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 VII.
London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.. Birth Rates (based upon Births registered in each Borough) and Death Rates (after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions) during the 52 weeks of 1905.
Boroughs. | Per 1,000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births registered. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths from | |||||||||||||
All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping.cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia† (Origin ' uncertain). | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | |||
County of London | 27.1 | 15.1 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.32 | — | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 1.42 | 129 |
West. | ||||||||||||||
Paddington | 21.0 | 13.3 | 1.39 | - | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.34 | — | 0.03 | - | 0.53 | 0.96 | 123 |
Kensington | 19.3 | 14.0 | 1.39 | — | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.33 | — | 0.07 | — | 0.51 | 1.14 | 144 |
Hammersmith | 26.2 | 13.9 | 1.70 | — | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.48 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.67 | 1.16 | 135 |
Fulham | 30.4 | 15.1 | 2.71 | — | 0.54 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.53 | — | 0.06 | — | 1.29 | 1.22 | 145 |
Chelsea | 21.3 | 14.8 | 1.03 | - | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.30 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.42 | 1.51 | 117 |
City of Westminster | 16.8 | 13.5 | 0.81 | — | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.16 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.29 | 1.51 | 114 |
North. | ||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 30.0 | 15.5 | 1.12 | - | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.19 | - | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 1.46 | 88 |
Hampstead | 16.2 | 9.3 | 0.53 | - | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.19 | — | 0.02 | — | 0.13 | 0.83 | 94 |
St. Pancras | 24.7 | 15.8 | 1.50 | — | 0.33 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.35 | - | 0.03 | - | 0.57 | 1.52 | 135 |
Islington | 25.2 | 14.5 | 1.47 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.33 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.52 | 1.26 | 125 |
Stoke Newington | 20.5 | 12.9 | 114 | - | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.19 | - | — | — | 0.57 | 1.33 | 122 |
Hackney | 25.8 | 14.0 | 1.98 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.29 | — | 0.12 | — | 1.01 | 1.15 | 129 |
Central. | ||||||||||||||
Holborn | 28.5 | 17.5 | 1.12 | - | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.30 | - | 0.07 | - | 0.41 | 2.84 | 92 |
Finsbury | 34.7 | 19.0 | 2.17 | - | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.33 | - | 0.09 | — | 1.00 | 2.02 | 127 |
City of London | 13.5 | 17.4 | 0.57 | — | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.09 | — | — | — | 0.31 | 1.34 | 149 |
East. | ||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 33.5 | 19.7 | 2.96 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.76 | - | 0.03 | - | 1.22 | 1.96 | 167 |
Bethnal Green | 33.2 | 18.() | 2.27 | — | 0.36 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.42 | - | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.98 | 2.04 | 151 |
Stepney | 35.3 | 17.7 | 2.58 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.45 | - | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.15 | 1.72 | 141 |
Poplar | 32.1 | 17.6 | 2.65 | - | 0.47 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.47 | - | 0.06 | - | 1.24 | 1.53 | 153 |
South. | ||||||||||||||
Southwark | 30.0 | 18.5 | 2.39 | - | 0.74 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.38 | - | 0.05 | - | 0.88 | 2.13 | 148 |
Bermondsey | 33.3 | 18.7 | 2.21 | — | 0.48 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.29 | - | 0.06 | — | 1.11 | 1.79 | 148 |
Lambeth | 28.3 | 14.9 | 1.50 | — | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.26 | - | 0.03 | — | 0.68 | 1.38 | 115 |
Battersea | 27.4 | 14.5 | 1.99 | - | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.29 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.75 | 1.34 | 131 |
Wandsworth | 26.0 | 12.6 | 1.46 | — | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.29 | - | 0.04 | — | 0.57 | 1.02 | 119 |
Camberwell | 25.0 | 13.7 | 1.30 | — | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.25 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.54 | 1.21 | 124 |
Deptford | 28.9 | 14.3 | 1.19 | - | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.17 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.06 | 1.22 | 122 |
Greenwich | 25.9 | 13.4 | 1.30 | - | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.73 | 1.26 | 119 |
Lewisham | 25.2 | 11.7 | 0.95 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.18 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.33 | 0.85 | 92 |
Woolwich | 28.4 | 12.8 | 1.02 | - | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.13 | - | 0.06 | - | 0.51 | 1.52 | 102 |
In this Table 0.00 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of 0.005 ; where no death occurred,
- is inserted.
* The rates for the County of London do not in all cases agree with those in some of the other Tables.
† Originally described as Simple Continued Fever.