London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Newington 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Newington]
This page requires JavaScript
DEATHS IN THE SANITARY AREA FROM THE PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
| With the Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||||||||||
| Population at 1896 Census, 120,939. | Estimated at middle of 1896, 121,191 | |||||||||
| Total Births in 1896, 4,276. | Total Deaths in 1896, 2,527. | |||||||||
| Total. | Small pox. | Measles. | Scarlet fever. | Diptheria. | Whooping cough. | Typhus fever | Enteric fever | Diptheria | Cholera | Deaths under 1 year to 1,600 Births registered. |
| 1 | 98 | 29 | 71 | 66 | .. | 18 | 127 | .. | ||
| The Zym otic Rate per 1 000 a nd In fant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 3-35 | 0*01 | 0*80 | 0-24 | 0-58 | 0-54 | 0-00 | 0-15 | 1-03 | 000 | 184 |
| The Zymotic Rate for the w hole of Lo ndon and Infant Rate. | ||||||||||
| 3-11 | o-oo | 0-82 | 0-21 | 0-59 | 0-65 | o-oo | 0-13 | 0-71 | o-oo | 160 |
Birth-Rate for London, 1896 .. .. .. .. .. 30-2
Do. Newington ,, .. .. .. .. 35-2
Death-Rate for London .. .. .. .. 18-6
Do. Newington ,, .. .. .. .. .. 20*5
Mean Birth-Rate for London for 10 years, 1886-1895 .. 31-5
Do. Newington ,, ,, ,, .. 34*7
Mean Death-Rate for London for 10 years, 1896-1895 .. 20-1
Do, Newington ,, .. .. 21-8