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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COUNTY OF LONDON.
Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1923. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)
| Metropolitan boroughs. (Arranged in topographical order.) | Estimated civil population, 1923. | Births. | Death. | Infant mortality (per 1,000 births. | Measles | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Whoop- ing cough. | Ty-phoid fever. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 births). | Phthisis. | Pneu -inonia. | Bronchitis. | Cancer. | Cases of notifiable infectious disease, la) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal fever 'per 1,000 births). | Cerebrospinal fever. | Acute pneumonia. | |||||||||||||||
| .02 | .01 | .10 | .16 | .01 | .68 | .79 | .09 | .37 | .01 | ||||||||||||
| .10 | .01 | .08 | .13 | .01 | .68 | .86 | .09 | .38 | — | .70 | |||||||||||
| 11.1 | .04 | .01 | .15 | .07 | .01 | .97 | .77 | .94 | .11 | .23 | .02 | .62 | |||||||||
| .15 | .04 | .12 | .09 | — | .93 | .72 | .02 | .47 | .01 | ||||||||||||
| — | .02 | .16 | .08 | — | .90 | .74 | .09 | .40. | — | .67 | |||||||||||
| .01 | — | .04 | .04 | .01 | .76 | .63 | .70 | .88 | .69 | .14 | .24 | — | .43 | ||||||||
| — | .03 | .02 | .19 | .01 | .92 | .89 | .16 | .49 | .60 | — | .49 | ||||||||||
| .02 | .01 | .09 | .05 | .02 | .58 | .61 | .58 | .11 | .25 | .01 | .55 | ||||||||||
| St. Pancras | .02 | .01 | .09 | .13 | .01 | .09 | .43 | .01 | |||||||||||||
| .05 | .04 | .06 | .11 | — | .98 | .78 | .05 | .27 | .01 | .53 | |||||||||||
| — | — | .08 | .04 | .02 | .64 | .83 | .57 | .06 | .27 | — | .23 | ||||||||||
| .07 | .03 | .15 | .07 | .02 | .67 | .08 | .33 | .00 | .16 | ||||||||||||
| .07 | .07 | .09 | .12 | — | .92 | .05 | .32 | .02 | 1.11 | ||||||||||||
| .14 | .03 | .12 | .09 | — | .03 | — | .83 | ||||||||||||||
| .07 | -_ | .07 | .07 | -_ | -_ | .72 | .65 | .22 | .36 | — | — | .44 | |||||||||
| . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| .21 | .06 | .12 | .09 | .01 | .04 | .57 | .02 | ||||||||||||||
| .29 | .04 | .17 | .18 | _ | .98 | .94 | .04 | .66 | .01 | ||||||||||||
| .26 | .02 | .12 | .07 | — | .90 | .09 | .46 | .02 | |||||||||||||
| .13 | .03 | .18 | .05 | .02 | 1.1l | .06 | .48 | .02 | |||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| .07 | .03 | .27 | .14 | .01 | .10 | .48 | .02 | ||||||||||||||
| .12 | .02 | .27 | .10 | .02 | .81 | .02 | .16 | .02 | |||||||||||||
| .07 | .04 | .15 | .05 | .00 | .97 | .96 | .82 | .03 | .36 | .02 | .72 | ||||||||||
| .14 | .04 | .20 | .09 | .01 | .81 | .59 | .78 | .07 | .51 | .02 | |||||||||||
| .03 | .01 | .08 | .09 | .00 | .79 | .60 | .61 | .10 | .29 | .03 | |||||||||||
| .13 | .02 | .27 | .12 | .01 | 9.0 | .97 | .90 | .76 | .05 | .30 | — | .31 | |||||||||
| .07 | .02 | .29 | .10 | .02 | .83 | .79 | .63 | .09 | .50 | — | .63 | ||||||||||
| .03 | .02 | .11 | .15 | .06 | .84 | .61 | .15 | .54 | .05 | .68 | |||||||||||
| .01 | .04 | .15 | .04 | .01 | .75 | .67 | .73 | .02 | .27 | .01 | .47 | ||||||||||
| — | .03 | .01 | .03 | _ | 1.23 | .46 | .66 | .10 | .29 | .02 | |||||||||||
| .08 | .13 | .09 | .97 | .95 | .84 | .07 | .01 | ||||||||||||||
(a) Sixteen notifications of smallpox were received, four in Greenwich, three in Battersea, and one each in Paddington, Westminster, Hackney, Finsbury, Camberwell,Lewisham, Hampstead,]
Shorediteh, and Bethual Green. The three latter and two of the Battersea cases were, however, subsequently found not to be smallpox. (b) Including Inner and Middle Temples.