London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
This page requires JavaScript
71-72
TABLE VII.
Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the Year 1901.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1901. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disea.se. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 births. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. * | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. * | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhceal diseases. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||
| London | 4,543,757 | 1702 | 18,390 | 12,154 | 20 | 3195 | 48 | 251 | 4606 | 3 | 40,369 | 8.9 | 229 | 1952 | 584 | 1330 | 1604 | 4 | 497 | 7 | 3900 | 10,107 | 2.22 | 77,663 | 17.1 | 148 |
| Paddington | 144,154 | 21 | 506 | 340 | .. | 92 | .. | 13 | 141 | .. | 1113 | 7.7 | — | 9 | 11 | 46 | 52 | .. | 15 | .. | 116 | 249 | 1.72 | 2060 | 14.3 | 136 |
| Kensington | 176,787 | 15 | 476 | 251 | 2 | 99 | 8 | 10 | 171 | .. | 1032 | 5.9 | 1 | 76 | 15 | 38 | 62 | 1 | 11 | .. | 117 | 321 | 1.83 | 2675 | 15.2 | 163 |
| Hammersmith | 112,619 | 45 | 346 | 226 | .. | 77 | 2 | 3 | 116 | .. | 815 | 7.3 | 15 | 47 | 14 | 36 | 80 | .. | 16 | .. | 115 | 323 | 2.86 | 1914 | 17.0 | 168 |
| Fulham | 138,426 | 16 | 600 | 644 | .. | 133 | 1 | 7 | 132 | 1 | 1534 | 11.1 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 48 | 77 | .. | 20 | 2 | 181 | 389 | 2.81 | 2181 | 15.8 | 152 |
| Chelsea | 73,879 | 5 | 190 | 107 | .. | 41 | .. | 4 | 47 | 394 | 5.3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | .. | 6 | .. | 38 | 97 | 1.31 | 1223 | 16.6 | 138 | |
| City of Westminster | 182,502 | 100 | 478 | 255 | •• | 105 | 6 | 117 | .. | 1063 | 5.8 | 16 | 59 | 11 | 21 | 48 | .. | 20 | .. | 70 | 245 | 1.34 | 2906 | 16.0 | 135 | |
| St. Marylebone | 133,060 | 79 | 397 | 259 | .. | 82 | .. | 4 | 183 | .. | 1004 | 7.6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 40 | .. | 8 | .. | 104 | 219 | 1.65 | 2207 | 16.6 | 107 |
| Hampstead | 82,287 | 7 | 219 | 153 | .. | 50 | 1 | 5 | 48 | .. | 483 | 5.9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 24 | .. | 7 | .. | 26 | 84 | 1.02 | 874 | 10.7 | 104 |
| St. Pancras | 235,297 | 256 | 991 | 942 | .. | 186 | 2 | 13 | 253 | .. | 2643 | 11.3 | 41 | 68 | 33 | 109 | 87 | .. | 30 | .. | 195 | 563 | 2.39 | 4291 | 18.3 | 154 |
| Islington | 335,325 | 62 | 1291 | 913 | 2 | 281 | 4 | 33 | 286 | .. | 2872 | 8.6 | 8 | 157 | 30 | 132 | 90 | .. | 47 | .. | 198 | 662 | 1.97 | 5364 | 16.0 | 140 |
| Stoke Newington | 51,328 | 19 | 172 | 144 | .. | 26 | .. | 4 | .. | 406 | 7.9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 6 | .. | 5 | .. | 25 | 65 | 1.28 | 674 | 13.2 | 115 | |
| Hackney | 219,780 | 41 | 933 | 978 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 16 | 327 | 1 | 2490 | 11.4 | 5 | 94 | 26 | 97 | 50 | .. | 20 | .. | 179 | 471 | 2.15 | 3455 | 15.8 | 135 |
| Holborn | 59,205 | 216 | 258 | 167 | 1 | 39 | .. | 2 | 89 | .. | 772 | 13.1 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 10 | .. | 12 | .. | 42 | 135 | 2.28 | 1186 | 20.1 | 124 |
| Finsbury | 101,263 | 93 | 502 | 297 | .. | 68 | l | 5 | 135 | .. | 1101 | 10.9 | 7 | 48 | 18 | 36 | 38 | .. | 11 | .. | 121 | 279 | 2.78 | 2166 | 21.4 | 142 |
| City of London | 26,627 | 8 | 110 | 67 | .. | 21 | .. | 1 | 13 | .. | 220 | 8.3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 8 | 28 | 1.06 | 534 | 20.1 | 175 |
| Shoreditch | 118,554 | 18 | 557 | 326 | .. | 97 | 10 | 6 | 142 | .. | 1156 | 9.8 | 5 | 75 | 20 | 29 | 60 | .. | 10 | .. | 155 | 354 | 2.99 | 2591 | 21.9 | 197 |
| Bethnal Green | 129,700 | 32 | 841 | 463 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 8 | 211 | .. | 1666 | 12.9 | 2 | 88 | 44 | 63 | 38 | .. | 19 | 1 | 117 | 372 | 2.88 | 2628 | 20.3 | 153 |
| Stepney | 298,884 | 161 | 1177 | 845 | 2 | 267 | .. | 16 | 372 | .. | 2840 | 9.5 | 22 | 180 | 42 | 76 | 98 | 1 | 44 | .. | 298 | 761 | 2.54 | 6218 | 20.9 | 163 |
| Poplar | 168,887 | 71 | 561 | 619 | •• | 173 | .. | 6 | 187 | .. | 1617 | 9.6 | 10 | 89 | 14 | 83 | 79 | .. | 26 | .. | 213 | 514 | 3.04 | 3864 | 20.0 | 165 |
| Southwark | 206,219 | 89 | 1301 | 558 | .. | 135 | .. | 5 | 242 | .. | 2330 | 11.3 | 14 | 161 | 54 | 53 | 98 | .. | 18 | .. | 222 | 620 | 3.02 | 4416 | 21.5 | 168 |
| Bermondsey | 130,348 | 107 | 932 | 330 | 1 | 150 | .. | 5 | 155 | .. | 1680 | 12.9 | 14 | 81 | 44 | 37 | 57 | .. | 22 | .. | 122 | 377 | 2.90 | 2718 | 20.9 | 169 |
| Lambeth | 302,460 | 51 | 1039 | 527 | .. | 144 | 6 | 14 | 239 | .. | 2021 | 6.7 | 4 | 122 | 38 | 51 | 115 | .. | 23 | 3 | 293 | 649 | 2.15 | 5204 | 17.3 | 139 |
| Battersea | 169,364 | 53 | 602 | 267 | .. | 91 | .. | 8 | 126 | .. | 1147 | 6.8 | 2 | 132 | 10 | 20 | 81 | .. | 18 | .. | 202 | 465 | 2.76 | 2773 | 16.4 | 163 |
| Wandsworth | 233,943 | 32 | 689 | 478 | .. | 99 | 1 | 14 | 225 | .. | 1538 | 6.6 | 3 | 65 | 17 | 41 | 62 | .. | 16 | 1 | 157 | 362 | 1.55 | 3118 | 13.4 | 132 |
| Camberwell | 259,897 | 54 | 1474 | 867 | .. | 155 | l | 19 | 228 | .. | 2798 | 10.8 | 7 | 152 | 47 | 112 | 84 | .. | 25 | .. | 204 | 63 L | 2.44 | 4268 | 16.5 | 142 |
| Deptford | 110,732 | 4 | 549 | 427 | 9 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 111 | .. | 1167 | 10.6 | 1 | 53 | 17 | 37 | 50 | .. | 10 | .. | 104 | 274 | 2.48 | 1818 | 16.5 | 146 |
| Greenwich | 96,188 | 11 | 419 | 188 | .. | 68 | .. | 6 | 110 | .. | 802 | 8.4 | 3 | 55 | 5 | 22 | 39 | .. | 10 | .. | 75 | 209 | 2.17 | 1463 | 15.3 | 130 |
| Lewisham | 128,423 | 12 | 465 | 299 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 8 | 86 | .. | 933 | 7.3 | 31 | 11 | 24 | 28 | .. | 13 | .. | 104 | 211 | 1.65 | 1665 | 13.0 | 129 | |
| Woolwich | 117,619 | 23 | 310 | 217 | .. | 69 | 1 | 8 | 70 | .. | 698 | 6.0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 20 | .. | 12 | .. | 99 | 178 | 1.51 | 1709 | 14.6 | 129 |
| Port of London | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 23 | 2 | •• | 3 | .. | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | •• | •• | •• |
* Including Membranous Croup.