Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Sanitary district. | Case-rates per 10,000 living. | Comparative case-rates (London case-rates taken as 100). | ||||||||||||
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1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898 | |
Chelsea | 21 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 50 | 32 | 28 | 105 | 75 | 96 | 123 | 161 | 107 | 108 |
St. George, Hanover-square | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 80 | 50 | 54 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 54 |
Westminster | 26 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 130 | 47 | 50 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 92 |
St. James | 12 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 60 | 59 | 69 | 69 | 52 | 77 | 73 |
Marylebone | 16 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 80 | 91 | 81 | 62 | 65 | 53 | 65 |
Harnpstead | 19 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 95 | 72 | 50 | 62 | 84 | 47 | 65 |
Pancras | 19 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 95 | 106 | 85 | 88 | 65 | 73 | 81 |
Islington | 23 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 33 | 22 | 16 | 115 | 88 | 104 | 69 | 106 | 73 | 62 |
Stoke Newington | 28 | 40 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 1140 | 125 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 53 | 62 |
Hackney | 28 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 40 | 108 | 92 | 87 | 120 | 154 | ||||
St. Giles | 16 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 80 | 63 | 42 | 62 | 48 | 50 | 42 |
St. Martin - in - the -Fields | 18 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 90 | 59 | 46 | 54 | 39 | 37 | 23 |
Strand | 13 | 32 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 65 | 100 | 50 | 65 | 48 | 57 | 81 |
Holborn | 19 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 53 | 49 | 95 | 94 | 85 | 73 | 74 | 177 | 188 |
Clerkenwell | 20 | 46 | 25 | 22 | 37 | 53 | 40 | 100 | 144 | 96 | 85 | 119 | 177 | 154 |
St. Luke | 11 | 37 | 16 | 23 | 32 | 45 | 47 | 55 | 116 | 62 | 88 | 103 | 150 | 181 |
London, City of | 25 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 125 | 59 | 46 | 50 | 74 | 70 | 62 |
Shoreditch | 17 | 42 | 25 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 85 | 131 | 96 | 81 | 97 | 103 | 81 |
Bethnal -green | 45 | 58 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 43 | 26 | 225 | 181 | 165 | 142 | 113 | 143 | 100 |
Whitechapel | 35 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 44 | 38 | 23 | 175 | 88 | 92 | 142 | 142 | 127 | 88 |
St. George-in-the-East | 29 | 53 | 46 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 23 | 145 | 166 | 177 | 177 | 142 | 133 | 88 |
Limehouse | 16 | 42 | 34 | 33 | 46 | 33 | 23 | 80 | 131 | 131 | 127 | 148 | 110 | 88 |
Mile-end Old-town | 24 | 33 | 32 | 44 | 49 | 40 | 26 | 120 | 103 | 123 | 169 | 158 | 133 | 100 |
Poplar | 29 | 68 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 42 | 28 | 145 | 212 | 158 | 177 | 132 | 140 | 108 |
St. Saviour, South-wark | 16 | 33 | 34 | 26 | 32 | 42 | 47 | 80 | 103 | 131 | 100 | 103 | 140 | 181 |
St. George, Southwark | 13 | 32 | 31 | 17 | 31 | 32 | 41 | 65 | 100 | 119 | 65 | 100 | 107 | 158 |
Newington | 15 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 27 | 38 | 75 | 128 | 108 | 88 | 106 | 90 | 146 |
St. Olave | 13 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 65 | 78 | 85 | 73 | 119 | 83 | 54 |
Bermondsey | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 55 | 84 | 123 | 54 | 97 | 110 | 119 |
Rotherhithe | 12 | 27 | 37 | 36 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 60 | 84 | 142 | 138 | 97 | 70 | 38 |
Lambeth | 19 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 95 | 94 | 85 | 88 | 74 | 83 | 104 |
Battersea | 24 | 42 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 37 | 47 | 120 | 131 | 119 | 96 | 81 | 123 | 181 |
Wandsworth | 16 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 29 | 30 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 62 | 52 | 97 | 115 |
Camberwell | 13 | 21 | 29 | 36 | 55 | 46 | 27 | 65 | 66 | 112 | 138 | 177 | 153 | 104 |
Greenwich | 11 | 29 | 33 | 51 | 47 | 34 | 31 | 55 | 91 | 127 | 196 | 152 | 113 | 119 |
Lewisham | 15 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 50 | 116 | 77 | 108 |
Woolwich | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 46 | 62 | 77 | 120 | 100 |
Lee | 15 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 75 | 78 | 46 | 46 | 61 | 93 | 158 |
Plumstead | 20 | 25 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 77 | 96 | 110 | 73 | 69 | ||||
London | 20 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
(B.) Diphtheria—Comparative death-rates1 (London death-rate taken as 100) in sanitary districts, 1887-1898.
Year | ||||||||||||
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1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898 | |
Paddington | 113 | 213 | 95 | 103 | 63 | 52 | 77 | 125 | 73 | 86 | 102 | 123 |
Kensington | 104 | 177 | 176 | 61 | 53 | 45 | 65 | 75 | 102 | 68 | 94 | 38 |
Hammersmith | 222 | 135 | 129 | 155 | 234 | 168 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 56 | 54 |
Fulham | 113 | 42 | 39 | 76 | 66 | 73 | 84 | 162 | 135 | 112 | 106 | 126 |
Chelsea | 87 | 48 | 66 | 176 | 53 | 93 | 72 | 89 | 113 | 198 | 112 | 110 |
St. George, Hanover-square | 70 | 181 | 97 | 48 | 81 | 75 | 57 | 39 | 58 | 51 | 42 | 31 |
Westminster | 191 | 210 | 132 | 48 | 63 | 182 | 35 | 79 | 75 | 63 | 86 | 108 |
St. James | 48 | 61 | 21 | 36 | 88 | 57 | 77 | 103 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 59 |
Marylebone | 43 | 52 | 61 | 58 | 56 | 77 | 88 | 84 | 48 | 88 | 66 | 82 |
Harnpstead | 96 | 84 | 34 | 94 | 59 | 89 | 71 | 44 | 37 | 66 | 44 | 62 |
Pancras | 113 | 100 | 68 | 167 | 94 | 102 | 113 | 82 | 106 | 68 | 94 | 103 |
Islington | 65 | 52 | 53 | 76 | 156 | 107 | 81 | 110 | 85 | 125 | 76 | 67 |
Stoke Newington | 83 | 113 | 116 | 88 | 106 | 127 | 116 | 25 | 29 | 95 | 112 | 36 |
Hackney | 97 | 75 | 80 | 124 | 141 | |||||||
St. Giles | 239 | 87 | 111 | 73 | 94 | 120 | 75 | 59 | 65 | 31 | 38 | 41 |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 139 | 61 | 34 | 21 | 88 | 191 | 77 | 72 | 102 | 39 | 48 | 62 |
1 See footnote (1), page 3.
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