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 12.
Birth and Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1907, after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.
Boroughs | Per 1000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths from | ||||||||||||||
All Causes | Principal Epidemic Diseases | Small.Pox | Measles | Scarlct Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping.Cough | --- Typhus | Enteric Fever | Pyrexia* (Origin uncertain) | Diarrhoea | Phthisis | ||||
Cntyof L'nd'n | 25.6 | 14.6 | 14.2 | — | 0.38 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.38 | — | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 1.40 | 116 | |
West. | |||||||||||||||
Paddington | 21.8 | 13.5 | 1.13 | — | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.35 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.28 | 1.09 | 109 | |
Kensington | 19.0 | 13.7 | 1.04 | — | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.45 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.21 | 1.03 | 128 | |
Hammersmith | 25.3 | 14.3 | 1.16 | — | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.27 | — | 0.05 | — | 017 | 1.20 | 117 | |
Fulham | 27.8 | 13.2 | 1.73 | — | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.45 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.50 | 1.19 | 122 | |
Chelsea | 20.3 | 15.0 | 1.44 | — | 0.56 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.33 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.39 | 1.50 | 122 | |
Ctyof Wstmstr | 17.2 | 13.0 | 0.72 | — | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.15 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.24 | 1.37 | 102 | |
North. | |||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 20.9 | 15.0 | 0.97 | — | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.35 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.19 | 1.48 | 101 | |
Hampstead | 15.1 | 9.0 | 0.51 | — | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.13 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.09 | 0.70 | 69 | |
St. Pancras | 24.7 | 15.0 | 1.17 | 0.37 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.33 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.21 | 1.66 | 108 | ||
Islington | 25.0 | 14.7 | 1.25 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.36 | — | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 1.32 | 116 | ||
Stoke Nwingtn | 20.0 | 11.5 | 1.02 | — | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.36 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.15 | 0.94 | 100 | |
Hackney | 24.3 | 13.6 | 1.37 | — | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.29 | — | 0.09 | — | 0.34 | 1.17 | 112 | |
Central. | |||||||||||||||
Holborn | 19.4 | 17.4 | 1.28 | — | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.51 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.29 | 2.58 | 131 | |
Finsbury | 29.8 | 18.7 | 1.83 | — | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.54 | — | 0.02 | _— | 0.41 | 2.33 | 130 | |
City of London | 13.7 | 16.8 | 0.85 | — | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.35 | — | 0.10 | — | 0.05 | 2.02 | 94 | |
East. | |||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 33.0 | 20.5 | 3.01 | — | 1.03 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.88 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.64 | 2.10 | 150 | |
Bethnal Green | 31.8 | 17.5 | 1.96 | — | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.46 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.44 | 1.90 | 138 | |
Stepney | 33.6 | 15.9 | 1.97 | — | 0.50 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.33 | — | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.56 | 117 | |
Poplar | 31.0 | 16.9 | 2.11 | — | 0.56 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.48 | — | 0.06 | — | 0.46 | 1.33 | 124 | |
South. | |||||||||||||||
South wark | 29.8 | 18.0 | 1.90 | — | 0.54 | 0.17 | 017 | 0.49 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.48 | 2.03 | 138 | |
Bermondsey | 31.7 | 18.3 | 1.71 | — | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0160.43 | — | 0.05 | — | 038 | 1.88 | 123 | ||
Lambeth | 24.6 | 14.6 | 1 28 | — | 0.34 | 0.13 | 015 | 0.35 | —_ | 0.02 | —_ | 0.29 | 1.53 | 120 | |
Batter sea | 25.5 | 13.3 | 1.34 | — | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.210.38 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.25 | 1.25 | 114 | ||
Wandsworth | 25.6 | 12.3 | 1.16 | — | 0.23 | 0.09 0.14 | 0.40 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.26 | 0.95 | 99 | ||
Camberwell | 24.4 | 13.9 | 1.43 | — | 0.44 | 0.13 0.14 | 0.43 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.26 | 1 31 | 115 | ||
Deptford | 28.3 | 14.1 | 1.47 | — | 0.46 | 0.12 0.22 | 0.32 | —_ | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 1.34 | 108 | ||
Greenwich | 24.3 | 12.7 | 1.44 | — | 0.54 | 0.09 0.17 | 0.24 | —_ | 0.05 | —_ | 0.35 | 1.08 | 100 | ||
Lewisham | 23.7 | 11.5 | 0.71 | — | 0.11 | 0.08 .0.11 | 0.33 | —_ | 0.01 | — | 0.07 | 0.190 | 90 | ||
Woolwich | 25.8 | 12.5 | 1.38 | — | 0.56 | 0.11 0.12 | 0.29 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 1.25 | 112 |
In this Table O'OO indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005; where no
death occurred, — is inserted. *Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.