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 Lewisham]
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Table 13.
Death rates
Boroughs. | Death-rates per 1000 Living. | |||||||||
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All Causes. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Phthisis. | ||||||
Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distri bution | After Distribution | Before Distribution . | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | Before Distribution | After Distribution | |
County of London | 15.6 | 15.1 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1.46 | 1.42 |
West. | ||||||||||
Paddington | 15.0 | 13 3 | — | 0.05 | 0. 01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.92 | 0.96 |
Kensington | 15.9 | 140 | — | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 1.98 | 1.14 |
Hammersmith | 12.0 | 13.9 | — | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.83 | 1.16 |
Fulham | 150 | 15.1 | 0.40 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 1.33 | 1.22 |
Chelsea | 21.7 | 14.8 | — | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 3.11 | 1.51 |
City of Westm | 14-5 | 13.5 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.89 | 1.51 |
North. | ||||||||||
St. Marylebone | 13.1 | 15.5 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 1.46 | |
Hampstead | 12.3 | 9.3 | 0.90 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 1.88 | 0.83 |
St. Pancras | 15.9 | 15.8 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.58 | 1.52 | |
Islington | 14.2 | 14.5 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 1.50 | 1.26 |
Stoke Newington | 10.2 | 12.9 | — | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.09 | — | — | 0.89 | 1.33 |
Hackney | 14.9 | 14.0 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 1.24 | 1.15 |
Central. | ||||||||||
Holborn | 20.1 | 17.5 | _ | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 1-62 | 2.84 |
Finsbury | 10.4 | 19.0 | 0.02 | 0.21 | — | 0.12 | — | 0.09 | 0-86 | 2.02 |
City of London | 40.9 | 17.4 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.09 | — | 1-79 | 1.34 |
East. | ||||||||||
Shoreditch | 19.2 | 19.7 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.02 | 1.96 |
Bethnal Green | 18.1 | 18.6 | — | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 2.19 | 2.4 |
Stepney | 18.6 | 17.7 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 00.5 | 0.07 | 1.52 | 1.72 |
Poplar | 17.9 | 17.6 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1.67 | 1.53 |
South. | ||||||||||
South wark | 16.3 | 18.5 | _ | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1.33 | 2.13 |
Bermondsey | 14.9 | 18.7 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 1.62 | 1.79 |
Lambeth | 15.7 | 14.9 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 003 | 1.27 | 1.38 |
Battersea | 14.4 | 14.5 | _ | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 1.24 | 1.34 |
Wandsworth | 11.8 | 12.6 | 0.26 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 1.01 | 1.02 |
Camber well | 15.0 | 13.7 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.75 | 1.21 |
Deptford | 10.0 | 14.3 | _ | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.74 | 1.22 |
Greenwich | 17.7 | 13.4 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 1.81 | 1.26 |
Lewisham | 12. 5 | 11. | 0.50 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.78 | 0.87 |
Woolwich | 11.7 | 12.8 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 1.52 |
* Taken from Registrar-General's Summary.