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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Metropolitan Borough. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hampstead | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.66 | 0.69 |
Lewisham | 0.92 | 1.09 | 0.86 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.95 |
Paddington | 1.06 | 1.01 | 102 | 1.16 | 0.93 | 1.08 | 1.05 |
Wandsworth | 115 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 1.13 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 0.96 |
Greenwich | 1.20 | 1.24 | 1.17 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.24 | 1.12 |
Deptford | 1.22 | 1.15 | 1.39 | 1.46 | 1.26 | 1.32 | 1.38 |
Stoke Newington | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 1.68 | 1.30 | 102 | 0.92 |
Kensington | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 1.40 | 1.11 | 1.24 | 1.00 |
Hammersmith | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.16 | 1.24 | 1.20 |
Fulham | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.16 | 1.22 |
Battersea | 1.49 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.31 | 1.28 |
Islington | 1.50 | 1.49 | 1.39 | 1.54 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.31 |
Camberwell | 1.53 | 1.56 | 1.26 | 1. 42 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.36 |
Hackney | 1.57 | 1.47 | 1.31 | 1.43 | 1.18 | 1.34 | 1.20 |
Chelsea | 1.59 | 1.38 | 1.49 | 1.73 | 1.43 | 1.49 | 1.43 |
Lambeth | 1.64 | 1.69 | 1.39 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.36 | 1.52 |
Westminster | 1.68 | 1.59 | 1.51 | 1.36 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 1.22 |
St. Marylebone | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.72 | 1.58 | 1.37 | 1.46 | 1.39 |
Woolwich | 1.79 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 1.70 | 1.55 | 1.36 | 1.27 |
St. Pancras | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.76 | 1.82 | 1.47 | 1.75 | 1.60 |
Poplar | 1.87 | 1.78 | 1.82 | 1 .82 | 1.60 | 1.62 | 1.39 |
Bermondsey | 1.88 | 1.97 | 1.83 | 2.23 | 1.88 | 2.11 | 1.97 |
London, City of | 2.10 | 1.55 | 1.46 | 1.45 | 1.23 | 1.60 | 1.87 |
Stepney | 2.20 | 2.00 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 1.81 | 1.81 | 1.64 |
Finsbury | 2.21 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.42 | 2.04 | 2.20 | 2.35 |
Shoreditch | 2.32 | 1.89 | 2.42 | 2.27 | 2.04 | 2.09 | 2.19 |
Bethnal Green | 2.35 | 2.15 | 2.29 | 2.35 | 2.22 | 2.45 | 2.07 |
Holborn | 2.47 | 2.65 | 2.76 | 2.51 | 2.50 | 2.08 | 2.27 |
Southwark | 2.51 | 2.62 | 2.40 | 2.36 | 2.13 | 2.06 | 2.03 |
The following table shows the number of deaths1 from phthisis at several age-periods in each of
the sanitary areas.
Age.period. | 0- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 and upwards | All Ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paddington | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 157 | |
Kensington | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 37 | 43 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 197 | |
Hammersmith | 4 | - | 2 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 18 | - | - | 148 | |
Fulham | 12 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 198 | |
Chelsea | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | — | 114 |
Westminster, City of | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 54 | 59 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 232 |
St. Marylebone | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 60 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 185 | |
Hampstead | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ■ | 62 | |
St. Pancras | 13 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 79 | 95 | 87 | 47 | 18 | 4 | 381 | |
Islington | 21 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 112 | 115 | 81 | 49 | 19 | 1 | _ | 455 |
Stoke Newington | 1 | wmm~ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | — | - | 47 |
Hackney | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 59 | 65 | 49 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 267 |
Holborn | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 132 | |
Finsbury | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 54 | 52 | 34 | 10 | - | 226 | |
London, City of | - | - | -- | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | --- | 43 |
Shoreditch | 16 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 63 | 48 | 27 | 5 | __ | --- | 238 |
Bethnal Green | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 53 | 58 | 53 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 252 | |
Stepney | 13 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 94 | 139 | 80 | 58 | 20 | 1 | 471 | |
Poplar | 8 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 57 | 66 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 229 | |
Southwark | 17 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 93 | 119 | 77 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 427 | |
Bermondsey | 9 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 67 | 46 | 28 | 10 | - | 243 | |
Lambeth | 25 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 103 | 104 | 82 | 66 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 487 |
Battersea | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 53 | 30 | 47 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 223 | |
Wandsworth | 0 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 63 | 46 | 60 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 271 | |
Camberwell | 14 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 79 | 73 | 83 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 354 | |
Deptford | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 161 | ||
Greenwich | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 1 | - | 111 | |
Lewisham | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 140 |
Woolwich | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 158 | |
London | 240 | 92 | 87 | 341 | 501 | 1391 | 1596 | 1297 | 726 | 276 | 58 | 4 | 6609 |
1 See footnote (1), page 8.