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
Lambeth 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, The Vestry of the Parish of]
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| Metropolitan Districts. | Death-Rate (corrected). | Zymotic Death-Rate (corrected). | Infantile Mortality Rate. | Diarrhœa Rate. | Typhoid Fever Rate. | Diphtheria Rate. | Scarlet Fever Rate. | Phthisis Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East. | ||||||||
| Shoreditch | 21.4 | 4.31 | 180 | 1.09 | .14 | .60 | .31 | 1.87 |
| Bethnal Green | 22T | 4.25 | 170 | .86 | .15 | .57 | .27 | 1.80 |
| Whitechapel | 20.6 | 2.62 | 141 | .56 | .11 | .60 | .25 | 2.41 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 24.5 | 3.26 | 154 | 1.24 | .10 | .62 | .37 | 2.56 |
| Limehouse | 22.9 | 3.99 | 176 | .98 | .05 | .83 | .25 | 2.24 |
| Mile End Old Town | 19.9 | 3.61 | 157 | .84 | .14 | .86 | .30 | 1.38 |
| Poplar | 20.6 | 3.70 | 176 | .98 | 15 | .61 | .19 | 1.75 |
| South. | ||||||||
| St. Saviour's | 22.8 | 3.23 | 213 | .90 | .04 | .70 | .19 | 3.11 |
| St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark | 24.0 | 4.24 | 181 | 1.04 | .11 | .65 | .28 | 2.69 |
| Newington | 20.5 | 3.35 | 184 | 1.03 | .15 | .58 | .24 | 1.99 |
| St. Olave | 23.0 | 4.81 | 153 | 1.43 | .17 | .76 | .42 | 2.19 |
| Bermondsey | 21.6 | 3.78 | 160 | .60 | .13 | .84 | .23 | 2.03 |
| Rotherhithe | 20.3 | 3.82 | 159 | .75 | .27 | .63 | .24 | 2.19 |
| Lambeth | 16.9 | 2.42 | 136 | 58 | .08 | .46 | 22 | 1.63 |
| Battersea | 17.7 | 3.64 | 177 | .98 | .09 | .49 | .19 | 1.44 |
| Wandsworth | 14.3 | 2.71 | 150 | .63 | .11 | .21 | .15 | 0.97 |
| Camberwell | 17.8 | 3.59 | 156 | .68 | .14 | 101 | .20 | 1.54 |
| Greenwich | 18.5 | 3.72 | 157 | .67 | .18 | .78 | 28 | 1.57 |
| Lee | 13.4 | 1.88 | 141 | .38 | .05 | .43 | .23 | 1.27 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 14.3 | 2.56 | 136 | .70 | .11 | .88 | .08 | 1.04 |
| Woolwich | 20.5 | 3.92 | 172 | .67 | .05 | .74 | .21 | 2.09 |
| Plumstead | 15.4 | 3.54 | 133 | .54 | .07 | .91 | .30 | 1.35 |
N.B.—These returns are taken from the Registrar-General's
Annual Summary.