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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
Woolwich 1899
The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899
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| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1899. | Annual rate per 1000 persons livingof Infectious Diseases Notified. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.* | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||||
| Shoreditch | 121071 | 9.3 | ... | 90 | 13 | 65 | 47 | ... | 25 | ... | 198 | 438 | 3.64 | 2875 | 23.8 | 204 |
| Bethnal Green | 128938 | 103 | ... | 98 | 9 | 59 | 45 | ... | 38 | ... | 156 | 405 | 315 | 2936 | ... | 174 |
| Whitechapel | 81391 | 8.4 | ... | 58 | 2 | 27 | 24 | ... | 15 | ... | 46 | 173 | 212 | 1714 | ... | 147 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 48560 | 7.4 | ... | 58 | 3 | 12 | 25 | ... | 9 | ... | 59 | 166 | 3.44 | 1312 | 27.1 | 200 |
| Limehouse | 58807 | 8.9 | ... | 62 | 1 | 34 | 31 | ... | 22 | ... | 71 | 221 | 3.78 | 1500 | 25.6 | 240 |
| Mile End Old Town | 113161 | 8-5 | ... | 52 | 5 | 65 | 48 | ... | 26 | ... | 111 | 307 | 272 | 2406 | 21.3 | 158 |
| Poplar | 170606 | 8.1 | 104 | 10 | 77 | 106 | 38 | ... | 247 | 582 | 3.41 | 3762 | 22.1 | 176 | ||
| St. Saviour Southwark | 24207 | 10.8 | ... | 21 | 2 | 17 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 34 | 85 | 3.51 | 607 | 25.1 | 203 |
| St. George Southwark | 60536 | 13.6 | ... | 63 | 6 | 63 | 32 | ... | 8 | ... | 102 | 274 | 4.53 | 1673 | 27.7 | 205 |
| Newington | 124166 | 12.5 | ... | 87 | 13 | 104 | 104 | ... | 23 | ... | 124 | 455 | 3.67 | 2969 | 24.0 | 191 |
| St. Olave Southwark | 11098 | 10.0 | ... | 10 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 29 | 2.61 | 276 | 24.9 | 147 |
| Bermondsey | 85835 | 13.4 | ... | 68 | 10 | 88 | 29 | 1 | 18 | ... | 82 | 296 | 3.46 | 2063 | 24.1 | 187 |
| Rotherhithe | 41050 | 13.6 | ... | 14 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 11 | ... | 32 | 115 | 2.80 | 865 | 21.1 | 170 |
| Lambeth | 308108 | 8.9 | ... | 170 | 25 | 158 | 130 | ... | 50 | ... | 286 | 819 | 2.65 | 5894 | 19.2 | 158 |
| Battersea | 174996 | 9.8 | ... | 105 | 14 | 62 | 52 | ... | 38 | ... | 116 | 387 | 2.22 | 2910 | 16.7 | 162 |
| Wandsworth | 209655 | 9.1 | ... | 59 | 9 | 68 | 65 | ... | 18 | ... | 176 | 395 | 1.89 | 3203 | 15.3 | 153 |
| Camberwell | 264817 | 10.8 | ... | 130 | 19 | 160 | 86 | ... | 33 | ... | 239 | 667 | 2.52 | 4602 | 17.4 | 158 |
| Greenwich | 182513 | 12'.9 | ... | 127 | 17 | 73 | 53 | ... | 30 | ... | 202 | 5°3 | 2.76 | 3415 | 18.8 | 167 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 91027 | 13.4 | ... | 14 | 6 | 68 | 12 | ... | 11 | ... | 91 | 203 | 2.23 | 147s | 16.3 | 143 |
| Lee | 40219 | 9.5 | ... | 25 | 4 | 14 | 9 | ... | 4 | ... | 27 | 83 | 2.06 | 606 | 15.1 | 141 |
| Plumstead | 64031 | 15.4 | ... | 3 | 6 | 16 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 5' | 86 | 1.35 | 914 | 14'3 | 124 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
See footnote page 3.