16.6 |
| Stoke Newington | 475 | ... | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 27 | 1.56 | 13.7 |
| Hackney | 3588 | ... | 111 | 30 | 120 | 94 | ... | 41 | ... | 180 | 2.64 | 16.4 |
| St. Giles, Bloomsbury.. | 756 | ... | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ... | 5 | ... | 23 | 1.88 | 20.2 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields- | 192 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 0.88 | 15.5 |
| Strand | 532 | ... | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 14 | 1.76 | 22.9 |
| Holborn | 747 | ... | 35 | 2 | 22 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | 28 | 3.37 | 24.9 |
| Clerkenwell | 1432 | ... | 61 | 13 | 36 | 35 | ... | 7 | ... | 94 | 3.75 | 21.7 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex .. | 1054 | ... | 37 | 15 | 24 | 24 | ... | 2 | ... | 63 | 4.04 | 25.7 |
| City of London | 555 | ... | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1.17 | 19.1 |
| Shoreditch | 2737 | ... | 108 | 21 | 44 | 98 | ... | 17 | ... | 192 | 3.95 | 22.3 |
| Bethnal Green | 2872 | ... | 152 | 11 | 62 | 119 | ... | 17 | ... | 142 | 3.90 | 22.3 |
| Whitechapel | 1622 | ... | 45 | 8 | 20 | 24 | ... | 9 | ... | 63 | 2.10 | 20.2 |
| St. George in-the-East.. | 1192 | ... | 33 | 6 | 14 | 39 | ... | 7 | ... | 60 | 3.31 | 24.8 |
| Limehouse | 1390 | ... | 57 | 5 | 26 | 62 | ... | 8 | 1 | 90 | 4.26 | 23.8 |
| Mile End Old Town | 2229 | ... | 90 | 8 | 63 | 63 | ... | 13 | ... | 142 | 3.51 | 19.9 |
| Poplar | 3605 | ... | 130 | 22 | 89 | 120 | ... | 30 | 1 | 237 | 3.72 | 21.2 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 577 | ... | 17 | 1 | 15 | 14 | ... | 4 | ... | 25 | 3.09 | 23.6 |
| St. George, Southwark | 1470 | ... | 43 | 20 | 36 | 34 | ... | 9 | ... | 99 | 3.99 | 24.4 |
| Newington | 2520 | ... | 55 | 24 | 72 | 45 | ... | 10 | ... | 182 | 3.17 | 20.5 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 282 | ... | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 2.31 | 20.6 |
| Bermondsey | 1771 | ... | 59 | 19 | 44 | 47 | ... | 9 | ... | 80 | 3.02 | 20.7 |
| Rotherhithe | 773 | ... | 33 | 10 | 11 | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | 21 | 2.24 | 19.0 |
| Lambeth | 5422 | ... | 135 | 30 | 114 | 159 | ... | 35 | 1 | 281 | 2.50 | 17.9 |
| Battersea | 2897 | ... | 114 | 28 | 120 | 68 | ... | 14 | 2 | 157 | 2.93 | 16.9 |
| Wandsworth | 2902 | ... | 111 | 16 | 89 | 86 | ... | 16 | ... | 166 | 2.40 | 14.4 |
| Camberwell | 4261 | ... | 117 | 18 | 87 | 128 | ... | 26 | ... | 252 | 2.41 | 16.4 |
| Greenwich | 3336 | ... | 108 | 21 | 44 | 122 | ... | 38 | ... | 222 | 3.08 | 18.5 |
| Lewisham (exclu.Penge) | 1350 | ... | 35 | 10 | 26 | 32 | ... | 6 | ... | 112 | 2.50 | 15.3 |
| Woolwich | 844 | ... | 58 | 5 | 19 | 27 | ... | 8 | ... | 54 | 4.13 | 20.4 |
| Lee | 592 | ... | 6 | 7 | 14 | 14 | ... | 7 | ... | 30 | 1.97 | 14.9 |
| Plumstead | 1016 | ... | 58 | 12 | 15 | 33 | ... | 3 | ... | 57 | 2.85 | 16.3 |
*Including deaths from membranous croup