London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
2
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1913.
Estimated population 188,487
Total Births 5,931
Total Deaths 3,371
Birth Rate for London 4.5
Do. Southwark 31.5
Death Rate for London 14.2
Do. Southwark 17.9
Total cases of Infectious Disease notified.
| Typhus Fever. | Small Pox. | Ophthalm. neonatorm. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Membranous Croup. | Continued Fever. | Cerebrospinal Fever. | Phthisis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 55 | 880 39 | 324 | 260 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 775 | 367 | 2728 | |
Deaths in the Sanitary Area from the principal Zymotic Diseases, compared with London as a whole.
| Total excluding Phthisis. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Tvphus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 384 | 105 | 11 | 19 | 38 | ... | 6 | 205 | 354 | ... | |
| The Zymotic Kate per 1 000 an d Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 2.04 | ... | 0.56 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 1.09 | 1.88 | 115 | |
| The Zymotic Rate for the whole of London and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 1.35 | ... | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.17 | ... | 0.02 | 0.69 | 1.30 | 105 |