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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Boroughs. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Diarrhœa & Enteritis (under 2). | Phthisis. | ||||||||
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Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | |
codnty of L'nd'n | 117 | 003 | 1 | 000 | 1799 | 0.40 | 159 | 0.04 | 970 | 0.22 | 452 | 0.10 | 1371 | 12.42 | 6069 | 1.35 |
West. | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 1 | 0.01 | – | – | 81 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.02 | 20 | 0.14 | 6 | 0.04 | 43 | 14.23 | 124 | 0.87 |
Kensington | 4 | 0.02 | — | — | 27 | 0.16 | 5 | 0.03 | 24 | 0.14 | 6 | 0.04 | 87 | 11.12 | 183 | 1.07 |
Hammersmith | 4 | 0.03 | — | — | 29 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.03 | 17 | 0.14 | 13 | 0.11 | 29 | 10.07 | 165 | 1.35 |
Fulham | 8 | 0.05 | — | – | 65 | 0.42 | 6 | 0.04 | 45 | 0 29 | 15 | 0.10 | 33 | 7.83 | 209 | 1.35 |
Chelsea ... | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | 22 | 0.34 | 2 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.21 | 5 | 0.08 | 8 | 6.51 | 85 | 1.30 |
City of Westm'er | 4 | 0.03 | — | — | 37 | 0.24 | 4 | 0 03 | 16 | 0.10 | 11 | 0.07 | 38 | 16.18 | 193 | 1.17 |
North. | ||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone... | 5 | 004 | — | — | 40 | 0.35 | 11 | 0.09 | 19 | 016 | 8 | 0.07 | 26 | 11.59 | 146 | 1.26 |
Hampstead | 1 | 0 01 | _ | _ | 11 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.01 | 4 | 005 | 17 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.78 | 55 | 0.64 |
St. Pancras | 3 | 0 01 | _ | _ | 95 | 0.44 | 5 | 0.02 | 44 | 020 | 25 | 0.12 | 37 | 6.89 | 341 | 1.58 |
Islington | 8 | 002 | — | _ | 151 | 0.46 | 9 | 0.03 | 57 | 0 18 | 39 | 0.12 | 90 | 10.96 | 441 | 1.35 |
Stoke Newington | - | — | — | — | 5 | 0.10 | — | — | 3 | 006 | — | — | 3 | 2.90 | 44 | 0.87 |
Hackney | . 3 | 001 | — | — | 19 | 0.09 | 8 | 0.04 | 33 | 015 | 12 | 0.05 | 60 | 11.39 | 303 | 1.36 |
Central. | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 1 | 0.02 | — | — | 25 | 0.52 | — | — | 7 | 0.15 | 7 | 0.15 | 8 | 8.87 | 99 | 2.07 |
Finsbury | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 129 | 1.50 | 5 | 0.06 | 29 | 0.34 | 13 | 0.15 | 44 | 17.09 | 165 | 1.92 |
City of London... | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.11 | — | — | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 4 | 21.62 | 37 | 1.98 |
East. | ||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 4 | 0.04 | — | — | 116 | 1.05 | 5 | 0.05 | 47 | 0.43 | 19 | 0.17 | 94 | 26.39 | 231 | 2.10 |
Bethnal Green | 3 | 0.02 | — | — | 91 | 0.71 | 2 | 0.02 | 32 | 0.25 | 12 | 0.09 | 48 | 12.30 | 216 | 1.69 |
Stepney | 9 | 0.03 | — | — | 170 | 0.61 | 13 | 0.05 | 96 | 0.35 | 26 | 0.09 | 153 | 17.93! | 465 | 1.68 |
Poplar | 7 | 0.04 | — | — | 112 | 0.69 | 3 | 0.02 | 64 | 0.40 | 17 | 0.11 | 68 | 13.48 | 243 | 1.51 |
South. | ||||||||||||||||
Southwark | 4 | 0.02 | — | — | 139 | 0.73 | 6 | 0.03 | 49 | 0.26 | 27 | 0.14 | 104 | 18.61 | 354 | 1.87 |
Bermondsey | 5 | 0.04 | — | — | 102 | 0.82 | 8 | 0.06 | 36 | 0.29 | 16 | 0.13 | 67 | 17.30 | 218 | 1.75 |
Lambeth...... | 13 | 0.04 | – | – | 97 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.03 | 55 | 0.19 | 29 | 0.10 | 98 | 14.10 | 406 | 1.37 |
Battersea | 2 | 0.01 | — | — | 55 | 0.33 | 6 | 0.04 | 40 | 0.24 | 15 | 0.09 | 50 | 11.74 | 195 | 1.17 |
Wandsworth | 8 | 0.02 | — | — | 50 | 0.16 | 11 | 0.03 | 61 | 0.19 | 19 | 0.06 | 73 | 10.80 | 297 | 0.93 |
Camberwell | 6 | 0.02 | – | – | 81 | 0.31 | 8 | 0.03 | 51 | 0.20 | 21 | 0.08 | 65 | 10.12 | 339 | 1.30 |
Deptford | 2 | 0.02 | — | — | 28 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.06 | 25 | 0.23 | 11 | 0.10 | 29 | 10.01 | 147 | 1.35 |
Greenwich | 2 | 0.02 | — | — | 28 | 0.29 | 9 | 0.09 | 30 | 0.31 | 15 | 0.16 | 25 | 10.46 | 135 | 1.41 |
Lewisham | 8 | 0.05 | — | — | 8 | 0.05 | 6 | 0.04 | 23 | 0.14 | 26 | 0.15 | 22 | 7.75 | 112 | 0.68 |
Woolwich | 2 | 0.02 | 10.01 | 31 | 0.25 | 4 | 0.03 | 27 | 0.22 | 20 | 0.16 | 10 | 3.65 | 128 | 1.05 |