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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE VII.-Analysis of Sickness and Mortality Statistics in London during the year 1904.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1904. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. t | Deaths fbom Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of infants under one year to 1,000 births. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus fever. | Enteric fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Small-pox. | Measles. | | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping-cough | Typhus fever. | Enteric fever. | Other continued fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ; Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | |||||
| London | 4,648,950 | 491 | 13,438 | 7220 | 3 | 1896 | 27 | 273 | 4947 | - | 28,295 | 6.1 | 25 | 2,256 | 365 | 723 | 1495 | - | 286 | 6 | 4750 | 9906 | 2.14 | 74,555 | 16.1 | 144 |
| Paddington | 146,975 | 4 | 363 | 143 | - | 48 | - | 10 | 117 | - | 685 | 4.7 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 16 | - | 10 | - | 132 | 229 | 1.56 | 2017 | 13.8 | 136 |
| Kensington | 179,236 | 3 | 267 | 187 | - | 47 | 3 | 11 | 141 | - | 659 | 3.7 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 17 | 19 | - | 6 | 1 | 139 | 256 | 1.45 | 2558 | 14.3 | 150 |
| Hammersmith | 117,412 | - | 285 | 204 | - | 39 | 1 | 12 | 123 | - | 664 | 5.7 | - | 106 | 6 | 22 | 36 | - | 5 | - | 121 | 296 | 2.53 | 1840 | 15.7 | 152 |
| Fulham | 152,482 | - | 295 | 300 | - | 39 | - | 8 | 130 | - | 772 | 5.1 | - | 64 | 4 | 23 | 58 | - | 6 | - | 224 | 379 | 2.49 | 2346 | 15.4 | 153 |
| Chelsea | 74,329 | - | 108 | 61 | - | 13 | - | 7 | 45 | - | 234 | 3.2 | - | 25 | 6 | 5 | 26 | - | 2 | - | 46 | 110 | 1.49 | 1225 | 16.5 | 156 |
| City of Westminster | 177,321 | 6 | 313 | 145 | - | 51 | 2 | 5 | 126 | - | 649 | 3.7 | - | 23 | 9 | 7 | 18 | - | 10 | 2 | 84 | 153 | 0.87 | 2396 | 13.5 | 125 |
| St. Marylebone | 130,337 | 8 | 295 | 118 | - | 50 | - | 3 | 187 | - | 661 | 5.1 | - | 50 | 9 | 14 | 13 | - | 3 | - | 108 | 197 | 1.51 | 2109 | 16.2 | 94 |
| Hampstead | 86,663 | 1 | 169 | 58 | - | 27 | 1 | 6 | 56 | - | 318 | 3.7 | - | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | 5 | - | 21 | 57 | 0.66 | 884 | 10.2 | 113 |
| St. Pancras | 235,936 | 7 | 848 | 349 | - | 136 | - | 10 | 258 | - | 1608 | 6.8 | - | 127 | 2.7 | 38 | 82 | - | 17 | - | 183 | 474 | 2.01 | 4102 | 17.4 | 150 |
| Islington | 341,044 | 18 | 1150 | 347 | 1 | 128 | - | 24 | 280 | - | 1948 | 5.7 | 1 | 181 | 35 | 29 | 84 | - | 18 | - | 248 | 596 | 1.75 | 5243 | 15.4 | 129 |
| Stoke Newington . | 52,445 | 8 | 154 | 61 | - | 14 | - | 3 | 53 | - | 293 | 5.6 | - | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | - | 3 | - | 26 | 59 | 1.13 | 697 | 13.3 | 114 |
| Hackney | 226,266 | 13 | 858 | 571 | - | 185 | 3 | 23 | 266 | - | 1919 | 8.5 | - | 76 | 20 | 55 | 55 | - | 26 | - | 249 | 481 | 2.13 | 3366 | 14.9 | 142 |
| Holborn | 57,161 | 6 | 98 | 46 | - | 41 | - | 7 | 76 | 274 | 4.8 | 2 | 42 | - | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | - | 41 | 102 | 1.80 | 1054 | 18.5 | 109 | |
| Finsbury | 98,958 | 15 | 330 | 146 | - | 46 | - | 5 | 106 | - | 648 | 6.6 | 3 | 58 | 17 | 16 | 28 | - | 9 | - | 123 | 254 | 2.57 | 2100 | 21.3 | 140 |
| City of London | 23,482 | 2 | 32 | 40 | - | 14 | - | - | 21 | - | 109 | 4.7 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | 0.60 | 390 | 16.7 | 104 |
| Shoreditch | 117,033 | 14 | 343 | 188 | - | 48 | 1 | 5 | 178 | - | 777 | 6.7 | 2 | 81 | 13 | 18 | 63 | - | 8 | - | 189 | 374 | 3.20 | 2378 | 20.4 | 188 |
| Bethnal Green | 130,207 | 126 | 661 | 425 | - | 58 | 4 | 12 | 224 | - | 1510 | 11.6 | 7 | 90 | 18 | 47 | 52 | - | 6 | 1 | 162 | 383 | 2.95 | 2500 | 19.3 | 157 |
| Stepney | 303,791 | 90 | 1258 | 821 | 1 | 198 | _ | 15 | 470 | - | 2853 | 9.4 | 3 | 174 | 33 | 90 | 126 | - | 30 | - | 403 | 859 | 2.84 | 5876 | 19.4 | 155 |
| Poplar | 169,905 | 42 | 547 | 670 | - | 93 | - | 15 | 204 | - | 1571 | 9.3 | 3 | 91 | 24 | 84 | 81 | - | 13 | - | 272 | 568 | 3.35 | 3149 | 18.6 | 154 |
| Southwark | 207,937 | 28 | 415 | 281 | - | 92 | - | 12 | 298 | - | 1126 | 5.4 | 1 | 191 | 12 | 26 | 118 | - | 18 | 1 | 282 | 649 | 3.13 | 4169 | 20.1 | 174 |
| Bermondsey | 129,397 310,359 | 19 | 454 | 193 | - | 73 | 1 | 5 | 186 | - | 931 | 7.2 | - | 136 | 18 | 16 | 69 | - | 16 | 1 | 200 | 456 | 3.52 | 2582 | 20.0 | 172 |
| Lambeth | 28 | 658 | 326 | - | 100 | 4 | 16 | 248 | - | 1380 | 4.5 | - | 164 | 16 | 34 | 109 | - | 11 | - | 316 | 650 | 2.10 | 4884 | 15.8 | 138 | |
| Battersea | 175,465 | 7 | 385 | 227 | - | 63 | 2 | 7 | 161 | - | 852 | 4.9 | - | 59 | 10 | 14 | 59 | - | 13 | - | 198 | 353 | 2.02 | 2541 | 14.5 | 147 |
| Wandsworth | 257,448 | 6 | 772 | 404 | - | 71 | 3 | 14 | 270 | - | 1540 | 6.0 | - | 106 | 14 | 42 | 50 | - | 11 | - | 225 | 448 | 1.73 | 3435 | 13.4 | 122 |
| Camberwell | 268,384 | 19 | 956 | 270 | - | 78 | 1 | 13 | 327 | - | 1664 | 6.2 | - | 110 | 17 | 21 | 99 | - | 16 | - | 246 | 509 | 1.90 | 3992 | 14.9 | 144 |
| Deptford | 113,509 | 11 | 405 | 196 | - | 30 | _ | 10 | 151 | - | 803 | 7.1 | - | 76 | 10 | 16 | 49 | - | 3 | - | 124 | 278 | 2.46 | 1823 | 16.1 | 145 |
| Greenwich | 101,651 | 1 | 213 | 152 | - | 49 | - | 2 | 86 | - | 503 | 5.0 | - | 40 | 3 | 11 | 56 | - | 9 | - | 110 | 229 | 2.26 | 1455 | 14.4 | 142 |
| Lewisham | 140,401 | - | 337 | 130 | - | 29 | - | 8 | 83 | - | 587 | 4.2 | - | 25 | 7 | 12 | 37 | - | 2 | - | 115 | 196 | 1.41 | 1681 | 12.0 | 123 |
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| Port of London | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| * Including membranous croup. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||