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 Woolwich]
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Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population middle of 1898. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping-cougfh. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Undefined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
WOOLWICH | 41478 | 1263 | 870 | 30.2 | 20.9 | 3.5 | 174 | ... | 53 | 5 | 20 | 24 | ... | 8 | ... | 39 | 84 | 175 |
Paddington | 127480 | 2967 | 2041 | 23.3 | 16.1 | 2.41 | 307 | ... | 93 | 8 | 61 | 44 | ... | 17 | 1 | 83 | 175 | 161 |
Kensington | 172174 | 3633 | 2809 | 21.2 | 16.4 | 2.02 | 347 | ... | 120 | 24 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 13 | ... | 110 | 217 | i8i |
Hammersmith | 107370 | 3026 | 1964 | 28.3 | 18.3 | 3.19 | 342 | ... | 129 | 22 | 23 | 36 | ... | 12 | ... | 120 | 159 | '83 |
Fulham | 125275 | 4307 | 2155 | 34.5 | 17.2 | 3.16 | 395 | ... | 59 | 35 | 61 | 41 | ... | 18 | ... | 180 | 184 | 168 |
Chelsea | 96713 | 2332 | 1752 | 24.2 | 18.2 | 2.73 | 262 | ... | 92 | 15 | 41 | 26 | ... | 14 | ... | 74 | 168 | 176 |
St. George Hanover Square... | 80608 | 1411 | 1059 | 17.5 | 13.2 | 1.29 | 104 | ... | 35 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ... | 9 | ... | 29 | 105 | 120 |
Westminster | 52574 | 1081 | 1090 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 3.00 | 157 | ... | 52 | 5 | 22 | 43 | ... | 3 | ... | 32 | 138 | 182 |
St. James Westminster | 22200 | 446 | 411 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 1.51 | 33 | ... | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 42 | 177 |
Marvlebone | 140483 | 4061 | 2565 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 2.36 | 331 | ... | 129 | 13 | 45 | 43 | ... | 22 | ... | 79 | 251 | 132 |
Hampstead | 78755 | 1516 | 917 | 19.3 | 11.7 | 1.40 | 110 | ... | 26 | 3 | 19 | 27 | ... | 10 | ... | 24 | 58 | 125 |
St. Pancras | 243416 | 6857 | 4651 | 28.3 | 19.2 | 2.49 | 602 | ... | 111 | 53 | 96 | 87 | ... | 41 | ... | 214 | 4S2 | 170 |
Islington | 344616 | 9442 | 5712 | 27.5 | 16.6 | 2.78 | 958 | ... | 334 | 26 | 90 | 180 | ... | 36 | ... | 291 | 501 | 159 |
Stoke Newington | 34660 | 839 | 475 | 24.3 | 13.7 | 1.56 | 54 | ... | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 27 | 36 | 108 |
Hackney | 219630 | 6445 | 3588 | 29.4 | 16.4 | 2.64 | 576 | ... | 111 | 30 | 120 | 94 | ... | 41 | ... | 180 | 304 | 152 |
St. Giles | 37519 | 1026 | 756 | 27.4 | 20.2 | 1.88 | 71 | ... | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ... | 5 | ... | 23 | 125 | |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 12424 | 179 | 192 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 0.88 | 11 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | i | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 22 | 156 |
Strand | 2328 | 496 | 532 | 21.4 | 22.9 | 1.76 | 41 | ... | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 14 | 77 | 171 |
Holborn | 30056 | 807 | 747 | 26.9 | 24.9 | 3.37 | 101 | ... | 35 | 2 | 22 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | 28 | 95 | 221 |
Clerkenwell | 66120 | 2072 | 1432 | 31.4 | 21.7 | 3.75 | 246 | ... | 61 | 13 | 36 | 35 | ... | 7 | ... | 94 | 155 | 196 |
St. Luke | 41076 | 1853 | 1054 | 45.2 | 25.7 | 4.04 | 165 | ... | 37 | 15 | 24 | 24 | ... | 2 | ... | 63 | 108 | 150 |
London City | 29088 | 469 | 555 | 16.2 | 19.1 | 1.17 | 34 | ... | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 128 |