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 VIIa.
London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Death Rates per 1000 persons living, and Infantile Mortality, after Distribution of Deaths
in Public Institutions in the Four Years 1901.4, and in 1905.*
Boroughs. | All Causes. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Deaths under One Year to 1000 Births. | ||||||||||||
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1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | 1901-1904. | 1905. | |
County of London | 16.4 | 15.1 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.00 | - | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 1.61 | 1.42 | 140 | 129 |
Paddington | 140 | 13.3 | 0.04 | — | 0.29 | 042 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.34 | - | - | 0.08 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.67 | 0.53 | 1.10 | 0.96 | 131 | 123 |
Kensington | 14.7 | 14.0 | 0.02 | — | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.00 | - | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.00 | - | 0.62 | 0.51 | 1.34 | 1.14 | 152 | 144 |
Hammersmith | 15.8 | 13.9 | 0.06 | — | 0.56 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0.48 | — | - | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.00 | - | 0.85 | 0.67 | 1.43 | 1.16 | 151 | 135 |
Fulham | 15.6 | 15.1 | 0.03 | — | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.43 | 0.53 | — | — | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.00 | - | 1.21 | 1.29 | 1.39 | 1.22 | 145 | 145 |
Chelsea | 16.6 | 14.8 | 0.03 | — | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.30 | - | - | 0.06 | 0.05 | - | - | 0.52 | 0.42 | 1.63 | 1.51 | 145 | 117 |
City of Westminster | 14.8 | 13.5 | 0.08 | — | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.16 | — | - | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | 0.37 | 0.29 | 1.72 | 1.51 | 130 | 114 |
St. Marylebone | 16.9 | 15.5 | 0.06 | — | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.19 | - | - | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.64 | 0.42 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 101 | 88 |
Hampstead | 10.4 | 9.3 | 0.02 | — | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.19 | - | - | 0.08 | 0.02 | - | - | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 98 | 94 |
St. Pancras | 17.6 | 15.8 | 0.13 | — | 0.53 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.40 | 0.35 | - | — | 0.11 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.59 | 0.57 | 1.86 | 1.52 | 146 | 135 |
Islington | 15.5 | 14.5 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.36 | 0.33 | — | — | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.00 | - | 0.49 | 0.52 | 1.49 | 1.26 | 132 | 125 |
Stoke Newington | 13.1 | 12.9 | 0.05 | — | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.19 | - | — | 0.09 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.43 | 0.57 | 1.39 | 1.33 | 116 | 122 |
Hackney | 14.9 | 14.0 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.29 | — | — | 0.13 | 0.12 | — | — | 0.71 | 1.01 | 1.41 | 1.15 | 129 | 129 |
Holborn | 19.6 | 17.5 | 0.33 | — | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.30 | - | - | 0.12 | 0.07 | - | - | 0.56 | 0.41 | 2.96 | 2.84 | 114 | 92 |
Finsbury | 21.5 | 19.0 | 0.11 | - | 0.64 | 0.42 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0.48 | 0.33 | — | — | 0.10 | 0.09 | - | - | 0.97 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 2.02 | 143 | 127 |
City of London | 18.0 | 17.4 | 0.09 | — | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.09 | — | — | 0.08 | — | — | — | 0.22 | 0.31 | 1.79 | 1.34 | 135 | 149 |
Shoreditch | 20.6 | 19.7 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.73 | 0.54 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.52 | 0.76 | - | - | 0.11 | 0.03 | - | - | 1.33 | 1.22 | 2.14 | 1.96 | 183 | 167 |
Bethnal Green | 19.7 | 18.6 | 0.14 | — | 0.62 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.24 | 0.42 | 0.42 | — | — | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.87 | 0.98 | 2.10 | 2.04 | 152 | 151 |
Stepney | 19.7 | 17.7 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.00 | — | 0.11 | 0.07 | - | 0.00 | 1.05 | 1.15 | 2.05 | 1.72 | 151 | 141 |
Poplar | 19.0 | 17.6 | 0.16 | — | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.50 | 0.47 | — | — | 0.12 | 0.06 | — | - | 1.12 | 1.24 | 1.74 | 1.53 | 157 | 153 |
Southwark | 20.3 | 18.5 | 0.11 | — | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.38 | - | - | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.00 | - | 1.05 | 0.88 | 2.47 | 2.13 | 164 | 148 |
Bermondsey | 20.0 | 18.7 | 0.09 | — | 0.81 | 0.48 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.01 | - | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.00 | - | 1.01 | 1.11 | 1.88 | 1.79 | 164 | 148 |
Lambeth | 16.4 | 14.9 | 0.05 | — | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.26 | - | — | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.00 | - | 0.80 | 0.68 | 1.55 | 1.38 | 132 | 115 |
Battersea | 15.0 | 14.5 | 0.04 | — | 0.58 | 0.71 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 0.29 | — | — | 0.09 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.87 | 0.75 | 1.37 | 1.34 | 143 | 131 |
Wandsworth | 13.2 | 12.6 | 0.03 | — | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.29 | - | — | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | - | 0.61 | 0.57 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 123 | 119 |
Camberwell | 15.4 | 13.7 | 0.07 | — | 0.44 | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.ll | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.25 | - | — | 0.09 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.70 | 0.54 | 1.40 | 1.21 | 137 | 124 |
Deptford | 16.0 | 14.3 | 0.08 | — | 0.59 | 014 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.01 | — | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.00 | - | 0.84 | 0.66 | 1.27 | 1.22 | 141 | 122 |
Greenwich | 14.6 | 13.4 | 0.06 | — | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 0.14 | - | - | 0.07 | 0.05 | — | - | 0.76 | 0.73 | 1.20 | 1.26 | 134 | 119 |
Lewisham | 12.4 | 11.7 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.18 | _- | - | 0.06 | 0.04 | - | - | 0.62 | 0.33 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 117 | 92 |
Woolwich | 14.4 | 12.8 | 0.08 | - | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.13 | — | — | 0.08 | 0.06 | — | — | 0.78 | 0.51 | 1.59 | 1.52 | 124 | 102 |