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 ended 2nd January, 1915.*
Boroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1913.† | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of Age. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | ||||
County op London | 4,518,021 | 109,667 | 64,994 | 147 | — | 1385 | 316 | 918 | 706 | 3031 | 6281 | 11,395 |
West. | ||||||||||||
Paddington | 142,193 | 2965 | 1846 | 3 | — | 4 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 79 | 145 | 281 |
Kensington | 171,234 | 3210 | 2242 | 1 | — | 15 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 187 | 302 |
Hammersmith | 123,853 | 2935 | 1717 | 5 | — | 41 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 67 | 170 | 275 |
Fulham | 157,303 | 4154 | 2101 | 9 | — | 31 | 21 | 42 | 22 | 126 | 205 | 468 |
Chelsea | 64,511 | 1299 | 870 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 87 | 87 |
City of Westminster | 154,544 | 2155 | 1936 | 9 | — | 6 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 205 | 173 |
North. | ||||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 114,355 | 2132 | 1577 | 6 | — | 2 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 59 | 146 | 208 |
Hampstead | 86,388 | 1273 | 893 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 102 |
St. Pancras | 214,133 | 5223 | 3334 | 4 | — | 56 | 18 | 51 | 30 | 121 | 379 | 481 |
Islington | 325,496 | 8171 | 4923 | 15 | — | 97 | 24 | 84 | 43 | 228 | 470 | 857 |
Stoke Newington | 50,511 | 1045 | 661 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 81 |
Hackney | 223,393 | 5460 | 3099 | 8 | — | 106 | 9 | 53 | 39 | 127 | 303 | 502 |
Central. | ||||||||||||
Holborn | 46,832 | 764 | 754 | 6 | — | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 92 | 69 |
Finsbury | 84,521 | 2541 | 1652 | 2 | — | 76 | 6 | 45 | 9 | 88 | 167 | 312 |
City of London | 17,831 | 181 | 239 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 17 |
East. | ||||||||||||
Shoreditch | 109,569 | 3511 | 2075 | 2 | — | 112 | 5 | 55 | 20 | 148 | 234 | 496 |
Bethnal Green | 127,807 | 3786 | 2034 | 4 | — | 68 | 7 | 48 | 28 | 174 | 210 | 518 |
Stepney | 275,081 | 8058 | 4539 | 8 | — | 182 | 28 | 72 | 70 | 268 | 465 | 997 |
Poplar | 160,839 | 5073 | 2743 | 6 | — | 66 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 195 | 268 | 590 |
South. | ||||||||||||
Southwark | 188,321 | 5604 | 3350 | 2 | — | 95 | 22 | 59 | 37 | 207 | 330 | 693 |
Bermondsey | 124,683 | 3849 | 2165 | 3 | — | 81 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 140 | 203 | 482 |
Lambeth | 297,094 | 7022 | 4319 | 16 | — | 58 | 16 | 40 | 50 | 202 | 422 | 728 |
Battersea | 167,451 | 4303 | 2220 | 3 | — | 50 | 11 | 26 | 17 | 122 | 210 | 402 |
Wandsworth | 331,321 | 6675 | 3617 | 5 | — | 26 | 13 | 56 | 41 | 148 | 298 | 591 |
Camberwell | 261,828 | 6580 | 3589 | 5 | — | 65 | 23 | 47 | 39 | 143 | 373 | 653 |
Deptford | 109,269 | 3115 | 1572 | 3 | — | 51 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 91 | 150 | 308 |
Greenwich | 96,018 | 2408 | 1412 | 5 | — | 47 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 132 | 235 |
Lewisham | 169,211 | 3336 | 1836 | 6 | — | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 55 | 126 | 247 |
Woolwich | 122,431 | 2839 | 1679 | 3 | — | 25 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 171 | 240 |
* For the purpose of this table the Births registered in London have been corrected by distributing those which
occurred in the principal institutions receiving maternity cases to the boroughs in which the mothers resided. In
1370 oases the residence was outside the County of London, and these cases have been excluded. On the other hand
55 births that occurred outside the County have been included. With regard to the deaths of London residents, all
transferable deaths (i.e., those of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in England and Wales, die in a
district other than that in which they resided) occurring in Greater London and in certain Metropolitan Institutions
outside Greater London have been distributed to the Metropolitan Borough to which the deceased belonged. Of the
deaths registered in London the previous residence was outside the county in 3433 cases, while on the other hand the
deaths of 3082 London residents occurred in the Outer Ring or in Metropolitan Institutions outside Greater London.
† Based on the results of the Censuses of 1901 and 1911.