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 .—Death Rates per 1000 persons living, and Infantile Mortality, after Distribution of Births in the chief Lying-in
Institutions, and of Deaths in all Public Institutions, &c., in the Five Years 1903-7, and in 1908.
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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1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | 1903-1907. | 1908. | |
County of London | 15.2 | 13.8 | 0.00 | _ | 0.42 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 0.00 | ... | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.73 | 0.53 | 1.49 | 1.32 | 130 | 113 |
Paddingtion | 13.3 | 12.4 | 0.00 | ... | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.07 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.03 | ... | ... | 0.60 | 0.34 | 1.09 | 1.01 | 115 | 103 |
Kensington | 13.9 | 12.9 | 0.00 | Kensington | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.04 | ... | ... | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ... | 0.58 | 0.48 | 1.23 | 0.98 | 137 | 119 |
Hammersmith | 14.6 | 14.0 | ... | ... | 0.40 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.15 | ... | ... | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 | ... | 0.75 | 0.59 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 133 | 120 |
Fulham | 14.3 | 12.4 | ... | ... | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.19 | ... | ... | 0.07 | 0.06 | ... | ... | 0.18 | 0.65 | 1.27 | 1.14 | 136 | 116 |
Chelsea | 15.5 | 14.5 | ... | ... | 0.39 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.22 | ... | ... | 0.03 | 0.07 | ... | ... | 0.51 | 0.47 | 1.59 | 1.27 | 131 | 107 |
City of Westminster | 13.3 | 12.6 | 0.00 | ... | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ... | 0.34 | 0.24 | 1.50 | 1.23 | 110 | 102 |
St. Marylebone | 15.6 | 14.2 | ... | ... | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.10 | ... | ... | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 | ... | 0.50 | 0.30 | 1.60 | 1.16 | 122 | 101 |
Hampstead | 9.6 | 8.5 | ... | ... | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 0.03 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 87 | 69 |
St. Pancras | 16.1 | 14.7 | ... | ... | 0.50 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.34 | 0.29 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.00 | ... | 0.52 | 0.37 | 1.71 | 1.51 | 125 | 107 |
Islington | 14.7 | 13.2 | 0.00 | ... | 0.44 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.16 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | ... | 0.50 | 0.32 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 122 | 102 |
Stoke Newington | 12.4 | 12.3 | ... | ... | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.11 | ... | ... | 0.04 | 0.07 | ... | ... | 0.42 | 0.35 | 1.25 | 1.07 | 109 | 92 |
Hackney | 13.9 | 13.2 | 0.00 | ... | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.18 | ... | ... | 0.11 | 0.03 | ... | ... | 0.77 | 0.68 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 126 | 115 |
Holborn | 18.0 | 16.4 | 0.01 | ... | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.14 | ... | ... | 0.06 | 0.09 | ... | ... | 0.51 | 0.42 | 2.76 | 2.11 | 125 | 113 |
Finsbury | 20.0 | 18.6 | 0.01 | ... | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.26 | ... | ... | 0.09 | 0.12 | ... | ... | 0.93 | 0.97 | 2.24 | 2.15 | 147 | 133 |
City of London | 16.6 | 17.7 | ... | ... | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.10 | ... | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.05 | ... | ... | 0.05 | ... | ... | ... | 0.23 | 0.10 | 1.65 | 1.79 | 115 | 92 |
Shoreditch | 19.9 | 17.4 | 0.01 | ... | 0.76 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.20 | ... | ... | 0.06 | 0.09 | ... | ... | 1.28 | 1.00 | 2.11 | 2.00 | 167 | 139 |
Bethnal Green | 18.5 | 17.1 | 0.01 | ... | 0.54 | 0.78 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.32 | ... | ... | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.00 | ... | 0.94 | 0.77 | 2.09 | 1.61 | 147 | 132 |
Stepney | 17.7 | 16.4 | 0.00 | ... | 0.55 | 0.84 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.41 | ... | ... | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.10 | 0.83 | 1.84 | 1.56 | 138 | 130 |
Poplar | 17.8 | 15.9 | 0.01 | ... | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.41 | 0.42 | ... | ... | 0.07 | 0.08 | ... | ... | 1.20 | 0.89 | 1.58 | 1.34 | 146 | 123 |
Southwark | 18.6 | 16.3 | 0.00 | ... | 0.61 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 0.23 | ... | ... | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ... | 0.95 | 0.88 | 2.20 | 1.88 | 148 | 131 |
Bermondsey | 19.0 | 18.8 | ... | ... | 0.61 | 0.82 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.00 | ... | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.04 | 0.84 | 1.91 | 1.89 | 150 | 144 |
Lambeth | 15.1 | 13.3 | 0.00 | ... | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.15 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.02 | ... | ... | 0.70 | 0.43 | 1.43 | 1.45 | 131 | 104 |
Battersea | 14.0 | 12.2 | ... | ... | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.21 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.03 | ... | ... | 0.72 | 0.44 | 1.32 | 1.19 | 128 | 106 |
Wandsworth | 12.7 | 11.6 | ... | ... | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.21 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.02 | ... | ... | 0.61 | 0.35 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 114 | 97 |
Camberwell | 14 .2 | 12.7 | ... | ... | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.19 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.02 | ... | ... | 0.63 | 0.44 | 1.27 | 1.12 | 126 | 104 |
Deptford | 15.1 | 13.8 | ... | ... | 0.48 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.20 | ... | ... | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.00 | ... | 0.78 | 0.63 | 1.32 | 1.16 | 128 | 122 |
Greenwich | 13.5 | 12.6 | ... | ... | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.34 | 0.28 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.08 | ... | ... | 0.71 | 0.54 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 123 | 120 |
Lewisham | 11.7 | 11.0 | 0.01 | ... | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.19 | ... | ... | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 | ... | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 102 | 86 |
Woolwich | 13.2 | 11.4 | ... | ... | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.24 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 | ... | 0.68 | 0.36 | 1.44 | 1.20 | 113 | 94 |