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.
Death Rates during 1909 in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution* and (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
Death-rates per 1000 living.
| Boroughs. | All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Phthisis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Distribution. | After Distribution. | Before Distribution. | After Distribution. | Before Distribution. | After Distribution. | Before Distribution. | After Distribution. | Before Distribution. | After Distribution. | |
| County of London | 14.2 | 14.0 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.29 | 1.31 |
| West. | ||||||||||
| Paddington | 14.2 | 12.9 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1.03 | 1.08 |
| Kensington | 15.1 | 13.3 | — | 0.05 | 0. 01 | 0. 10 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 1.65 | 0.96 |
| Hammersmith | 14.2 | 14.3 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.93 | 1.09 |
| Fulham | 11.0 | 12.0 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.56 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 1.17 |
| Chelsea | 21.8 | 14.4 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.69 | 1.45 |
| City of Westminster | 14.3 | 13.1 | — | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 1.34 |
| North. | ||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 14.0 | 14.6 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 1.35 |
| Hampstead | 11.3 | 8.9 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.47 | 0.61 |
| St. Pancras | 15.2 | 14.8 | — | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.54 | 1.61 |
| Islington | 13.7 | 14.0 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 1.46 | 1.23 |
| Stoke Newington | 8.6 | 11.3 | 0.02 | 0.06 | — | 0.04 | — | 0.02 | 0.59 | 0.83 |
| Hackney | 13.0 | 12.6 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 1.30 | 1.22 |
| Central. | ||||||||||
| Holborn | 19.9 | 15.6 | — | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1.47 | 2.05 |
| Finsbury | 9.2 | 19.2 | — | 0.12 | — | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.74 | 2.22 |
| City of London | 50.7 | 20.3 | — | — | 0.88 | — | 0.17 | 0.06 | 2.48 | 2.15 |
| East. | ||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 17. 7 | 19.0 | — | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.74 | 1.75 |
| Bethnal Green | 17.1 | 16.8 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.63 | 1.54 |
| Stepney | 16.7 | 15.3 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 1.67 |
| Poplar | 16.2 | 16.3 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 1.37 | 1.29 |
| South. | ||||||||||
| Southwark | 14.2 | 16.8 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.93 | 1.79 |
| Bermondsey | 15.4 | 18.8 | 0.01 | 0.12 | — | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 1.60 | 1.78 |
| Lambeth | 15.1 | 14.1 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0. 18 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 1.37 | 1. 41 |
| Battersea | 13.2 | 13.0 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 1.30 | 1.22 |
| Wandsworth | 11.1 | 11.9 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.89 | 0.93 |
| Camberwell | 14.6 | 13.4 | — | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.73 | 119 |
| Deptford | 10.3 | 13.6 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.74 | 1.25 |
| Greenwich | 15.6 | 12.2 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 1.45 | 0.99 |
| Lewisham | 10.7 | 10.3 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.78 | 0.80 |
| Woolwich | 10.6 | 11.9 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.20 | - | 0.02 | 1.08 | 1.20 |
* The deaths "before distribution" are those actually registered in the several Boroughs without any correction
whatever.