Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table 18.
Attack Rates
Borough. | Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | All Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1908 | 1909 | 1910. | 1911 | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911 | 1908. | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1908. | 1909 | 1910. | 1911. | |
Battersea | — | — | — | — | 6.16 | 3.95 | 2.60 | 2.12 | 1.96 | 1.55 | 1.21 | 1.34 | 9.18 | 6.71 | 5.06 | 4.65 |
Bermondsey | — | — | 0.01 | — | 4.93 | 3.61 | 2.87 | 2.42 | 1.94 | 1.55 | 1.65 | 2.03 | 8.68 | 6.60 | 5.90 | 5.88 |
Bethnal Green | — | 0.01 | — | 0.03 | 7.58 | 4.32 | 1.80 | 1.91 | 2.09 | 1.40 | 1.39 | 1.58 | 12.19 | 7.29 | 5.45 | 5.71 |
Camberwell | — | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 3.70 | 3.62 | 1.79 | 2.44 | 1.40 | 1.33 | 0.95 | 1.35 | 6.09 | 6.00 | 3.82 | 4.90 |
Chelsea | — | — | — | — | 2.28 | 4.09 | 1.59 | 2.17 | 1.85 | 1.31 | 1.10 | 1.26 | 5.07 | 6.13 | 3.21 | 4.34 |
Deptford | — | — | — | 0.01 | 6.05 | 3.16 | 2.52 | 3.43 | 1.74 | 1.65 | 1.09 | 1.51 | 9.48 | 6.72 | 5.06 | 6.75 |
Finsbury | — | — | — | 0.01 | 4.19 | 2.53 | 1.75 | 2.05 | 1.74 | 1.76 | 1.59 | 2.05 | 7.44 | 5.88 | 5.53 | 7.58 |
Fulham | — | — | — | — | 3.42 | 2.91 | 1.96 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 1.83 | 1.42 | 2.05 | 6.76 | 5.82 | 4.22 | 5.56 |
Greenwich | — | — | — | — | 3.86 | 3.52 | 1.52 | 3.16 | 2.01 | 1.47 | 1.49 | 3.26 | 6.32 | 6.21 | 4.02 | 7.79 |
Hackney | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 5.34 | 3.31 | 1.68 | 2.77 | 1.63 | 1.11 | 0.79 | 1.42 | 8.31 | 5.87 | 3.87 | 6.10 |
Hammersmith | — | — | — | — | 3.12 | 3.10 | 2.68 | 1.97 | 1.62 | 1.53 | 1.30 | 1.61 | 5.59 | 5.48 | 4.80 | 4.63 |
Hampstead | — | — | — | — | 2.97 | 2.76 | 1.51 | 1.52 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 1.77 | 4.34 | 3.80 | 2.61 | 4.04 |
Holborn | — | 0.02 | — | — | 3.51 | 1.81 | 1.28 | 2.45 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0. 85 | 1.74 | 5.73 | 3.85 | 3.39 | 5.19 |
Islington | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.98 | 3.67 | 2.07 | 2.47 | 1.49 | 1.23 | 1.34 | 1.82 | 6.46 | 5.85 | 4.32 | 5.36 |
Kensington | — | — | — | — | 2.44 | 2.29 | 1.43 | 1.37 | 1.28 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 1.28 | 4.73 | 4.30 | 3.31 | 3.52 |
Lambeth | — | — | — | 0.00 | 4.45 | 3.62 | 2.78 | 2.58 | 1.06 | 1.17 | 1.00 | 1.36 | 6.44 | 5.58 | 4.67 | 4.99 |
Lewisham | — | — | — | — | 3.77 | 5.63 | 3.29 | 2.09 | 2.87 | 2.25 | 1.27 | 2.04 | 7.41 | 8.64 | 5.12 | 5.11 |
London, City of | — | 0.06 | — | — | 2.71 | 2.09 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.48 | 1.05 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 5.06 | 4.03 | 3.63 | 3.54 |
Paddington | — | — | — | 0.01 | 4.45 | 4.16 | 1.71 | 1.60 | 0.98 | 1.21 | 0.79 | 1.21 | 6.36 | 6.28 | 3.47 | 3.92 |
Poplar | — | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 7.34 | 4.26 | 2.73 | 2.32 | 1.81 | 1.24 | 1.02 | 1.77 | 10.68 | 6.92 | 5.44 | 5.82 |
St. Marylebone | — | — | — | — | 3.19 | 3.64 | 1.67 | 2.80 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 1.15 | 5.42 | 5.80 | 3.85 | 5.06 |
St. Pancras | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | — | 3.95 | 3.26 | 2.87 | 2.04 | 1.28 | 1.35 | 1.11 | 1.94 | 6.18 | 5.53 | 5.11 | 5.22 |
Shoreditch | — | — | 0.02 | 3.03 | 5.12 | 2.97 | 1.87 | 2.16 | 1.79 | 1.62 | 1.15 | 1.58 | 8.94 | 6.42 | 4.67 | 5.42 |
South wark | — | 0.01 | — | — | 3.62 | 2.80 | 1.98 | 2.48 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.34 | 1.54 | 6.26 | 5.29 | 4.82 | 5.94 |
Stepney | — | 0.03 | — | 3.14 | 7.45 | 3.33 | 1.77 | 1.68 | 2.08 | 1.87 | 1.29 | 1.86 | 11.23 | 7.07 | 4.75 | 5.75 |
StokeNewington | — | — | — | — | 3.68 | 2.03 | 1.55 | 1.96 | 1.18 | 3.52 | 0.97 | 1.58 | 5.59 | 3.32 | 3.32 | 4.49 |
Wandsworth | — | — | — | — | 4.28 | 3.36 | 2.23 | 2.78 | 2.01 | 1.25 | 0.94 | 1.64 | 7.25 | 5.58 | 4.02 | 5.27 |
Wtmstr., City of | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3.61 | 3.50 | 1.48 | 1.60 | 1.08 | 1.34 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 5.44 | 5.64 | 3.08 | 3.24 |
Woolwich | — | — | 0.01 | — | 4.50 | 7.72 | 3.89 | 4.24 | 2.76 | 2.01 | 1.27 | 1.96 | 8.13 | 10.65 | 5.79 | 7.03 |
London County | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 5.53 | 3.58 | 2.16 | 2.33 | 1.64 | 1.39 | 1.13 | 1.64 | 7.36 | 6.12 | 4.43 | 5.31 |
Note —These rates do not include Chicken-pox, which was made notifiable for a period of three months from
22nd March to 22nd June, 1911.