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 VI.
London and no: Metropolitan Boroughs—Birth Rates and Death Rates of persons belonging to London and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 52 weeks of 1907.*
Boroughs. | Per 1,000 Persons Living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths from— | ||||||||||||||
Births. | All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | †Pyrexia (Origin uncertain). | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | ||
County of London | 2.56 | 14.0 | 1.42 | ... | 0.38 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.38 | ... | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 1.40 | 116 |
West Districts. | ||||||||||||||
Paddington | 21.8 | 13.5 | 1.13 | ... | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.35 | ... | 0.03 | ... | 0.28 | 1.09 | 109 |
Kensington | 19.0 | 13.7 | 1.04 | ... | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.45 | ... | 0.03 | ... | 0.21 | 1.03 | 128 |
Hammersmith | 25.3 | 14.3 | 1.16 | ... | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.27 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.17 | 1.20 | 117 |
Fulham | 27.8 | 13.2 | 1.73 | ... | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.45 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.50 | 1.19 | 122 |
Chelsea | 20.3 | 15.0 | 1.44 | ... | 0.56 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.33 | ... | 0.04 | ... | 0.39 | 1.50 | 122 |
City of Westminster | 17.2 | 13.0 | 0.72 | ... | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.15 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.24 | 1.37 | 102 |
North Districts. | ||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 20.9 | 15.0 | 0.97 | ... | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.35 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.19 | 1.48 | 101 |
Hampstead | 15.1 | 9.0 | 0.51 | ... | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.13 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.09 | 0.70 | 69 |
St. Pancras | 24.7 | 15.0 | 1.17 | ... | 0.37 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.33 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.21 | 1.66 | 108 |
Islington | 25.0 | 14.7 | 1.25 | ... | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.36 | ... | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 1.32 | 116 |
Stoke Newington | 20.0 | 11.5 | 1.02 | ... | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.36 | ... | 0.6 | ... | 0.15 | 0.94 | 100 |
Hackney | 24.3 | 13.6 | 1.37 | ... | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.29 | ... | 0.09 | ... | 0.34 | 1.17 | 112 |
Central Districts. | ||||||||||||||
Holborn | 19.4 | 17.4 | 1.28 | ... | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.51 | ... | 0.04 | ... | 0.29 | 2.58 | 131 |
Finsbury | 29.8 | 18.7 | 1.83 | ... | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.54 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.41 | 2.33 | 130 |
City of London | 13.7 | 16.8 | 0.85 | ... | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.35 | ... | 0.10 | ... | 0.05 | 2.02 | 94 |
East Districts. | ||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 33.0 | 20.5 | 3.01 | ... | 1.03 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.88 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.64 | 2.10 | 150 |
Bethnal Green | 31.8 | 17.5 | 1.96 | ... | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.46 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.44 | 1.90 | 138 |
Stepney | 33.6 | 15.9 | 1.97 | ... | 0.50 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 033 | ... | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.56 | 117 |
Poplar | 31.0 | 16.9 | 2.11 | ... | 0.50 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.48 | ... | 0.06 | ... | 0.46 | 1.33 | 124 |
South Districts. | ||||||||||||||
Southwark | 29.8 | 18.0 | 1.90 | ... | 0.54 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.49 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.48 | 2.03 | 138 |
Bermondsey | 31.7 | 18.3 | 1.71 | ... | 0.41 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.43 | ... | 005 | ... | 0.38 | 1.88 | 123 |
Lambeth | 24.6 | 14.6 | 1.28 | ... | 0.34 | 0.13 | 015 | 0.35 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.29 | 1.53 | 120 |
Battersea . | 25.5 | 13.3 | 1.34 | ... | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.38 | ... | 0.02 | ... | 0.25 | 1.25 | 114 |
Wandsworth | 25.6 | 12.3 | 1.16 | ... | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.40 | ... | 0.04 | ... | 0.26 | 0.95 | 99 |
Camberwell | 24.4 | 13.9 | 1.43 | ... | 0.44 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.43 | ... | 0.03 | ... | 0.26 | 1.31 | 115 |
Deptford | 28.3 | 14.1 | 1.47 | ... | 0.46 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.32 | ... | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 1.34 | 108 |
Greenwich | 24.3 | 12.7 | 1.44 | ... | 0.54 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.24 | ... | 0.05 | ... | 0.35 | 1.08 | 100 |
Lewisham | 23.9 | 11.5 | 0.85 | ... | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.34 | ... | 0.01 | ... | 0.19 | 0.93 | 90 |
WOOLWICH | 25.8 | 12.5 | 1.38 | ... | 0.56 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.29 | ... | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 1.25 | 112 |
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.
†Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901.