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 the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Births and Deaths of Persons belonging to London and the
Metropolitan" Boroughs during the 52 Weeks of 1909.*
Boroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1909. | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of age. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | W hooping-cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia† (Origin uncertain). | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | ||||
County of London | 4,833,938 | 116,559 | 67632 | 6285 | 2 | 2324 | 383 | 605 | 1246 | _ | 146 | 2 | 1577 | 6337 | 12582 |
West. | |||||||||||||||
Paddington | 151,955 | 3120 | 1956 | 136 | — | 36 | 14 | 10 | 36 | _ | 4 | _ | 36 | 164 | 312 |
Kensington | 183,663 | 3362 | 2440 | 183 | — | 58 | 9 | 19 | 40 | — | 8 | — | 49 | 176 | 379 |
Hammersmith | 125,704 | 2995 | 1791 | 210 | — | 80 | 11 | 23 | 47 | — | 5 | — | 44 | 137 | 360 |
Fulham | 176.406 | 4307 | 2113 | 276 | - | 74 | 10 | 40 | 49 | - | 4 | — | 99 | 205 | 466 |
Chelsea | 75.249 | 1391 | 1084 | 75 | — | 24 | 6 | 15 | 13 | — | 2 | — | 15 | 109 | 149 |
City of Westminster | 168.883 | 2730 | 2212 | 104 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 19 | — | 7 | — | 16 | 225 | 260 |
North. | |||||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 126 027 | 2595 | 1836 | 105 | _ | 33 | 8 | 9 | 25 | _ | 1 | - | 29 | 170 | 258 |
Hampstead | 94,185 | 1328 | 839 | 50 | — | 14 | 4 | 5 | 18 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 57 | 99 |
St. Pancras | 237,422 | 5609 | 3510 | 230 | — | 105 | 17 | 27 | 30 | — | 6 | — | 45 | 382 | 570 |
Islington | 351,202 | 8320 | 4913 | 423 | — | 199 | 26 | 30 | 86 | — | 13 | — | 69 | 430 | 843 |
Stoke Newington | 54,423 | 1025 | 612 | 34 | - | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 45 | 82 |
Hackney | 237,601 | 5416 | 2988 | 220 | - | 57 | 10 | 19 | 51 | — | 6 | — | 77 | 289 | 550 |
Central. | |||||||||||||||
Holborn | 53,802 | 976 | 836 | 45 | - | 14 | 3 | 3 | 15 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 110 | 100 |
Finsbury | 95,289 | 2810 | 1829 | 224 | - | 85 | 11 | 14 | 51 | - | 3 | — | 60 | 211 | 367 |
City of London | 18,193 | 247 | 368 | 13 | - | 6 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 39 | 28 |
East. | |||||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 114,802 | 3632 | 2178 | 328 | - | 130 | 9 | 22 | 72 | — | 6 | — | 89 | 200 | 510 |
Bethnal Green | 131,316 | 4132 | 2201 | 260 | - | 79 | 25 | 17 | 40 | — | 4 | — | 95 | 202 | 535 |
Stepney | 312,525 | 9506 | 4759 | 526 | 1 | 236 | 26 | 51 | 69 | — | 6 | — | 137 | 521 | 1130 |
Poplar | 171,965 | 5192 | 2787 | 405 | - | 156 | 23 | 20 | 84 | — | 13 | — | 109 | 221 | 669 |
South. | |||||||||||||||
Southwark | 211,125 | 5969 | 3528 | 350 | - | 127 | 14 | 33 | 57 | — | 6 | — | 113 | 377 | 711 |
Bermondsey | 127,569 | 4104 | 2388 | 348 | - | 200 | 15 | 9 | 55 | — | 2 | — | 67 | 227 | 567 |
Lambeth | 324,188 | 7578 | 4544 | 337 | - | 104 | 27 | 58 | 85 | — | 9 | 1 | 103 | 455 | 823 |
Battersea | 186,036 | 4447 | 2416 | 239 | — | 90 | 8 | 22 | 63 | — | 7 | — | 49 | 227 | 477 |
Wandsworth | 297,646 | 7005 | 3524 | 286 | - | 111 | 14 | 27 | 69 | — | 6 | 1 | 58 | 275 | 601 |
Camberwell | 283,022 | 6689 | 3776 | 306 | — | 105 | 17 | 43 | 52 | — | 5 | — | 84 | 337 | 666 |
Deptford | 118,583 | 3117 | 1611 | 178 | — | 67 | 12 | 15 | 47 | — | 6 | — | 31 | 148 | 317 |
Greenwich | 111,014 | 2481 | 1350 | 114 | - | 38 | 9 | 7 | 20 | — | 4 | — | 36 | 110 | 249 |
Lewisham | 160,749 | 3529 | 1656 | 93 | — | 6 | 15 | 21 | 20 | — | 2 | — | 29 | 128 | 262 |
Woolwich | 133,374 | 2947 | 1587 | 137 | — | 55 | 19 | 26 | 15 | — | 3 | — | 19 | 160 | 242 |
* The Births in this Table have been corrected by distributing those which occurred in the chief Institutions, treating Maternity
cases to the boroughs in wnich the mothers had resided previous to admission. In 988 cases the residence was outside the County
of London, and these cases have been excluded from this Table. With regard to Deaths, all those of persons in, or on the way to
Hospitals and other Public Institutions, as well as those of persons under treatment in surgical homes, or dying by accident or
otherwise in the streets, have been distributed, as far as practicable, to the boroughs in which the deceased had previously
resided. The deaths of 2528 London residents who died outside the County of London in Metropolitan Workhouses, Hospitals,
and Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums, have been similarly distributed. Of the deaths registered in London, the previous residence
was outside the County in 3162 cases, and these have been excluded from the above Table,
† Called Simple Continued Fever previous to 1901