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. | mallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under | ||||||||
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Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number, j | Rate. | 1Number, j | Rate. | Number. | Rate per iooo births | |
County of L'nd'n | 147 | 0.03 | — | — | 1385 | 0. 31 | 316 | 0.07 | 918 | 0.20 | 7.06 | 0 .16 | 6281 | 1.39 | 3031 | 27. 64 |
West. | ||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 3 | 0.02 | — | _ | 4 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.06 | 25 | 0.18 | 20 | 0.14 | 145 | 1.02 | 79 | 26 .64 |
Kensington | 1 | 0. 01 | — | — | 15 | 0.09 | 17 | 0. 10 | 7 | 0 .04 | 13 | 0.08 | 187 | 1.10 | 63 | 19.63 |
Hammersmith | 5 | 0.04 | — | — | 41 | 0. 33 | 5 | 0. 04 | 21 | 0 .17 | 16 | 0.13 | 170 | 1.38 | 67 | 22. 83 |
Fulham | 9 | 0.06 | — | — | 31 | 0.20 | 21 | 0. 13 | 42 | 0. 27 | 22 | 0.14 | 205 | 1 31 | 126 | 30.33 |
Chelsea | 3 | 0.05 | — | — | 3 | 0.05 | 5 | 0. 08 | 6 | 0.09 | 8 | 0 .12 | 87 | 1. 35 | 21 | 16.17 |
City of Westm'er | 9 | 0. 06 | — | — | 6 | 0.04 | 10 | 0. 06 | 21 | 0. 14 | 15 | 0. 10 | 205 | 1. 33 | 35 | 16. 24 |
North. | ||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 6 | 0. 05 | — | — | 2 | 0.02 | 9 | 0.08 | 20 | 0.18 | 18 | 0. 16 | 146 | 1.28 | 59 | 27.67 |
Hampstead | 4 | 0. 05 | — | __ | 2 | 0 .02 | 2 | 0. 02 | 16 | 0. 19 | 10 | 0. 12 | 55 | 0 .64 | 11 | 8.64 |
St. Pancras | 4 | 0. 02 | _ | — | 56 | 0.26 | 18 | 0. 08 | 51 | 0.24 | 30 | 0.14 | 379 | 1 77 | 121 | 23. 17 |
Islington | 15 | 0 .05 | — | — | 97 | 0.30 | 24 | 0. 07 | 84 | 0. 26 | 43 | 0 .13 | 470 | 1 .45 | 228 | 27 90 |
Stoke Newington | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 0. 02 | 3 | 0 .06 | 6 | 0 .12 | 4 | 0. 08 | 58 | 1.15 | 16 | 15. 31 |
Hackney | 8 | 0. 04 | — | — | 106 | 0.48 | 9 | 0. 04 | 53 | 0 .24 | 39 | 0 .18 | 303 | 1.36 | 127 | 23 .26 |
Central. | ||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 6 | 0. 13 | _ | _ | 11 | 0 .24 | 2 | 0. 04 | 9 | 0. 19 | 4 | 0. 09 | 92 | 1. 97 | 13 | 17. 02 |
Finsbury | 2 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 76 | 0.90 | 6 | 0. 07 | 45 | 0. 53 | 9 | 0.11 | 167 | 1.98 | 88 | 34.63 |
City of London | 1 | 0.06 | — | — | 1 | 0. 06 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.17 | 2 | 0. 11 | 20 | 1. 12 | 1 | 5. 52 |
East. | ||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 2 | 0.02 | — | — | 112 | 1.02 | 5 | 0. 05 | 55 | 0. 50 | 20 | 0.18 | 234 | 2 .14 | 148 | 4215 |
Bethnal Green | 4 | 0. 03 | _ | _ | 68 | 0. 53 | 7 | 0.05 | 48 | 0.38 | 28 | 0.22 | 210 | 1.65 | 174 | 45 96 |
Stepney | 8 | 0. 03 | — | — | 182 | 0 .66 | 28 | 0 .10 | 72 | 0.26 | 70 | 0.26 | 465 | 1. 70 | 268 | 33. 26 |
Poplar | 6 | 0.04 | — | — | 66 | 0. 41 | 10 | 0. 06 | 31 | 0. 19 | 34 | 0.21 | 268 | 1. 67 | 195 | 38.44 |
South. | ||||||||||||||||
Southwark | 2 | 0.01 | _ | _ | 95 | 0.51 | 22 | 0.12 | 59 | 0. 31 | 37 | 0 .20 | 330 | 1.76 | 207 | 36 94 |
Bermondsey | 3 | 0.02 | — | — | 81 | 0. 65 | 8 | 0. 06 | 14 | 0.11 | 18 | 0.14 | 203 | 1.63 | 140 | 36.37 |
Lambeth | 16 | 0. 05 | — | — | 58 | 0. 20 | 16 | 0.05 | 40 | 0.14 | 50 | 0. 17 | 422 | 1. 42 | 202 | 28.77 |
Battersea | 3 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 50 | 0. 30 | 11 | 0. 07 | 26 | 0.16 | 17 | 0.10 | 210 | 1.26 | 122 | 28 35 |
Wandsworth | 5 | 0. 02 | — | _ | 26 | 0.08 | 13 | 0. 04 | 56 | 0.17 | 41 | 0.12 | 298 | 0.90 | 148 | 22. 17 |
Camberwell | 5 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 65 | 0. 25 | 23 | 0.09 | 47 | 0.18 | 39 | 0 .15 | 373 | 1.43 | 143 | 21.73 |
Deptford | 3 | 0.03 | _ | — | 51 | 0.47 | 9 | 0.08 | 9 | 0. 08 | 25 | 0 23 | 150 | 1.38 | 91 | 29.21 |
Greenwich | 5 | 0. 05 | — | — | 47 | 0.49 | 7 | 0. 07 | 6 | 0. 06 | 16 | 0. 17 | 132 | 1. 38 | 53 | 22 .01 |
Lewisham | 6 | 0.04 | — | — | 7 | 8 | 0.05 | 19 | 0.11 | 24 | 0.14 | 126 | 0.75 | 55 | 16.49 | |
Woolwich | 3 | 0 .02 | — | — | 25 | 0. 20 | 9 | 0. 07 | 27 | 0. 22 | 34 | 0 .28 | 171 | 1.40 | 30 | 10.57 |