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 St. Marylebone]
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TABLE 13.
ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY STATISTICS IV LONDON DURING THE YEAR 1897.
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated population in the middle of 1898. | Extent in acres. | No. of persons to the Acre. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of infants under one year to 1000 births | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persona living. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.† | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers | Diarrhœa. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||||
LONDON | 4,463,169 | 104 | 22,850 | 13,192 | 4 | 3106 | 65 | 264 | 5796 | 38 | 45,419 | 10.2 | 16 | 1927 | 779 | 2240 | 1837 | 1 | 557 | 8 | 4089 | 11,454 | 2.57 | 78,972 | 17.7 | 158 | ||
Paddington | 126,161 | 1,215 | 103.8 | 1 | 489 | 324 | .. | 46 | .. | 8 | 136 | 1 | 1,005 | 8.0 | .. | 2 | 21 | 64 | 44 | .. | 9 | 1 | 102 | 243 | 1.94 | 1,814 | 14.4 | 149 |
Kensington | 171,427 | 2,190 | 78.2 | .. | 747 | 332 | 116 | 5 | 16 | 237 | 1 | 1,454 | 8.5 | .. | 32 | 30 | 81 | 19 | .. | 21 | 1 | 120 | 304 | 1.78 | 2,677 | 15.7 | 166 | |
Hammersmith | 105,959 | 2,287 | 46.3 | .. | 396 | 154 | .. | 45 | 4 | 8 | 92 | 1 | 700 | 6.6 | .. | 5 | 11 | 30 | 28 | .. | 8 | 1 | 128 | 211 | 1.99 | 1,760 | 16.7 | 171 |
Fulham | 120,040 | 1,716 | 69.9 | .. | 759 | 388 | .. | 53 | 5 | 14 | 134 | 1 | 1,354 | 11.8 | .. | 51 | 26 | 63 | 61 | .. | 12 | 1 | 148 | 362 | 3.04 | 2,034 | 17.0 | 162 |
Chelsea | 96,692 | 796 | 121.4 | .. | 488 | 312 | .. | 52 | 1 | 4 | 98 | .. | 955 | 9.9 | .. | 18 | 17 | 54 | 41 | .. | 14 | .. | 100 | 244 | 2.55 | 1,713 | 17.8 | 161 |
St. George, Hanover Square | 80,330 | 1,119 | 71.7 | 1 | 177 | 120 | .. | 39 | 2 | 1 | 51 | .. | 391 | 4.9 | .. | 17 | 7 | 16 | 13 | .. | 10 | .. | 25 | 88 | 1.09 | 1,059 | 13.2 | 133 |
Westminster | 53,027 | 824 | 64.3 | .. | 181 | 111 | .. | 28 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 392 | 7.4 | .. | 26 | 13 | 24 | 16 | .. | 6 | .. | 47 | 132 | 2.49 | 1,004 | 18.9 | 166 |
S. James Westminster | 22,576 | 162 | 139.3 | 3 | 131 | 50 | .. | 13 | 2 | 1 | 24 | .. | 224 | 9.9 | .. | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | 42 | 1.87 | 393 | 17.5 | 163 |
Marylebone | 140,808 | 1,506 | 93.4 | 4 | 397 | 221 | .. | 88 | 1 | 5 | 254 | 2 | 972 | 6.9 | .. | 9 | 9 | 46 | 41 | .. | 14 | .. | 108 | 227 | 1.61 | 2,502 | 18.3 | 136 |
Hampstead | 77,275 | 2,248 | 34.3 | .. | 224 | 107 | .. | 32 | 2 | 2 | 40 | .. | 407 | 5.3 | .. | 9 | 6 | 17 | 25 | .. | 5 | .. | 28 | 90 | 1.16 | 911 | 11.8 | 127 |
St. Pancras | 242,255 | 2,672 | 90.6 | 3 | 942 | 542 | .. | 223 | 8 | 15 | 388 | 3 | 2,124 | 8.8 | 1 | 87 | 24 | 114 | 124 | .. | 38 | .. | 209 | 597 | 2.47 | 4,518 | 18.7 | 168 |
Islington | 341,134 | 3,107 | 109.7 | 3 | 1,577 | 733 | .. | 259 | 1 | 27 | 313 | 1 | 2,914 | 8.6 | 1 | 99 | 61 | 129 | 134 | .. | 45 | .. | 184 | 653 | 1.91 | 5,387 | 15.8 | 136 |
Stoke Newington | 34,136 | 638 | 53.5 | 2 | 108 | 54 | .. | 37 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .. | 228 | 6.7 | .. | 7 | 2 | 19 | 15 | .. | 10 | .. | 19 | 72 | 2.12 | 488 | 14.3 | 121 |
Hackney | 216,698 | 3,299 | 65.6 | 3 | 1,373 | 780 | .. | 209 | 5 | 11 | 273 | .. | 2,654 | 12.3 | .. | 127 | 37 | 134 | 97 | .. | 35 | .. | 196 | 626 | 2.90 | 3,573 | 16.5 | 147 |
St. Giles | 37,840 | 245 | 154.4 | 3 | 209 | 56 | .. | 33 | .. | 2 | 94 | .. | 397 | 10.5 | .. | 9 | 7 | 7 | 18 | .. | 6 | .. | 14 | 61 | 1.63 | 697 | 18.5 | 146 |
St. Martin -in - the -Fields | 12,711 | 286 | 44.4 | 1 | 44 | 14 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 81 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 15 | 1.09 | 206 | 16.3 | 178 |
Strand | 23,552 | 171 | 137.7 | 8 | 126 | 41 | .. | 20 | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 213 | 9.1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 18 | 48 | 2.06 | 500 | 21.3 | 161 |
Holborn | 30,493 | 197 | 154.7 | .. | 119 | 161 | .. | 25 | .. | .. | 46 | .. | 351 | 11.5 | .. | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | .. | 5 | .. | 35 | 85 | 2.79 | 703 | 23.1 | 184 |
Clerkenwell | 66,162 | 380 | 174.1 | .. | 366 | 349 | .. | 63 | .. | 2 | 99 | .. | 879 | 13.3 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 48 | 49 | .. | 11 | .. | 66 | 238 | 3.61 | 1,459 | 22.1 | 184 |
St. Luke | 41,279 | 239 | 172.7 | .. | 238 | 186 | .. | 41 | .. | 2 | 85 | .. | 552 | 13.4 | .. | 40 | 13 | 21 | 28 | .. | 4 | .. | 51 | 157 | 3.82 | 1,056 | 25.7 | 149 |
City of London | 30,228 | 668 | 45.2 | 2 | 95 | 63 | .. | 23 | .. | 2 | 26 | .. | 213 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | .. | 9 | .. | 5 | 50 | 1.66 | 642 | 21.3 | 130 |