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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Death-rates during 1897 in l ondon and its s anitary a reas from a ll c auses, and from certain diseases (1) as registered, and (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.—Registrar General.
| Sanitary Areas. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Phthisis. | |||||
| As Registered. | After Correction. | As Registered. | After Correction. | As Registered. | After Correction. | As Registered . | After Correction. | |
| REGISTRATION LONDON | 18.2 | 17.7 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 1.77 | 1.71 |
| West. | ||||||||
| Paddington | 15.4 | 14.4 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.1 | 1.10 | 1.13 |
| Kensington | 17.7 | 15.7 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.47 | 2.47 | 1.44 |
| Hammersmith | 14.9 | 16.7 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.28 | 0.97 | 1.38 |
| Fulham | 18.7 | 17.0 | 0.74 | 0.22 | 1.29 | 0.53 | 1.64 | 1.54 |
| Chelsea | 18.4 | 17.8 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.56 | 2.40 | 1.81 |
| St. George Hanover Square | 19.7 | 13.2 | ... | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 2.23 | 1.16 |
| St. Margaret & St. John, Westininster | 16.0 | 19.0 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 1.49 | 2.70 |
| St. James Westminster | 13.7 | 17.5 | ... | 0.36 | ... | 0.13 | 1.47 | 2.27 |
| North. | ||||||||
| St. Marylehone | 15.8 | 18.3 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 1.07 | 1.75 |
| Hampstead | 15.8 | 11.8 | 1.05 | 0.08 | 2.28 | 0.22 | 1.36 | 0.74 |
| St. Pancras | 19.2 | 18.7 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 2.29 | 2.01 |
| Islington | 15.8 | 15.8 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 1.70 | 1.44 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.7 | 143 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 1.06 | 1.17 |
| Hackney | 17.7 | 16.5 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 1.24 | 0.62 | 1.49 | 1.43 |
| Central. | ||||||||
| St. Giles | 14.4 | 18.4 | ... | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 2.70 | 2.99 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 23.4 | 16.3 | ... | 0.16 | 0.79 | 0.24 | 2.05 | 2.60 |
| Strand | 234 | 21.3 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 2.68 | 3.36 |
| Holborn | 26.4 | 23.1 | ... | 0.13 | 0.86 | 0.53 | 2.37 | 2.76 |
| Clerkenwell | 14.6 | 22.1 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.73 | 1.30 | 2.35 |
| St. Luke's | 18.9 | 25.7 | ... | 0.32 | 0.15 | 0.51 | 2.48 | 3.11 |
| City of London | 35.0 | 21.3 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.73 | 0.33 | 2.16 | 1.89 |
| East. | ||||||||
| Shoreditch | 21.9 | 21.6 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.64 | 2.02 | 2.03 |
| Bethnal Green | 19.8 | 21.4 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.65 | 2017 | 1.98 |
| Whitechapel | 29.7 | 20.4 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.64 | 0.43 | 2.72 | 2.52 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 21.9 | 26.4 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.59 | 2.32 | 2.76 |
| Limehouse | 22.3 | 25.1 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 0.50 | 1 .63 | 2.55 |
| Mile End Old Town | 16.3 | 18.7 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.56 | 1.28 | 1.40 |
| Poplar | 20.4 | 19.8 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.48 | 0.71 | 2.05 | 1.88 |
| South. | ||||||||
| St. Saviour Southwark | 17.1 | 24.6 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 1.57 | 3.22 |
| St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark | 20.2 | 23.7 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.46 | 1.58 | 2.84 |
| Newington | 15.6 | 21.2 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 1.33 | 2.21 |
| St. Olave | 70.6 | 22.1 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 4.89 | 2.88 |
| Bermondse | 16.5 | 22.1 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.73 | 1.05 | 2.04 |
| Rotherhithe | 22.2 | 18.9 | 0.17 | 0.54 | 0.35 | 052 | 3.33 | 1.58 |
| Lambeth | 18.3 | 17.5 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.66 | 0.48 | 1.58 | 1.67 |
| Battersea | 15.6 | 16.2 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.63 | 1.47 | 1.49 |
| Wandsworth | 12.7 | 13.4 | 0.42 | 0.15 | 1.26 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 1.14 |
| Camberwell | 17.6 | 16.6 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.66 | 2.05 | 1.50 |
| Greenwich | 17.7 | 17.2 | 0.46 | 0.18 | 1.83 | 0.39 | 1.52 | 1.48 |
| Lee | 16.4 | 13.2 | 1.71 | 0.08 | 2.35 | 0.43 | 1.15 | 1.10 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 13.0 | 12.8 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.95 | 0.94 |
| Woolwich | 13.8 | 17.8 | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 0.80 | 1.16 | 1.19 |
| Plumstead | 14.6 | 13.7 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.39 | 1.79 | 1.56 |