London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table X.—
| Causes op Death. | Deaths in Wards at all Ages. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pail Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | |
| Small-pox | 0.016 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.07 | 0.06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.26 | — | — | — | — | 0.43 | 0.07 | 0.64 | — | 0.13 | — | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.11 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 0.05 | — | 0 06 | — | — | 0.07 | — | 0.06 | — | — | — | 0.21 | — | 0.11 | — |
| Epidemic influenza | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.08 | — | — | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.11 | — |
| Whooping cough | 0.18 | — | 0.13 | — | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.13 | — | 0.10 | — | 0.11 | 0.14 |
| Diphtheria, Memb. croup | 0.09 | — | 0.06 | 0.13 | — | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.27 | — | — | 0.23 | — | — |
| Croup | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | 0.02 | — | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 0.08 | — | 0.13 | — | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.13 | — | 0.10 | 0.23 | — | 0.14 |
| Diarrhœal diseases | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.95 | 0.26 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 0.11 | 0.29 |
| Grout | 0.06 | — | — | — | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.14 | — | 0.08 | — | 0.63 | 1.10 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.03 | — | — | — | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 0.02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.13 | — | — | — | — | |
| Other septic diseases | 0.10 | — | 0.06 | — | — | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.13 | — | 0.21 | — | 0.34 | 0.14 |
| Diabetes | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 1.12 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.06 | — | — | — | 0.21 | — | 0.22 | — |
| Venereal diseases | 0.05 | — | — | — | 0.06 | 0.02 | — | 0.16 | — | — | 0.31 | — | — | 0.11 | — |
| Rheumatic fever | 0.06 | — | 0.06 | 0.26 | — | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of meninges | 0.13 | — | — | — | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.35 | 0.13 | — | 0.31 | — | 0.11 | 0.14 |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 1.72 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.92 | 0.46 | 1.92 | 1.86 | 2.42 | 2.30 | 1.09 | 1.26 | 1.89 | 1.37 | 1.80 | 4.73 |
| Tuberculosis of peritoneum | 0.05 | — | — | — | — | 0.10 | — | 0.09 | 0.08 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.14 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 0.10 | — | — | — | — | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.27 | — | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.14 |
| Alcoholism | 0.17 | — | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.23 | — | 0.27 | 0.63 | 0.21 | 0.68 | — | 0.14 |