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. Pancras]
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Deaths from Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Sanitary Areas in the Nine Years, 1887 to 1895, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Hospitals.
Sanitary Areas. | Enumerated Population, 1891. | Deaths. | Mean Annual Mortality per 1000 Population. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all ages. | Under 15 years. | Total 1887 to 1895. | Annual Mean 1887 to 1895. | At all ages. | Under 15 years. | |
LONDON | 4,211,743 | 1,371,902 | 16,762 | 1862.3 | 0.44 | 1.36 |
West Districts | 728,418 | 204,219 | 2693 | 299.2 | 0.41 | 1.46 |
Paddington | 117,846 | 30,465 | 449 | 49.9 | 0.42 | 1.64 |
Kensington | 166,308 | 42,017 | 588 | 65.3 | 0.33 | 1.31 |
Hammersmith | 97,239 | 32,351 | 469 | 52.1 | 0.54 | 1.55 |
Fulham | 91,639 | 33,637 | 359 | 39.9 | 0.43 | 1.16 |
Chelsea | 96,253 | 29,526 | 329 | 36.5 | 0.39 | 1.23 |
St. George, Hanover Square. | 78,364 | 15,632 | 225 | 25.0 | 0.32 | 1.59 |
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster. | 55,774 | 15,069 | 215 | 23.9 | 0.43. | 1.58 |
St. James, Westminster. | 24,995 | 5,522 | 59 | 6.5 | 0.26 | 1.18 |
North Districts | 993,884 | 306,433 | 3526 | 391.8 | 0.39 | 1.28 |
St. Marylebone | 142,404 | 36,292 | 373 | 41.4 | 0.29 | 1.14 |
Hampstead | 68,416 | 18,342 | 170 | 19.0 | 0.27 | 1.03 |
St. Pancras | 234,379 | 72,362 | 956 | 106.2 | 0.45 | 1.47 |
Islington | 319,143 | 103,367 | 1115 | 123.9 | 0.39 | 1.19 |
Stoke Newington | 30,936 | 76,070 | 912 | 101.3 | 0.44 | 1.33 |
Hackney | 198,606 | |||||
Central Districts | 259,855 | 76,071 | 942 | 104.7 | 0.40 | 1.38 |
St. Giles | 39,782 | 10,139 | 143 | 17.0 | 0.43 | 1.67 |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields. | 14,616 | 2,997 | 48 | 5.3 | 0.36 | 1.77 |
Strand | 25,217 | 6,570 | 82 | 9.1 | 0.36 | 1.38 |
Holborn | 33,264 | 9,874 | 124 | 13.8 | 0.41 | 1.39 |
Clerkenwell | 66,216 | 22,581 | 286 | 31.8 | 0.48 | 1.14 |
St. Luke | 42,440 | 14,902 | 158 | 17.6 | 0.41 | 1.18 |
City of London | 38,320 | 9,008 | 101 | 11.2 | 0.29 | 1.35 |