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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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From this table a ratio can be
| Standard. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.19 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 13.4 | 16.2 | |
| Paddington | 17.10 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 14 .0 | 14.6 |
| Kensington | 17.05 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
| Hammersmith | 17.47 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 14.7 | 16.3 |
| Fulham | 17.39 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 16.1 |
| Chelsea | 17.57 | 16.1 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 17.0 |
| Westminster, City of | 16.22 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 15.5 | 15.2 |
| St. Marylebone | 16.93 | 17.8 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 17.3 |
| Hampstead | 16.19 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| St. Pancras | 17.40 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 16.9 | 18.1 |
| Islington | 17.53 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 15.9 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.42 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 13.7 |
| Hackney | 17.45 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Holborn | 16.39 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 20.6 | 20.5 |
| Finsbury | 17.40 | 23.1 | 23.9 | 21.2 | 22.2 |
| City of London | 16.56 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 16.0 | 18.3 |
| Shoreditch | 17.29 | 22.3 | 21.8 | 20.4 | 21.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 17.98 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 18.4 | 19.5 |
| Stepney | 17.40 | 22 .0 | 21.5 | 18.8 | 20.2 |
| Poplar | 17.61 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 19.2 |
| Southwark | 17.38 | 22.6 | 22.4. | 18.9 | 21.0 |
| Bermondsey | 17.60 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 19.0 | 20.6 |
| Lambeth | 17.63 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 16.2 |
| Battersea | 16.94 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 15.5 |
| Wandsworth | 17.29 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| Camberwell | 17.53 | 17. 0 | 16.9 | 14.2 | 15.4 |
| Deptford | 17.31 | 17. 3 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 16.9 |
| Greenwich | 17.84 | 15.5 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 14.6 |
| Lewisham | 17.64 | 13.4 | 24.0 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
| Woolwich | 17.00 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 15.3 |
calculated which shows that for each 1,000 deaths which occurred in the whole of England and Wales for London and Westminster there were as follows :—
| 1901. | 1902 | 1903. | 1904. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of London | 1,065 | 1,100 | 1,032 | 1,042 |
| City of Westminster | 1,100 | 1,085 | 1,025 | 940 |
Half of the London boroughs were below 1,000 in 1904, the City of
Westminster being seventh, those preceding it being Hampstead,
Lewisham, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth, Greenwich, and Paddington.
If the average rate of death in the previous ten years had
continued throughout 1904, London would have lost in that year
7,904 lives, which, as it is, have been saved; but this saving is far from
counterbalancing the loss of population due to the reduced birth-rate.
On page 10, figures showing the progressive diminution which is going