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 Newington]
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ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY STATISTICS IS LONDON DURING THE YEAR 1896.
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated population in the middle of 1896. | Extent in acres. | No. of persons to the Acre. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate per 1000 living. | Deaths of infants under one year to 1000 births | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 100 persons living. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.† | Whooping Cough | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers | Diarrhœa. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||||
LONDON | 4,421,955 | 225 | 25,647 | 13,808 | 6 | 3190 | 103 | 277 | 6436 | 13 | 49,705 | 11.1 | 9 | 3692 | 940 | 2663 | 2931 | 5 | 564 | 13 | 3192 | 14,009 | 31 | 81,721 | 18.2 | 160 | ||
West Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paddington | 124,838 | 1,215 | 99.7 | 4 | 795 | 247 | .. | 61 | 1 | 10 | 119 | .. | 1,237 | 9.7 | 1 | 103 | 22 | 65 | 49 | .. | 13 | 1 | 66 | 320 | 2.5 | 1,947 | 15.3 | 156 |
Kensington | 170,660 | 2,190 | 77'9 | 13 | 1,020 | 372 | .. | 95 | 7 | 8 | 275 | 1,790 | 10.3 | .. | 173 | 40 | 70 | 99 | .. | 16 | 1 | 60 | 459 | 2.6 | 2,914 | 16.8 | 178 | |
Hammersmith | 104,551 | 2,287 | 45.7 | 3 | 532 | 218 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 121 | .. | 939 | 8.8 | .. | 62 | 21 | 52 | 62 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 85 | 298 | 2.8 | 1,828 | 17.2 | 179 |
Fulham | 115,008 | 1,716 | 67.0 | 2 | 628 | 356 | .. | 54 | 5 | 9 | 99 | 2 | 1,155 | 9.9 | .. | 101 | 29 | 77 | 69 | .. | 9 | 134 | 419 | 3.6 | 2,057 | 17.6 | 175 | |
Chelsea | 96,657 | 796 | 121.4 | 2 | 571 | 488 | 66 | 2 | 6 | 120 | .. | 1,255 | 12.8 | .. | 110 | 23 | 115 | 63 | .. | 10 | 1 | 66 | 388 | 3.9 | 1,850 | 18.8 | 168 | |
St. George, Hanover Sauare | 80,041 | 1,119 | 71.5 | 1 | 342 | 124 | .. | 54 | 1 | 2 | 56 | .. | 580 | 7.1 | .. | 32 | 11 | 24 | 15 | .. | 9 | .. | 20 | 111 | 1.4 | 1,108 | 13.6 | 149 |
Westminster | 53,477 | 824 | 64.9 | 2 | 224 | 109 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 79 | .. | 452 | 8.3 | .. | 18 | 10 | 20 | 26 | .. | 9 | .. | 35 | 118 | 2.2 | 978 | 18.0 | 170 | |
S. James Westminster | 22,955 | 162 | 141.7 | 3 | 75 | 37 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 20 | .. | 143 | 6.1 | .. | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 10 | 52 | 2.2 | 397 | 17.0 | 149 |
North Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marylebone | 141,114 | 1,506 | 93.7 | 4 | 811 | 292 | .. | 107 | .. | 3 | 248 | .. | 1,465 | 10.2 | .. | 195 | 26 | 74 | 70 | .. | 20 | .. | 68 | 453 | 3.2 | 2,855 | 19.9 | 141 |
Hampstead | 75,812 | 2,248 | 33.7 | .. | 289 | 199 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 608 | 7.9 | .. | 58 | 7 | 30 | 22 | .. | 7 | 17 | 141 | 1.8 | 916 | 11.9 | 123 | |||
St. Pancras | 241,066 | 2,672 | 90.2 | 6 | 1,079 | 482 | .. | 200 | 1 | 21 | 355 | .. | 2,144 | 8.7 | .. | 133 | 37 | 99 | 128 | .. | 31 | 180 | 608 | 2.5 | 4,442 | 18.1 | 168 | |
Islington | 337,639 | 3,107 | 108.6 | 51 | 2,047 | 1,117 | .. | 236 | 6 | 31 | 394 | .. | 3,882 | 11.3 | 1 | 275 | 57 | 255 | 247 | .. | 47 | 1 | 160 | 1,043 | 3.0 | 5,871 | 17.1 | 150 |
Stoke Newington | 33,615 | 638 | 52.6 | 2 | 226 | 80 | 16 | .. | 1 | 40 | .. | 365 | 10.7 | .. | 5 | 8 | 19 | 16 | .. | 5 | .. | 27 | 80 | 2.3 | 434 | 12.7 | 126 | |
Hackney | 213,774 | 3,299 | 64.8 | 8 | 1,533 | 593 | .. | 202 | 7 | 6 | 311 | .. | 2,660 | 10.2 | .. | 95 | 36 | 103 | 147 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 192 | 612 | 2.8 | 3,414 | 15.7 | 146 |
Central Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Giles | 38,158 | 245 | 155.7 | .. | 180 | 60 | .. | 21 | .. | 1 | 80 | .. | 342 | 8.8 | .. | 41 | 7 | 7 | 14 | .. | 4 | .. | 16 | 89 | 2.3 | 737 | 19.0 | 147 |
St. Martin in the Fields | 13.003 | 286 | 45.4 | 1 | 73 | 16 | .. | 18 | 2 | 1 | 12 | .. | 123 | 9.3 | .. | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 30 | 2.3 | 214 | 16.2 | 164 |
Strand | 23,820 | 171 | 139.3 | .. | 132 | 37 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | 189 | 7.8 | .. | 28 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 59 | 2.4 | 550 | 22.7 | 193 |
Holborn | 30,932 | 197 | 156.9 | 1 | 123 | 72 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 65 | .. | 295 | 9.4 | 1 | 33 | .. | 12 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .. | 22 | 101 | 3.2 | 736 | 23.4 | 194 |
Clerkenwell | 66,195 | 380 | 174.2 | 5 | 461 | 246 | .. | 67 | .. | 4 | 108 | .. | 891 | 13.2 | .. | 53 | 15 | 42 | 42 | .. | 15 | .. | 88 | 255 | 3.8 | 1,393 | 20.7 | 184 |
St. Luke | 41,478 | 239 | 173.5 | 2 | 264 | 133 | .. | 38 | 2 | 2 | 133 | .. | 574 | 13.6 | .. | 35 | 21 | 26 | 23 | .. | 4 | .. | 52 | 161 | 3.8 | 1,059 | 25.1 | 154 |
.City of London | 31,409 | 668 | 47.0 | 2 | 197 | 72 | .. | 21 | 1 | .. | 34 | 327 | 10.2 | .. | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | .. | 10 | .. | 5 | 46 | 1.4 | 626 | 19.6 | 137 |