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 West Ham]
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Vital Statistics of London Boroughs and Large English Towns.
TOWNS. | Population Estimated middle of 1904. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate per 1,000 Persons Living from | Deaths under one year per 1,000 births. | ||||||||||
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All Causes. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | |||||
Paddington | 146,975 | 22.5 | 13.8 | 1.56 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.90 | 1.20 | 136 | |
Kensington | 179,236 | 19.3 | 14.3 | 1.45 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.78 | 1.44 | 150 | |
Hammersmith | 117,412 | 26.9 | 15.7 | 2.53 | - | 0.91 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 004 | 10.3 | 1.38 | 152 | |
Fulham | 152,482 | 32.3 | 15.4 | 2.49 | - | 0.42 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.38 | 004 | 1.47 | 1.43 | 153 | |
Chelsea | 74,329 | 20.9 | 16.5 | 1.49 | - | 0.34 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0 35 | 0.03 | 0 62 | 1.82 | 156 | |
Westminster | 177,321 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 0.87 | - | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 006 | 0.48 | 1.52 | 125 | |
St. Marylebone | 130,337 | 30 4 | 16.2 | 1.51 | - | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0 02 | 0.83 | 1.66 | 94 | |
Hampstead | 86,663 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 0.66 | - | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 006 | 0.24 | 0.83 | 113 | |
St. Pancras | 235,936 | 26.0 | 17.4 | 2.01 | - | 0.54 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.35 | 007 | 0.78 | 1.88 | 150 | |
Islington | 341,044 | 26.1 | 15.4 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.73 | 1.55 | 129 | |
Stoke Newington | 52,445 | 21.8 | 13.3 | 113 | — | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 006 | 0.50 | 1.72 | 114 | |
Hackney | 226,266 | 27.3 | 14.9 | 2.13 | — | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0 12 | 1.10 | 1.39 | 142 | |
Holborn | 57,161 | 28.6 | 18.5 | 1.80 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 007 | 0.72 | 2.86 | 109 | ||
Finsbury | 98,958 | 36.4 | 21.3 | 2.57 | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 1 25 | 2.39 | 140 | |
Shoredjtch | 117,033 | 32.1 | 20.4 | 3.20 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.54 | 0.07 | 1 .62 | 2.18 | 188 | |
Bethnal Green | 130,207 | 34.9 | 19.3 | 2.95 | 0 .05 | 0.69 | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 005 | 1.25 | 2.16 | 157 | |
Stepney | 303,791 | 37.0 | 19.4 | 2.84 | 0.1 | 0.57 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 010 | 1.33 | 2.12 | 155 | |
Poplar | 169,905 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 3.37 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 008 | 1.61 | 1.74 | 154 | |
Southwark | 207,937 | 31.6 | 20.1 | 3.13 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.57 | 009 | 1.36 | 2.36 | 174 | |
Bermondsey | 129,397 | 32.5 | 20.0 | 3.52 | — | 1.05 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.53 | 012 | 1.55 | 2.12 | 172 | |
Lambeth | 310,359 | 29.3 | 15.8 | 210 | — | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 1.02 | 1.45 | 138 | |
Rattersea | 175,465 | 27.7 | 14.5 | 202 | — | 0.34 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 113 | 1.42 | 147 |