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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
Southwark 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1908. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death.rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of lnfants under one year to 1000 births. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Small.pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro.Spinal | meningitis. | 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 | 4,795,757 | 4 | 22,072 | 8002 | 4 | 1357 | 13 | 228 | 4203 | 85 | 35,968 | 7.4 | 1524 | 548 | 724 | 984 | 225 | 2 | 2592 | 6599 | 1.35 | 67,353 | 13.8 | 113 | ||
| Paddington | 150,923 | 682 | 150 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 105 | 1 | 976 | 6.4 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 133 | 0.87 | 1897 | 12.4 | 111 | |||||
| Kensington | 182,752 | 453 | 238 | 42 | 1 | 11 | 132 | 1 | 878 | 4.7 | 32 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 89 | 169 | 0.92 | 2390 | 12.9 | 126 | |||||
| Hammersmith | 124,012 | 394 | 204 | 31 | b | 69 | 1 | 705 | 5.6 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 74 | 137 | 1.09 | 1759 | 14.0 | 124 | ||||||
| Fulham | 171,562 | 596 | 400 | 39 | 17 | 127 | 4 | 1183 | 6.8 | 71 | 17 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 113 | 277 | 1.59 | 2155 | 12.1 | 118 | ||||||
| Chelsea | 75,049 | 174 | 141 | 17 | 3 | 52 | 387 | 5.1 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 90 | 1.18 | 1106 | 14.5 | 114 | |||||||
| City of Westminster | 170.545 | 1 | 627 | 187 | 41 | b | 81 | 3 | 946 | 5.5 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 102 | 0.58 | 2191 | 12.6 | 111 | |||||
| St. Marylebone | 126,867 | 411 | 119 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 126 | 2 | 701 | 5.4 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 110 | 0.85 | 1831 | 14.2 | 64 | |||||
| Hampstead | 92,654 | 280 | 64 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 409 | 4.3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 0.40 | 799 | 8.5 | 72 | ||||||
| St. Pancras | 237,075 | 952 | 308 | 61 | 8 | 158 | 5 | 1495 | 6.2 | 46 | 20 | 22 | 69 | 10 | 88 | 255 | 106 | 3547 | 14.7 | 115 | ||||||
| Islington | 349,091 | 1411 | 530 | 97 | 1 | 17 | 236 | 7 | 2299 | 6.5 | 80 | 31 | 57 | 55 | 18 | 112 | 353 | 1.01 | 4682 | 13.2 | 106 | |||||
| Stoke Newington | 54,015 | 202 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 309 | 5.6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 0 82 | 677 | 12.3 | 96 | ||||||
| Hackney | 235,253 | 1 | 1276 | 389 | 66 | 12 | 238 | 1989 | 8.3 | 75 | 31 | 45 | 44 | 7 | 163 | 365 | 1.52 | 3145 | 13.2 | 111 | ||||||
| Holborn | 54,466 | 194 | 50 | 2 | 46 | 317 | 5.7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 59 | 1.07 | 906 | 16.4 | 80 | ||||||||
| Finsbury | 96,007 | 409 | 170 | 49 | 4 | 95 | 3 | 730 | 7.5 | 44 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 95 | 205 | 2.09 | 1816 | 18.6 | 113 | ||||||
| City of London | 19,252 | 53 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 99 | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0.40 | 346 | 17.7 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 115,227 | 600 | 210 | 105 | 6 | 127 | 6 | 1054 | 9.0 | 51 | 29 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 117 | 245 | 209 | 2042 | 17.4 | 144 | ||||||
| Bethnal Green | 131,066 | 1010 | 278 | 83 | 6 | 246 | 2 | 1625 | 12.2 | 104 | 40 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 102 | 329 | 2.48 | 2275 | 17.1 | 136 | ||||||
| Stepney | 310,706 | 2358 | 658 | 98 | 2 | 9 | 423 | 2 | 3553 | 11.3 | 264 | 55 | 75 | 129 | 14 | 1 | 262 | 800 | 2.53 | 5176 | 16.4 | 127 | ||||
| Poplar | 171,516 | 1280 | 315 | 61 | 14 | 191 | 5 | 1866 | 10.7 | 82 | 37 | 33 | 73 | 14 | 155 | 394 | 2.26 | 2764 | 15.9 | 126 | ||||||
| Southwark | 210,142 | 775 | 270 | 48 | 15 | 234 | 6 | 1348 | 6.3 | 77 | 24 | 32 | 50 | 7 | 188 | 378 | 1.76 | 3488 | 16.3 | 136 | ||||||
| Bermondsey | 127,910 | 641 | 252 | 58 | 9 | 168 | 3 | 1131 | 8.7 | 107 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 109 | 299 | 2.30 | 2438 | 18.8 | 146 | |||||
| Lambeth | 321,344 | 1454 | 345 | 66 | 3 | 10 | 225 | 14 | 2117 | 6.5 | 101 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 8 | 141 | 387 | 1.18 | 4336 | 13.3 | 93 | |||||
| Battersea | 183,873 | 1152 | 366 | 41 | 7 | 150 | 3 | 1719 | 9.2 | 48 | 24 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 83 | 222 | 1.19 | 2278 | 12.2 | 110 | ||||||
| Wandsworth | 289,506 | 1261 | 691 | 61 | 13 | 209 | 5 | 2140 | 7.3 | 44 | 21 | 37 | 62 | 7 | 104 | 275 | 0.93 | 3403 | 11.6 | 98 | ||||||
| Camberwell | 280,022 | 1054 | 398 | 36 | 10 | 233 | 2 | 1733 | 6.1 | 54 | 24 | 41 | 54 | 7 | 126 | 306 | 1.06 | 3603 | 12.7 | 106 | ||||||
| Deptford | 117,539 | 723 | 208 | 28 | 4 | 171 | 1134 | 9.5 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 75 | 157 | 1.32 | 1643 | 13.8 | 125 | |||||||
| Greenwich | 109,110 | 428 | 223 | 35 | 106 | 794 | 7.2 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 60 | 140 | 1.25 | 1396 | 12.6 | 119 | ||||||||
| Lewisham | 156,627 | 620 | 471 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 1225 | 7.7 | . 46 | 11 | 43 | 30 | 4 | 63 | 197 | 1.25 | 1748 | 11.0 | 87 | ||||||
| Woolwich | 131,346 | 601 | 368 | 20 | 6 | 91 | 1 | 1087 | 8.1 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 48 | 123 | 0.92 | 1516 | 11.4 | 94 | ||||||
| Port of London | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||