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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1914. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | 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 | 4,516,612 | ... | 25,015 | 9118 | 1 | 779 | 18 | 393 | 4970 | 73 | 93 | 40,460 | 9.0 | ... | 1385 | 316 | 706 | 918 | 147 | 3031 | 6503 | 1.4 | 64,994 | 14.4 |
| Paddington | 142,055 | ... | 743 | 295 | ... | 10 | 2 | 10 | 140 | 1 | 3 | 1204 | 8.5 | ... | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 79 | 139 | 1.0 | 1846 | 12.9 |
| Kensington | 170,817 | ... | 962 | 200 | ... | 11 | 2 | 6 | 165 | 2 | ... | 1348 | 7.9 | ... | 15 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 116 | 0.7 | 2242 | 13.1 |
| Hammersmith | 124,750 | ... | 977 | 179 | ... | 14 | ... | 7 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 1282 | 10.4 | ... | 41 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 67 | 155 | 1.3 | 1717 | 13.7 |
| Fulham | 158,849 | ... | 1043 | 271 | ... | 40 | 1 | 33 | 152 | 1 | ... | 1541 | 9.8 | ... | 31 | 21 | 22 | 42 | 9 | 126 | 251 | 1.6 | 2101 | 13.8 |
| Chelsea | 63,791 | ... | 272 | 74 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 1 | ... | 414 | 6.4 | ... | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 46 | 0.7 | 870 | 12.9 |
| City of Westminster | 152,346 | ... | 844 | 186 | ... | 49 | 2 | 10 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 1204 | 7.8 | ... | 6 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 35 | 96 | 0.6 | 1936 | 13.2 |
| St. Marylebone | 112,892 | ... | 434 | 235 | ... | 37 | ... | 9 | 67 | 1 | ... | 783 | 6.9 | ... | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 59 | 114 | 1.0 | 1577 | 14 .1 |
| Hampstead | 86,731 | ... | 281 | 231 | ... | 17 | ... | 7 | 45 | ... | 3 | 584 | 6.8 | ... | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 0.5 | 893 | 11.0 |
| St. Pancras | 212,497 | ... | 1207 | 451 | ... | 44 | 1 | 18 | 224 | 3 | 3 | 1951 | 9.1 | ... | 56 | 18 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 121 | 280 | 1.3 | 3334 | 15.6 |
| Islington | 324,764 | ... | 1851 | 661 | ... | 75 | ... | 25 | 335 | 7 | 8 | 2962 | 9.1 | ... | 97 | 24 | 43 | 84 | 15 | 228 | 491 | 1.5 | 4923 | 14.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,454 | ... | 264 | 98 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 49 | ... | ... | 418 | 8.3 | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | 16 | 30 | 0.6 | 661 | 12.5 |
| Hackney | 223,724 | ... | 806 | 495 | ... | 28 | 3 | 17 | 296 | 3 | 5 | 1653 | 7.4 | ... | 106 | 9 | 39 | 53 | 8 | 127 | 342 | 1.5 | 3099 | 14.0 |
| Holborn | 45,861 | ... | 171 | 64 | ... | 15 | ... | 4 | 22 | ... | ... | 276 | 5.9 | ... | 11 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 1.0 | 754 | 16.2 |
| Finsbury | 83,212 | ... | 449 | 145 | ... | 19 | ... | 11 | 157 | 3 | 1 | 785 | 9.3 | ... | 76 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 88 | 226 | 2.7 | 1652 | 19.4 |
| City of London | 17,129 | ... | 85 | 31 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 131 | 7.4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.5 | 239 | 14.0 |
| Shoreditch | 108,869 | ... | 424 | 221 | ... | 19 | 1 | 13 | 198 | 3 | 1 | 880 | 8.1 | ... | 112 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 2 | 148 | 342 | 3.1 | 2075 | 19.6 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,662 | ... | 654 | 376 | ... | 18 | ... | 9 | 305 | 2 | 7 | 1371 | 10.8 | ... | 68 | 7 | 28 | 48 | 4 | 174 | 329 | 2.6 | 2034 | 16.6 |
| Stepney | 273,265 | ... | 2089 | 885 | ... | 47 | ... | 33 | 403 | 4 | 27 | 3488 | 12.7 | ... | 182 | 28 | 70 | 72 | 8 | 268 | 628 | 2.3 | 4539 | 17.3 |
| Poplar | 160,222 | ... | 663 | 353 | ... | 34 | ... | 23 | 222 | 9 | 8 | 1312 | 8.2 | ... | 66 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 195 | 342 | 2.1 | 2743 | 16.9 |
| Southwark | 188,321 | ... | 1447 | 340 | ... | 24 | ... | 29 | 325 | 6 | 4 | 2175 | 11.6 | ... | 95 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 2 | 207 | 422 | 2.2 | 3350 | 17.8 |
| Bermondsey | 124,213 | ... | 581 | 216 | ... | 8 | ... | 5 | 123 | 5 | 1 | 939 | 7.6 | ... | 81 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 140 | 264 | 2.1 | 2165 | 17.4 |
| Lambeth | 296,724 | ... | 1754 | 560 | ... | 50 | 3 | 23 | 237 | 5 | 10 | 2642 | 8.9 | ... | 58 | 16 | 50 | 40 | 16 | 202 | 382 | 1.3 | 4319 | 14.3 |
| Battersea | 167,338 | ... | 996 | 267 | ... | 21 | ... | 13 | 156 | 1 | 1 | 1455 | 8.7 | ... | 50 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 122 | 229 | 1.4 | 2220 | 13.4 |
| Wandsworth | 338,998 | ... | 1410 | 537 | ... | 47 | ... | 31 | 238 | 3 | 2 | 2268 | 6.9 | ... | 26 | 13 | 41 | 56 | 5 | 148 | 289 | 0.9 | 3617 | 11.0 |
| Camberwell | 262,020 | ... | 1541 | 458 | ... | 29 | 1 | 24 | 270 | 4 | 5 | 2332 | 8.9 | ... | 65 | 23 | 39 | 47 | 5 | 143 | 322 | 1.2 | 3589 | 13.6 |
| Deptford | 109,182 | ... | 863 | 252 | ... | 9 | ... | 5 | 229 | ... | 1 | 1359 | 12.5 | ... | 51 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 91 | 188 | 1.7 | 1572 | 14.3 |
| Greenwich | 96,037 | ... | 552 | 243 | ... | 10 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 4 | ... | 936 | 9.8 | ... | 47 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 134 | 1.4 | 1412 | 14.5 |
| Lewisham | 172,433 | ... | 955 | 406 | ... | 51 | ... | 7 | 129 | ... | 1 | 1549 | 9.2 | ... | 7 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 55 | 119 | 0.7 | 1836 | 10.7 |
| Woolwich | 122,836 | ... | 693 | 387 | ... | 15 | ... | 7 | 101 | 1 | ... | 1204 | 9.9 | ... | 25 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 128 | 1.0 | 1679 | 14.1 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Including Membranous Croup.