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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1912. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death.rate per 1000 living.† | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.1 | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro.Spinal meningitis. | Polio.myelitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping.cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||||
| LONDON | 4,519,754 | 4 | 11,312 | 7101 | 3 | 704 | 7 | 380 | 4098 | 105 | 132 | 23,846 | 5.3 | 1 | 1799 | 159 | 452 | 970 | 117 | 1371 | 4869 | 1.1 | 61,101 | 14.3 |
| Paddington | 142,362 | ... | 269 | 254 | ... | 15 | ... | 11 | 117 | 7 | 6 | 679 | 4.8 | ... | 31 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 104 | 0.7 | 1751 | 13.1 |
| Kensington | 171,746 | ... | 304 | 180 | ... | 15 | 2 | 8 | 116 | ... | 1 | 626 | 3.7 | ... | 27 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 37 | 103 | 0.6 | 2226 | 140 |
| Hammersmith | 122,750 | ... | 333 | 176 | ... | 11 | ... | 7 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 633 | 5.2 | ... | 29 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 29 | 96 | 0.8 | 1605 | 13.6 |
| Fulham | 155,402 | ... | 485 | 233 | ... | 26 | ... | 30 | 115 | 2 | 5 | 896 | 5.8 | ... | 65 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 33 | 172 | 1.1 | 1985 | 13.4 |
| Chelsea | 65,397 | ... | 126 | 89 | ... | 10 | ... | 7 | 30 | ... | 1 | 263 | 4.0 | ... | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 52 | 0.8 | 949 | 15.1 |
| City of Westminste | 157,248 | ... | 238 | 160 | ... | 17 | ... | 19 | 92 | 3 | 6 | 535 | 3.4 | ... | 37 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 110 | 0.7 | 1942 | 13.9 |
| St. Marylebone | 116,155 | ... | 259 | 149 | ... | 11 | ... | 5 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 517 | 4.5 | ... | 40 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 109 | 0.9 | 1601 | 14.7 |
| Hampstead | 85,966 | ... | 107 | 161 | ... | 10 | ... | 3 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 328 | 3.8 | ... | 11 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0.4 | 842 | 11.1 |
| St. Pancras | 216,145 | ... | 597 | 550 | ... | 29 | ... | 20 | 189 | 3 | 3 | 1391 | 6.5 | ... | 95 | 5 | 25 | 44 | 3 | 37 | 209 | 1.0 | 3148 | 15.3 |
| Islington | 326,398 | ... | 811 | 517 | ... | 49 | ... | 16 | 186 | 13 | 11 | 1603 | 4.9 | ... | 151 | 9 | ...39 | 57 | 8 | 90 | 354 | 1.1 | 4663 | 14.9 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,581 | ... | 90 | 55 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 190 | 3.8 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 11 | 0.2 | 610 | 12.6 | |
| Hackney | 222,986 | ... | 515 | 252 | ... | 27 | ... | 27 | 210 | 7 | 8 | 1046 | 4.7 | ... | 19 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 60 | 135 | 0.6 | 2691 | 12.6 |
| Holborn | 48,026 | ... | 114 | 89 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 47 | 1 | ... | 263 | 5.5 | ... | 25 | ... | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 1.0 | 736 | 16.6 |
| Finsbury | 86,130 | ... | 157 | 144 | 1 | 8 | ... | 12 | 144 | 1 | 3 | 470 | 5.5 | ... | 129 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 44 | 221 | 2.6 | 1611 | 19.4 |
| City of London | 18,695 | ... | 33 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 3.6 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 8 | 0.4 | 251 | 14.8 |
| Shoreditch | 110,430 | ... | 153 | 139 | 1 | 14 | ... | 8 | 148 | 5 | ... | 468 | 4.3 | ... | 116 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 4 | 94 | 285 | 2.6 | 1997 | 19.0 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,985 | ... | 283 | 220 | ... | 30 | ... | 16 | 192 | 6 | 7 | 754 | 5.9 | ... | 91 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 48 | 188 | 1.5 | 1954 | 15.5 |
| Stepney | 277,315 | ... | 929 | 363 | ... | 56 | 1 | 31 | 342 | 11 | 12 | 1745 | 6.3 | ... | 170 | 13 | 26 | 96 | 9 | 153 | 467 | 1.7 | 4211 | 15.9 |
| Poplar | 161,597 | 1 | 314 | 253 | ... | 36 | ... | 20 | 198 | 6 | 5 | 833 | 5.2 | ... | 112 | 3 | 17 | 64 | 7 | 68 | 271 | 1.7 | 2635 | 16.9 |
| Southwark | 190,017 | ... | 500 | 284 | ... | 39 | ... | 18 | 264 | 8 | 7 | 1119 | 5.9 | ... | 136 | 6 | 27 | 50 | 4 | 95 | 318 | 1.6 | 3190 | 16.8 |
| Bermondsey | 125,260 | ... | 418 | 218 | 1 | 37 | ... | 19 | 164 | 4 | 7 | 868 | 6.9 | ... | 102 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 5 | 67 | 234 | 1.9 | 2097 | 17.2 |
| Lambeth | 297,550 | ... | 596 | 336 | ... | 61 | ... | 24 | 223 | 7 | 9 | 1256 | 4.2 | ... | 97 | 9 | 29 | 55 | 13 | 98 | 301 | 1.0 | 3951 | 13.7 |
| Battersea | 167,589 | ... | 462 | 232 | ... | 21 | ... | 7 | 133 | 2 | 2 | 859 | 5.1 | ... | 55 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 2 | 50 | 168 | 1.0 | 2044 | 13.1 |
| Wandsworth | 321,881 | ... | 812 | 428 | ... | 69 | 2 | 29 | 207 | 3 | 5 | 1555 | 4.8 | ... | 50 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 8 | 73 | 222 | 0.7 | 3264 | 10.8 |
| Camberwell | 261,591 | ... | 634 | 318 | ... | 29 | 1 | 17 | 216 | 5 | 11 | 1231 | 4.7 | ... | 81 | 8 | 21 | 51 | 6 | 65 | 232 | 0.9 | 3363 | 13.4 |
| Deptford | 109,377 | ... | 404 | 169 | ... | 9 | 1 | 8 | 191 | 4 | 4 | 790 | 7.2 | ... | 28 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 101 | 0.9 | 1432 | 13.8 |
| Greenwich | 95,994 | ... | 439 | 254 | ... | 11 | ... | 5 | 98 | ... | 2 | 809 | 8.5 | ... | 28 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 25 | 109 | 1.1 | 1254 | 13.4 |
| Lewisham | 165,249 | ... | 457 | 436 | ... | 20 | ... | 7 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 1032 | 6.3 | ... | 11 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 26 | 100 | 0.6 | 1714 | 10.8 |
| Woolwich | 121,932 | 3 | 472 | 424 | ... | 20 | ... | 3 | 90 | ... | 3 | 1015 | 8.4 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 95 | 0.8 | 1411 | 12.4 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
* Including Membranous Croup.
† The death.rates are corrected for variations in sex and age constitution of the populations of the several boroughs, the population of England and Wales being taken as the standard.