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 Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 15.
Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1903.
Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1903. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of infants under one year to 1000 births. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | I Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. * | Whooping-cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||
LONDON | 4,613,812 | 416 | 12,531 | 7738 | 22 | 2339 | 40 | 233 | 4372 | - | 27,691 | 6.0 | 13 | 2046 | 361 | 740 | 1627 | 3 | 368 | 5 | 2925 | 8088 | 1.76 | 69,737 | 15.2 | 130 |
West Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 146,032 | 5 | 417 | 150 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 119 | - | 743 | 5.1 | - | 40 | 10 | 15 | 54 | - | 7 | - | 65 | 191 | 1.31 | 1928 | 13.2 | 119 |
Kensington | 178,409 | 5 | 335 | 180 | - | 66 | 2 | 4 | 177 | - | 769 | 4.3 | - | 34 | 14 | 24 | 90 | - | 9 | - | 107 | 278 | 1.56 | 2468 | 13.9 | 145 |
Hammersmith | 115,803 | 7 | 316 | 166 | - | 59 | 1 | 6 | 109 | - | 664 | 5.7 | - | 27 | 8 | 17 | 30 | - | 9 | 1 | 93 | 185 | 1.60 | 1634 | 14.1 | 141 |
Fulham | 147,780 | 13 | 406 | 294 | - | 80 | - | 19 | 116 | - | 926 | 6.3 | - | 62 | 8 | 24 | 46 | - | 15 | - | 172 | 327 | 2.22 | 2046 | 13.9 | 127 |
Chelsea | 74,169 | 7 | 209 | 98 | - | 13 | - | 6 | 55 | - | 388 | 5.2 | - | 14 | 2 | 4 | 29 | - | 4 | - | 31 | 84 | 1.14 | 1131 | 15.3 | 142 |
City of Westminster | 179,052 | 45 | 352 | 186 | - | 71 | 2 | 5 | 111 | — | 772 | 4.3 | 3 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 34 | — | 14 | — | 55 | 179 | 1.00 | 2432 | 13.6 | 123 |
North Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 131,234 | 4 | 414 | 228 | - | 67 | 4 | 7 | 177 | - | 901 | 6.9 | - | 37 | 17 | 26 | 56 | - | 13 | 2 | 59 | 210 | 1.60 | 2148 | 16.4 | 96 |
Hampstead | 85,197 | 1 | 174 | 86 | - | 29 | - | 1 | 41 | - | 332 | 3.9 | - | 8 | 4 | 10 | 16 | - | 2 | - | 9 | 49 | 0.58 | 848 | 10.0 | 88 |
St. Pancras | 235,716 | 31 | 658 | 522 | - | 88 | - | 5 | 224 | - | 1528 | 6.5 | - | 193 | 23 | 37 | 91 | - | 14 | - | 90 | 448 | 1.91 | 3806 | 16.2 | 133 |
Islington | 339,137 | 12 | 867 | 458 | — | 131 | 2 | 19 | 228 | - | 1717 | 5.1 | - | 125 | 24 | 42 | 153 | - | 23 | 1 | 121 | 489 | 1.45 | 4837 | 14.3 | 126 |
Stoke Newington | 52,069 | 2 | 87 | 40 | - | 35 | 1 | 2 | 30 | - | 197 | 3.8 | - | 24 | - | 7 | 19 | - | 5 | - | 21 | 76 | 1.46 | 655 | 12.6 | 119 |
Hackney | 224,082 | 4 | 667 | 545 | — | 271 | 5 | 21 | 281 | — | 1794 | 8.0 | — | 113 | 21 | 48 | 67 | — | 36 | — | 112 | 397 | 1.78 | 3099 | 13.9 | 119 |
Central Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holborn | 57,845 | 2 | 144 | 52 | - | 54 | 2 | 4 | 90 | - | 348 | 6.0 | - | 18 | 5 | 8 | 18 | - | 5 | - | 29 | 83 | 1.44 | 1072 | 18.6 | 95 |
Finsbury | 99,717 | 2 | 293 | 129 | — | 52 | - | 8 | 106 | - | 590 | 5.9 | - | 69 | 11 | 11 | 54 | - | 10 | - | 76 | 231 | 2.32 | 2015 | 20.3 | 135 |
City of London | 24,539 | — | 73 | 27 | — | 14 | — | 1 | 10 | - | 125 | 5.1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | - | 8 | 21 | 0.86 | 358 | 14.6 | 136 |
East Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 117,513 | - | 259 | 154 | - | 99 | 1 | 7 | 147 | - | 667 | 5.7 | - | 102 | 7 | 22 | 44 | - | 13 | - | 152 | 340 | 2.90 | 2273 | 19.4 | 171 |
Bethnal Green | 130,028 | 3 | 392 | 242 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 6 | 214 | - | 919 | 7.1 | - | 85 | 12 | 27 | 42 | - | 12 | - | 112 | 290 | 2.24 | 2363 | 18.2 | 141 |
Stepney | 302,153 | 26 | 878 | 543 | 1 | 199 | - | 10 | 376 | - | 2033 | 6.7 | 4 | 173 | 21 | 58 | 108 | - | 27 | - | 321 | 712 | 2.36 | 5430 | 18.0 | 138 |
Poplar | 169,550 | 28 | 450 | 425 | — | 93 | — | 8 | 144 | - | 1148 | 6.8 | 2 | 161 | 19 | 60 | 80 | — | 17 | - | 166 | 505 | 2.99 | 3078 | 18.2 | 154 |
South Districts— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwark | 207,369 | 40 | 512 | 354 | - | 122 | - | 13 | 239 | - | 1280 | 6.2 | - | 83 | 18 | 23 | 68 | - | 23 | - | 197 | 412 | 1.99 | 3742 | 18.1 | 148 |
Bermondsey | 129,801 | 7 | 401 | 174 | 16 | 76 | - | 9 | 182 | - | 865 | 6.7 | — | 51 | 25 | 18 | 41 | 3 | 12 | — | 115 | 265 | 2.05 | 2387 | 18.4 | 158 |
Lambeth | 307,711 | 73 | 745 | 346 | - | 136 | 7 | 18 | 231 | - | 1556 | 5.1 | 4 | 130 | 23 | 29 | 126 | - | 23 | 1 | 194 | 530 | 1.73 | 4659 | 15.2 | 125 |
Battersea | 173,422 | 37 | 474 | 314 | - | 89 | - | 8 | 149 | - | 1071 | 6.2 | - | 108 | 7 | 29 | 81 | — | 17 | - | 101 | 343 | 1.98 | 2464 | 14.2 | 134 |
Wandsworth | 249,678 | 29 | 821 | 532 | - | 101 | 3 | 13 | 235 | - | 1734 | 7.0 | — | 107 | 17 | 44 | 89 | — | 18 | — | 126 | 401 | 1.61 | 3083 | 12.2 | 109 |
Camberwell | 265,562 | 19 | 666 | 365 | - | 103 | 2 | 6 | 233 | - | 1394 | 5.3 | — | 81 | 16 | 34 | 72 | — | 17 | — | 142 | 359 | 1.36 | 3627 | 13.7 | 123 |
Deptford | 112,537 | 2 | 502 | 456 | - | 31 | 1 | 6 | 134 | - | 1134 | 10.1 | — | 62 | 18 | 45 | 45 | — | 4 | — | 72 | 246 | 2.19 | 1674 | 14.9 | 134 |
Greenwich | 99,824 | 4 | 164 | 208 | - | 44 | - | 7 | 73 | - | 500 | 5.0 | — | 28 | 9 | 27 | 37 | — | 1 | — | 71 | 173 | 1.74 | 1326 | 13.3 | 127 |
Lewisham | 136,405 | 1 | 463 | 278 | - | 49 | - | 8 | 82 | - | 881 | 6.5 | - | 34 | 11 | 21 | 6 | — | 10 | — | 49 | 131 | 0.96 | 1516 | 11.1 | 92 |
Woolwich | 121,478 | 6 | 390 | 184 | — | 42 | 3 | 2 | 58 | - | 685 | 5.7 | — | 25 | 4 | 13 | 27 | - | 5 | - | 59 | 133 | 1.10 | 1638 | 13.5 | 108 |
Port of London | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 22 | — | — | 1 | - | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
* Including Membranous Croup. |