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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Table VIII.
Aualysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring
in Public Institutions during the year 1900.
Table VIII.
Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after Distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions during the year 1900.
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated Population middle of 1900. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 living. | Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | 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. | ||||||||||||||||
London | 4,589,129 | 130,868 | 83,732 | 28.6 | 18.3 | 2.19 | 10,034 | 4 | 1,928 | 361 | 1,539 | 1,945 | 2 | 716 | 7 | 3,532 | 7,809 | 158 |
West Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 130,134 | 2,891 | 2,069 | 22.3 | 15.9 | 1.72 | 222 | — | 50 | 5 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 95 | 149 | 165 |
Kensington | 173,603 | 3,586 | 2,730 | 20.7 | 15.8 | 1.66 | 286 | — | 98 | 4 | 27 | 33 | — | 17 | 107 | 204 | 180 | |
Hammersmith | 110,203 | 2,994 | 1,887 | 27.2 | 17.2 | 2.23 | 247 | — | 90 | 7 | 28 | 10 | — | 17 | 95 | 185 | 162 | |
Fulham | 136,383 | 4,524 | 2,350 | 33.3 | 17.3 | 2.86 | 387 | — | 81 | 23 | 66 | 54 | — | 18 | 145 | 210 | 147 | |
Chelsea | 96,715 | 2,235 | 1,732 | 23.2 | 18.0 | 1.77 | 170 | — | 33 | 7 | 18 | 18 | — | 19 | 75 | 165 | 149 | |
St. George's,Hanover Sq. | 81,133 | 1,295 | 1,119 | 16.0 | 13.8 | 0.78 | 63 | — | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 110 | 107 | |
Westminster | 51,657 | 1,058 | 1,062 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 1.46 | 75 | — | 20 | 1 | 8 | 15 | — | 9 | 22 | 124 | 189 | |
St. James', Westminster North Districts. | 21,457 | 409 | 344 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 1.08 | 23 | — | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 7 | 35 | 154 | |
Marylebone | 139,777 | 3,991 | 2,627 | 28.6 | 18.9 | 1.86 | 259 | 2 | 49 | 12 | 40 | 55 | — | 12 | 1 | 88 | 278 | 125 |
Hampstead | 81,766 | 1,621 | 922 | 19.9 | 11.3 | 1.18 | 96 | — | 21 | 4 | 31 | 9 | — | 9 | 22 | 69 | 100 | |
St. Pancras | 245,651 | 6,447 | 4,639 | 26.3 | 18.9 | 2.35 | 580 | — | 126 | 10 | 72 | 105 | — | 64 | 1 | 202 | 472 | 160 |
Islington | 351,541 | 9,253 | 5,723 | 26.4 | 16.3 | 1.90 | 667 | .161 | 25 | 105 | 147 | — | 49 | 1 | 178 | 556 | 145 | |
Stoke Newington | 35,718 | 775 | 449 | 21.8 | 12.6 | 1.43 | 51 | — | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | — | 6 | 14 | 37 | 108 | |
Hackney | 225,519 | 6,373 | 3,624 | 28.3 | 16.1 | 2.11 | 476 | — | 33 | 19 | 59 | 112 | — | 43 | 210 | 260 | 158 | |
Central Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Giles | 36,870 | 1,017 | 671 | 27.7 | 18.2 | 1.67 | 61 | — | 11 | 4 | 8 | 14 | _ | 5 | 19 | 110 | 118 | |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 11,865 | 155 | 209 | 13.1 | 17.7 | 0.84 | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 28 | 148 | |
Strand | 22,748 | 445 | 464 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 1.14 | 26 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | _ | 4 | 8 | 74 | 135 | |
Holborn | 29,188 | 732 | 770 | 25.2 | 26.5 | 2.37 | 69 | — | 21 | 4 | 5 | 11 | — | 4 | 24 | 83 | 240 | |
Clerkenwell | 66,007 | 1,963 | 1,413 | 29.8 | 21.5 | 2.71 | 179 | — | 39 | 10 | 18 | 52 | — | 6 | 54 | 169 | 167 | |
St. Luke | 40,655 | 1,821 | 1,085 | 44.9 | 26.8 | 3.25 | 132 | — | 30 | 2 | 13 | 35 | — | 6 | 46 | 128 | 138 | |
London City | 26,922 | 397 | 591 | 14.8 | 22.0 | 0.89 | 24 | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 67 | 176 | |
East Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 120,641 | 4,004 | 2,604 | 33.3 | 21.6 | 3.02 | 364 | — | 76 | 16 | 57 | 48 | — | 14 | 1 | 152 | 224 | 186 |
Bethnal Green | 128,831 | 4,588 | 2,822 | 35.7 | 22.0 | 2.76 | 355 | — | 63 | 12 | 63 | 94 | — | 18 | 105 | 272 | 168 | |
Whitechapel | 82,220 | 2,902 | 1,589 | 35.4 | 19.4 | 1.73 | 142 | — | 31 | 11 | 19 | 23 | — | 9 | 49 | 189 | 139 | |
St. George-in-the-East | 48,875 | 2,175 | 1.187 | 44.6 | 24.4 | 2.61 | 127 | — | 20 | 6 | 14 | 27 | — | 10 | 50 | 128 | 162 | |
Limehouse | 58,944 | 1,839 | 1,534 | 31.3 | 26.1 | 4.10 | 241 | — | 83 | 13 | 17 | 56 | — | 7 | 65 | 145 | 228 | |
Mile End Old Town | 113,781 | 4,261 | 2,311 | 37.6 | 20.4 | 2.53 | 288 | — | 60 | 7 | 35 | 58 | — | 22 | 106 | 193 | 158 | |
Poplar | 170,968 | 5,923 | 3,803 | 34.7 | 22.3 | 3.34 | 569 | — | 78 | 8 | 115 | 104 | — | 47 | 217 | 305 | 192 | |
South Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Saviour Southwark | 23,854 | 700 | 600 | 29.4 | 25.2 | 2.93 | 70 | — | 10 | — | 15 | 12 | — | 6 | 27 | 74 | 197 | |
St. George Southwark | 60,597 | 2,093 | 1,652 | 34.6 | 27.3 | 3.53 | 213 | — | 36 | 11 | 23 | 43 | — | 12 | 88 | 221 | 209 | |
Newington | 125,138 | 4,173 | 2,727 | 33.4 | 21.9 | 2.85 | 355 | — | 70 | 11 | 70 | 65 | — | 21 | 118 | 276 | 171 | |
St. Olave Southwark | 10,909 | 400 | 231 | 36.8 | 21.2 | 1.85 | 20 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | _ | 3 | 29 | 120 | |
Bermondsey | 85,920 | 2,826 | 1,948 | 33.0 | 22.7 | 3.24 | 277 | — | 42 | 7 | 59 | 64 | — | 27 | 78 | 169 | 186 | |
Rotherhithe | 41,246 | 1,184 | 883 | 28.8 | 21.5 | 3.40 | 140 | — | 40 | 6 | 26 | 22 | — | 10 | 36 | 47 | 205 | |
Lambeth | 312,152 | 9,167 | 5,431 | 29.4 | 17.4 | 1.66 | 519 | — | 69 | 21 | 101 | 98 | — | 53 | 1 | 176 | 521 | 145 |
Battersea | 178,100 | 5,161 | 2,985 | 29.1 | 16.8 | 2.34 | 415 | — | 78 | 11 | 34 | 108 | — | 32 | 152 | 262 | 159 | |
Wandsworth | 217,004 | 5,774 | 3,204 | 26.7 | 14.8 | 1.65 | 361 | — | 82 | 17 | 44 | 44 | — | 27 | 1 | 146 | 252 | 144 |
Camberwell | 268,457 | 7,211 | 4,372 | 26.9 | 16.3 | 1.99 | 534 | — | 40 | 12 | 132 | 122 | — | 33 | 195 | 370 | 154 | |
Greenwich | 184,582 | 5,562 | 3,305 | 30.2 | 18.0 | 2.27 | 418 | — | 58 | 15 | 64 | 111 | — | 23 | 147 | 274 | 161 | |
Lee | 40,722 | 990 | 615 | 24.4 | 15.1 | 1.40 | 57 | — | 5 | — | 19 | 9 | — | 4 | 20 | 39 | 156 | |
Lewisham | 93,548 | 2,784 | 1,469 | 29.8 | 15.7 | 2.14 | 200 | — | 20 | 9 | 32 | 49 | — | 14 | 76 | 104 | 131 | |
Plumstead | 65,558 | 1,994 | 1,065 | 30.5 | 16.3 | 2.30 | 150 | — | 47 | 7 | 25 | 27 | — | 9 | 35 | 96 | 129 | |
Woolwich | 41,600 | 1,175 | 937 | 28.3 | 21.8 | 2.79 | 116 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 67 | 102 | 171 |
Note.—The changes made under the provisions of the London Government Act, 1899, are not taken into account in the above table in
order that uniform statistics for the year may be shown.