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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Shoreditch | 121,883 | 648 | 187.9 | 1 | 625 | 37 | .. | 107 | 2 | 2 | 226 | 1 | 1,335 | 11.0 | 1 | 116 | 30 | 78 | 63 | .. | 20 | .. | 189 | 497 | 4.07 | 2,628 | 21.6 | 183 |
Bethnal Green | 129,098 | 755 | 170.9 | 2 | 723 | 549 | 1 | 106 | .. | 7 | 383 | 1 | 1,772 | 13.8 | .. | 114 | 25 | 84 | 57 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 140 | 439 | 3.41 | 2,761 | 21.4 | 171 |
Whitechapel | 79,724 | 378 | 210.9 | • • | 500 | 301 | 1 | 55 | .. | 4 | 119 | .. | 980 | 12.3 | .. | 45 | 15 | 34 | 16 | .. | 8 | .. | 53 | 171 | 2.16 | 1,623 | 20.4 | 148 |
S. George-in-the-East | 47,917 | 243 | 197.6 | 1 | 242 | 191 | .. | 43 | 1 | 3 | 85 | .. | 566 | 11.8 | .. | 68 | 14 | 28 | 24 | .. | 10 | .. | 60 | 204 | 4.27 | 1,265 | 26.4 | 197 |
Limehouse | 58,508 | 462 | 126.4 | .. | 427 | 193 | .. | 52 | .. | 4 | 87 | .. | 763 | 13.1 | .. | 63 | 12 | 29 | 37 | .. | 4 | .. | 61 | 206 | 3.54 | 1,465 | 25.1 | 193 |
Mile End Old Town | 111,883 | 679 | 164.7 | .. | 816 | 445 | .. | 83 | .. | 7 | 145 | .. | 1,496 | 13.4 | .. | 77 | 12 | 62 | 58 | .. | 23 | .. | 98 | 330 | 2.97 | 2,085 | 18.7 | 149 |
Poplar | 169,811 | 2,335 | 72.7 | 9 | 1,041 | 704 | .. | 195 | 3 | 15 | 261 | 1 | 2,226 | 13.1 | .. | 83 | 28 | 120 | 83 | .. | 30 | .. | 175 | 519 | 3.06 | 3,353 | 19.8 | 170 |
S. Saviour Southwark | 24,919 | 204 | 122.1 | .. | 131 | 104 | .. | 16 | .. | .. | 28 | .. | 279 | 11.2 | .. | 32 | 7 | 12 | 12 | .. | 2 | .. | 26 | 91 | 3.66 | 611 | 24.6 | 195 |
S. George Southwark | 60,388 | 284 | 212.6 | 1 | 381 | 191 | .. | 40 | 1 | 1 | 88 | .. | 703 | 11.7 | 1 | 67 | 14 | 28 | 32 | .. | 10 | 1 | 109 | 262 | 4.35 | 1,426 | 23.7 | 189 |
Newington | 122,191 | 632 | 193.3 | .. | 769 | 331 | .. | 79 | .. | 16 | 159 | .. | 1,354 | 11.1 | .. | 85 | 33 | 65 | 82 | .. | 9 | .. | 165 | 439 | 3.59 | 2,588 | 21.2 | 177 |
St. Olave, Southwark | 11,480 | 125 | 91.8 | 1 | 88 | 29 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | 139 | 12.1 | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 15 | 34 | 2.96 | 253 | 22.1 | 154 |
Bermondsey | 85,629 | 627 | 136.5 | 1 | 507 | 278 | .. | 62 | .. | 1 | 94 | .. | 943 | 11.0 | .. | 76 | 34 | 62 | 62 | .. | 13 | .. | 124 | 371 | 4.35 | 1,883 | 22.1 | 190 |
Rotherhithe | 40,643 | 754 | 53.9 | .. | 288 | 86 | .. | 24 | .. | 4 | 73 | .. | 475 | 11.7 | .. | 21 | 22 | 21 | 17 | .. | 2 | .. | 49 | 132 | 3.26 | 766 | 18.9 | 174 |
Lambeth | 300,048 | 3,942 | 76.1 | 2 | 1,388 | 741 | .. | 184 | .. | 27 | 322 | 17 | 2,691 | 9.0 | .. | 140 | 42 | 144 | 144 | .. | 26 | .. | 295 | 791 | 2.65 | 5,247 | 17.5 | 151 |
Battersea | 168,877 | 2,170 | 77.8 | 5 | 1,585 | 621 | 1 | 93 | .. | 7 | 211 | l | 2,624 | 15.0 | .. | 79 | 47 | 106 | 79 | .. | 19 | .. | 140 | 470 | 2.79 | 2,734 | 16.2 | 162 |
Wandsworth | 195,612 | 9,285 | 21.0 | 1 | 1,024 | 573 | .. | 98 | 6 | 9 | 239 | .. | 1,950 | 10.0 | .. | 27 | 29 | 111 | 42 | .. | 16 | 1 | 144 | 370 | 1.91 | 2,606 | 13.4 | 135 |
Camberwell | 257,575 | 4,450 | 57.8 | 32 | 1,191 | 1,170 | .. | 150 | 1 | 14 | 297 | .. | 2,855 | 11.1 | 5 | 141 | 32 | 170 | 111 | .. | 31 | .. | 260 | 750 | 2.91 | 4,276 | 16.6 | 159 |
Greenwich | 178,367 | 3,427 | 52.0 | 1 | 818 | 600 | .. | 144 | 2 | 10 | 239 | .. | 1,814 | 10.2 | 2 | 35 | 32 | 70 | 57 | .. | 29 | .. | 180 | 405 | 2.27 | 3,058 | 17.2 | 157 |
Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 86,152 | 10,794 | 7.9 | .. | 298 | 219 | .. | 46 | .. | 2 | 81 | .. | 646 | 7.5 | .. | 17 | 9 | 36 | 19 | .. | 7 | .. | 59 | 147 | 1.71 | 1,099 | 12.8 | 129 |
Woolwich | 41,409 | 1,126 | 36.7 | 2 | 224 | 148 | .. | 18 | l | 2 | 36 | .. | 431 | 10.4 | .. | 2 | 8 | 33 | 8 | .. | 4 | .. | 50 | 105 | 2.54 | 732 | 17.7 | 157 |
Lee | 39,215 | 7,006 | 5.5 | 1 | 210 | 110 | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | 51 | .. | 390 | 10.0 | .. | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 22 | 56 | 1.43 | 516 | 13.2 | 135 |
Plumstead | 61,057 | 3,388 | 18.0 | .. | 373 | 135 | .. | 25 | .. | 3 | 46 | 4 | 586 | 9.6 | .. | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | .. | 3 | 1 | 61 | 120 | 1.97 | 837 | 13.7 | 117 |
Port of London | .. | •• | .. | 10 | 15 | 4 | l | 9 | •• | .. | 2 | .. | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
*Including 388 cases of Membranous Croup. | †Including Deaths from Membranous Croup. |