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 Lewisham]
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.Table 14.
Death.rates during 1906 in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution, (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public institutions, etc.
Boroughs. | Death-rates per 1000 Living. | |||||||||
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All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Phthisis | ||||||
Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | |
County of London | 15.3 | 15.1 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0. 05 | 0.06 | 1.42 | 1.44 |
West. | ||||||||||
Paddington | 13 .7 | 12. 5 | 0.01 | 0. 12 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0. 05 | 0.05 | 1.13 | 1. 12 |
Kensington | 15.6 | 13.8 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.11 | o.01 | 0.03 | 1.93 | 1.27 |
Hammersmith | 13.2 | 14.8 | — | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.90 | 1.25 |
Fulham | 13.6 | 13.7 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0. 55 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 1.15 | 1.13 |
Chelsea | 22. 9 | 15.7 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.20 | . | . | 3.10 | 1.57 |
City of Westm'r | 14.3 | 12. 9 | 0. 01 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.84 | 1. 39 |
North. | ||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 13.6 | 14.9 | — | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.09 | . | 0.02 | 0.86 | 1.56 |
Hampstead | 12.3 | 9.4 | 0.82 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 1.72 | 0.67 |
St. Pancras | 16.1 | 15.9 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 1.81 | 1.81 |
islington | 14.5 | 14.7 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0. 05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 1.40 | 1.23 |
Stoke Newington | 9.3 | 11.5 | — | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | — | . | 0.83 | 1.04 |
Hackney | 14.4 | 13.3 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 1.45 | 1.30 |
Central. | ||||||||||
Holborn | 21.8 | 18.0 | . | 0 .05 | 0. 16 | 0.11 | . | 0.02 | 1.53 | 2.37 |
Finsbury | 10.5 | 20.7 | 0.01 | 0.15 | . | 0.24 | . | 0.14 | 0.80 | 2.18 |
City of London | 44.5 | 1.73 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.80 | 0.09 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 2.16 | 1.74 |
East. | ||||||||||
Shoreditch | 18.5 | 19. 6 | . | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.96 | 2.01 |
Bethnal Green | 18.4 | 18.9 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0. 06 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 2.40 | 2.25 |
Stepney | 19.1 | 17.7 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 1.46 | 1.72 |
Poplar | 1.80 | 17.6 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.81 | 1.55 |
South. | ||||||||||
Southwark | 15.6 | 18.1 | . | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 1.15 | 2.06 |
Bermondsey | 15.4 | 19.7 | — | 0.23 | 0.04 | 0.26 | 0. 01 | 0. 03 | 1.73 | 2.01 |
Lambeth | 16.0 | 15.0 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 1.32 | 1.37 |
Battersea | 13.5 | 13. 4 | — | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.32 | 1.28 |
Wandsworth | 12.3 | 12.8 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 1.05 | 1.01 |
Camberwell | 15.8 | 14.6 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 1.81 | 1.26 |
Deptford | 12.1 | 16.1 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.80 | 1.28 |
Greenwich | 17.5 | 13. 5 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.57 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 1.71 | 1.19 |
Lewisham | 12 .8 | 12.0 | 0.44 | 0 .09 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
Woolwich | 12.1 | 13.1 | 0. 02 | 0.04 | 0. 05 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 1. 28 | 1. 33 |
.Taken from Registrar.General.s Summary. |