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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APPENDIX IX
Mortality from Tuberculosis. —Death Rates per 1,000 living during each of the Four Years 1911-14, and Total Deaths in the two periods 1911-14 and 1915-18.*
| Metropolitan Boroughs. | Males. | PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. | non-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths. | Females. | Males. | Total deaths. | Females. | Total deaths. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-war death rates. | 1914. | Pre-war death rates. | 1914. | Total deaths. | Pre-war death rates. | Pre-war death rates. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911-14. | 1915-18. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911-14. | 1915-18. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1911-14. | 1915-18. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1911-14 | 1915-18. | |||
| City of London | 2.40 | 3.02 | 1.41 | 1.31 | 78 | 81 | 0.63 | 1.10 | 1.72 | 0.81 | 38 | 29 | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.22 | 0.66 | 17 | 5 | 0.53 | 0.22 | — | 0.23 | 9 | 2 |
| Battersea | 1.72 | 1.39 | 1.47 | 1.58 | 498 | 527 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 0.90 | 0.97 | 343 | 428 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 106 | 114 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 108 | 92 |
| Bermondsey | 2.18 | 2.21 | 1.94 | 2.10 | 527 | 511 | 1.41 | 1.36 | 1.33 | 1.22 | 333 | 329 | 0.60 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.55 | 159 | 147 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.30 | 130 | 136 |
| Bethnal Green | 2.28 | 2.29 | 2 .21 | 2.21 | 562 | 548 | 1.05 | 1.19 | 0.96 | 1.19 | 288 | 358 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 157 | 100 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 0.35 | 122 | 95 |
| Camberwell | 1.66 | 1.65 | 1.57 | 1.79 | 830 | 941 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 0.75 | 1.13 | 565 | 639 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 176 | 188 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 162 | 180 |
| Chelsea | 1.97 | 2.39 | 2.13 | 2.20 | 243 | 217 | 1.01 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 114 | 120 | 0.53 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 36 | 34 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 36 | 36 |
| Deptford | 1.57 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 1.59 | 359 | 405 | 0.96 | 1.10 | 0.94 | 1.24 | 239 | 325 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 88 | 95 | 0.44 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 72 | 86 |
| Finsbury | 2.59 | 2.35 | 2.53 | 2.71 | 423 | 408 | 1.18 | 1.53 | 1.63 | 1.26 | 247 | 256 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 105 | 80 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.51 | 90 | 74 |
| Fulham | 1.91 | 1.76 | 1.69 | 1.56 | 511 | 425 | 1.19 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.15 | 366 | 400 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 85 | 106 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 97 | 98 |
| Greenwich | 1.55 | 1.84 | 1.52 | 2.01 | 327 | 369 | 1.03 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 174 | 246 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 79 | 87 | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 61 | 56 |
| Hackney | 1.81 | 1.84 | 1.38 | 1.84 | 709 | 739 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 498 | 541 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 165 | 142 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 134 | 133 |
| Hammersmith | 1.68 | 1.59 | 1.47 | 1.89 | 390 | 416 | 0.93 | 1.22 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 261 | 348 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 82 | 85 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 66 | 87 |
| Hampstead | 0.94 | 1.24 | 0.94 | 0.78 | 129 | 135 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.62 | 102 | 133 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 35 | 34 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 16 | 36 |
| Holborn | 3.09 | 3.24 | 2.92 | 2.45 | 273 | 222 | 1.23 | 1.02 | 0.96 | 1.54 | 116 | 119 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 32 | 30 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 23 | 23 |
| Islington | 1.51 | 1.74 | 1.70 | 1.96 | 1,074 | 1,196 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 712 | 854 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 246 | 230 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 211 | 230 |
| Kensington | 1.41 | 1.61 | 1.60 | 1.54 | 409 | 409 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 335 | 359 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 109 | 128 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 96 | 113 |
| Lambeth | 1.92 | 1.91 | 1.64 | 1.74 | 1,023 | 1,098 | 1.01 | 0.94 | 1.08 | 1.20 | 658 | 730 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 215 | 196 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 156 | 168 |
| Lewisham | 0.86 | 0.84 | 1.06 | 1.93 | 278 | 362 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 226 | 324 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 73 | 76 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 73 | 82 |
| Paddington | 1.61 | 1.33 | 1.43 | 1.38 | 346 | 396 | 0.96 | 0.63 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 278 | 295 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 77 | 92 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 59 | 73 |
| Poplar | 1.61 | 1.99 | 1.76 | 2.22 | 609 | 630 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 380 | 436 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.44 | 138 | 145 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 138 | 136 |
| St. Marylebone | 2.28 | 2.01 | 2.26 | 2.00 | 417 | 374 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 238 | 225 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 77 | 53 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 56 | 66 |
| St. Pancras | 2.12 | 2.09 | 2.17 | 2.34 | 919 | 965 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 0.94 | 1.32 | 498 | 590 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 155 | 166 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 124 | 145 |
| Shoreditch | 2.14 | 3.11 | 2.35 | 2.84 | 566 | 572 | 1.58 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.58 | 314 | 376 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.69 | 133 | 139 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 116 | 125 |
| Southwark | 2.23 | 2.29 | 2.39 | 2.34 | 873 | 991 | 1.33 | 1.54 | 1.36 | 1.28 | 525 | 609 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 175 | 198 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 132 | 158 |
| Stepney | 2.23 | 2.16 | 2.21 | 2.36 | 1,241 | 1,376 | 1.35 | 1.28 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 681 | 784 | 0.56 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 283 | 226 | 0.51 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.47 | 220 | 187 |
| Stoke Newington | 1.50 | 1.15 | 1.42 | 1.46 | 125 | 156 | 0.89 | 0.75 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 87 | 92 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 28 | 28 | 0.18 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 28 | 29 |
| Wandsworth | 1.15 | 1.29 | 1.12 | 1.15 | 689 | 737 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 518 | 668 | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 164 | 163 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 136 | 151 |
| Westminste. | 1.90 | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.20 | 574 | 507 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 252 | 255 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 70 | 75 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 64 | 57 |
| Woolwich | 1.58 | 1.53 | 1.86 | 1.70 | 411 | 462 | 1.16 | 0.58 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 246 | 279 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 101 | 85 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 79 | 67 |
| London County | 1.79 | 1.84 | 1.76 | 1.87 | 15,413 | 16,175 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 9,632 | 11,147 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0,37 | 0.39 | 3,366 | 3,247 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 2,814 | 2,921 |
♦The figures for 1915.18 do not include deaths in Array and Navy.