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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 1915
[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. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | 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. | Diarrhcea and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total. | |||||
| LONDON | 4,516,612 | 11 | 17 104 | 9166 | 5 | 647 | 12 | 276 | 3894 | 701 | 98 | 31,914 | 7.1 | 3 | 2272 | 332 | 699 | 1146 | 120 | 2542 | 7114 | 1.6 | 72,399 | 16.1 |
| Paddington | 142,055 | ... | 435 | 282 | ... | 18 | 2 | 7 | 139 | 14 | 1 | 898 | 6.3 | ... | 93 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 252 | 1.8 | 2266 | 15.9 |
| Kensington | 170,817 | 1 | 426 | 174 | ... | 20 | 1 | 11 | 88 | 40 | 1 | 762 | 4.5 | ... | 111 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 69 | 230 | 1.4 | 2607 1932 | 15.2 |
| Hammersmith | 124,750 | ... | 427 | 186 | ... | 23 | ... | 5 | 94 | 30 | 8 | 773 | 6.2 | ... | 47 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 45 | 148 | 1.2 | 15.3 | |
| Fulham | 158,849 | 6 | 619 | 271 | ... | 14 | ... | 24 | 92 | 20 | 2 | 1048 | 6.6 | 3 | 122 | 20 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 75 | 300 | 1.9 | 2349 | 15.3 |
| Chelsea | 63,791 | ... | 144 | 105 | ... | 19 | ... | 5 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 319 | 5.0 | ... | 40 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ... | 12 | 76 | 1.2 | 1116 | 16.6 |
| City of Westminster | 152,346 | ... | 614 | 325 | ... | 13 | ... | 9 | 74 | 26 | ... | 1061 | 7.0 | ... | 38 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 39 | 115 | 0.8 | 2229 | 15.5 |
| 8t. Marylebone | 112,892 | ... | 306 | 138 | ... | 12 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 555 | 4.9 | ... | 53 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 40 | 134 | 1.2 | 1700 | 15.4 |
| Hampstead | 86,731 | ... | 192 | 138 | ... | 12 | ... | 3 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 409 | 4.7 | ... | 22 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 0.7 | 1014 | 12.4 |
| St. Pancras | 212,497 | ... | 1009 | 440 | ... | 36 | ... | 13 | 204 | 37 | 8 | 1747 | 8.2 | ... | 64 | 22 | 24 | 51 | 8 | 102 | 271 | 1.3 | 3527 | 16.6 |
| Islington | 324,764 | ... | 1332 | 626 | ... | 27 | ... | 23 | 203 | 40 | 15 | 2266 | 7.0 | ... | 152 | 40 7 | 58 | 105 | 5 | 164 | 524 | 1.6 | 5555 | 16.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,454 | ... | 199 | 107 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 356 | 7.1 | ... | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 56 | 1.1 | 778 | 14.7 | |
| Hackney | 223,724 | ... | 762 | 407 | ... | 40 | 2 | 9 | 223 | 36 | ... | 1479 | 6.6 | ... | 67 | 7 | 29 | 43 | 6 | 122 | 274 | 1.2 | 3259 | 14.7 |
| Holborn | 45,861 | ... | 158 | 70 | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | 29 | 12 | ... | 277 | 6.1 | ... | 19 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 1.2 | 759 | 16.7 |
| Finsbury | 83,212 | ... | 441 | 133 | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | 57 | 10 | ... | 653 | 7.9 | ... | 54 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 8 | 202 | 2.4 | 1643 | 19.6 |
| City of London | 17,129 | ... | 58 | 50 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 6.9 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 11 | 0.6 | 308 | 18.8 |
| Shoreditch | 108,869 | ... | 556 | 271 | ... | 22 | 2 | 9 | 183 | 39 | 1 | 1083 | 10.0 | ... | 68 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 130 | 270 | 2.5 | 2052 | 19.5 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,662 | 1 | 786 | 532 | ... | 18 | ... | 9 | 196 | 24 | 7 | 1573 | 12.4 | ... | 101 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 4 | 139 | 331 | 2.6 | 2110 | 17.3 |
| Stepney | 273,265 | 1 | 1539 | 1111 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 299 | 24 | 5 | 3035 | 11.1 | ... | 111 | 29 | 72 | 53 | 3 | 236 | 504 | 1.8 | 4603 | 17.6 |
| Poplar | 160,222 | ... | 475 | 307 | ... | 18 | ... | 13 | 188 | 22 | 5 | 1028 | 6.4 | ... | 118 | 9 | 34 | 72 | 5 | 175 | 411 | 2.6 | 3046 | 18.9 |
| Southwark | 188,321 | ... | 465 | 387 | ... | 23 | 1 | 26 | 254 | 25 | 1 | 1182 | 6.4 | ... | 131 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 3 | 148 | 377 | 2.0 | 3727 | 20.1 |
| Bermondsey | 124,213 | ... | 367 | 225 | ... | 21 | 1 | 7 | 125 | 18 | 2 | 766 | 6.2 | ... | 110 | 9 | 21 | 79 | 3 | 130 | 356 | 2.9 | 2504 | 20.2 |
| Lambeth | 296,724 | ... | 904 | 434 | ... | 33 | ... | 27 | 180 | 44 | 5 | 1627 | 5.5 | ... | 102 | 19 | 45 | 49 | 13 | 139 | 367 | 1.2 | 4944 | 16.4 |
| Battersea | 167,338 | ... | 672 | 394 | ... | 27 | ... | 5 | 142 | 26 | 11 | 1277 | 7.7 | ... | 164 | 9 | 29 | 77 | 6 | 79 | 364 | 2.2 | 2648 | 16.1 |
| Wandsworth | 338,998 | ... | 1321 | 732 | 1 | 51 | ... | 11 | 191 | 61 | 11 | 2369 | 7.0 | ... | 165 | 22 | 54 | 66 | 9 | 117 | 433 | 1.3 | 4195 | 12.5 |
| Camberwell | 262,020 | ... | 851 | 405 | ... | 26 | 1 | 16 | 210 | 29 | 1 | 1539 | 5.9 | ... | 95 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 6 | 146 | 325 | 1.2 | 3918 | 14.8 |
| Deptford | 109,182 | ... | 438 | 200 | ... | 37 | ... | 4 | 150 | 15 | 2 | 846 | 7.8 | ... | 55 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 4 | 90 | 239 | 2.2 | 1948 | 17.7 |
| Greenwich | 96,037 | 2 | 522 | 173 | 25 | ... | 4 | 112 | 22 | ... | 860 | 9.0 | ... | 46 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 8 | 46 | 160 | 1.7 | 1710 | 17.6 | |
| Lewisham | 172,433 | ... | 478 | 253 | ... | 16 | ... | 4 | 105 | 13 | 1 | 870 | 5.1 | ... | 51 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 39 | 143 | 0.8 | 2124 | 12.4 |
| Woolwich | 122,836 | ... | 602 | 287 | ... | 32 | ... | 6 | 137 | 49 | 2 | 1115 | 9.1 | ... | 45 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 30 | 124 | 1.0 | 1828 | 15.3 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||