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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1907. | 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. | Cerebro.Spinal meningitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Whooping.cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | |||||
| LONDON | 4,758,218 | 8 | 25,925 | 8771 | 5 | 1394 | 36 | 255 | 4496 | 132 | 41,022 | 8.6 | 1801 | 644 | 781 | 1786 | ... | 194 | 4 | 1510 | 6720 | 1.42 | 69,264 | 14.6 | 115 | |
| Paddington | 149,909 | ... | 577 | 169 | .. | 34 | 1 | 6 | 124 | ... | 911 | 6.1 | 38 | 13 | 20 | 52 | ... | 5 | ... | 42 | 170 | 1.13 | 2023 | 13.5 | 116 | |
| Kensington | 181,842 | ... | 532 | 250 | ... | 40 | 4 | 2 | 127 | 2 | 957 | 5.3 | 31 | 9 | 24 | 81 | ... | 6 | ... | 38 | 189 | 1.04 | 2482 | 13.7 | 134 | |
| Hammersmith | 122,337 | ... | 581 | 215 | ... | 40 | ... | 7 | 78 | 4 | 925 | 7.6 | 54 | 10 | 18 | 33 | ... | 6 | ... | 21 | 142 | 1.16 | 1744 | 14.3 | 120 | |
| Fulham | 166,749 | ... | 668 | 605 | ... | 58 | 1 | 15 | 130 | 3 | 1480 | 8.9 | 70 | 14 | 38 | ... | 8 | ... | 83 | 288 | 1.73 | 2195 | 13.2 | 125 | ||
| Chelsea | 74,857 | ... | 219 | 158 | .. | 21 | ... | 4 | 44 | 4 | 450 | 60 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 25 | ... | 3 | ... | 29 | 108 | 1.44 | 1117 | 15.0 | 129 | |
| City of Westminster | 172,219 | ... | 418 | 145 | ... | 51 | 2 | 3 | 102 | 4 | 725 | 4.2 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 25 | ... | 8 | ... | 41 | 122 | 0.72 | 2240 | 13.1 | 111 | |
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| St. Marylebone | 127,718 | 1 | 435 | 128 | ... | 31 | ... | 7 | 134 | 4 | 740 | 5.8 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 44 | ... | 2 | ... | 24 | 123 | 0.97 | 1912 | 15.0 | 68 | |
| Hampstead | 91,137 | 1 | 320 | 112 | ... | 21 | ... | 3 | 56 | ... | 513 | 5.6 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 46 | 0.51 | 820 | 9.0 | 72 | |
| St. Pancras | 236,753 | 1 | 848 | 349 | ... | 55 | 1 | 4 | 183 | 5 | 1446 | 6.1 | 88 | 26 | 30 | 78 | ... | 4 | ... | 49 | 275 | 1.17 | 3545 | 15.0 | 115 | |
| Islington | 347,017 | ... | 1216 | 482 | ... | 95 | 1 | 23 | 254 | 11 | 2082 | 6.0 | 131 | 22 | 41 | 124 | ... | 13 | 1 | 102 | 434 | 1.25 | 5081 | 14.7 | 120 | |
| Stoke Newington | 53,613 | ... | 252 | 118 | ... | 15 | ... | 2 | 30 | 1 | 418 | 7.8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 19 | ... | 3 | ... | 8 | 54 | 1.02 | 614 | 11.5 | 103 | |
| Hackney | 232,993 | ... | 1808 | 543 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 15 | 311 | 4 | 2792 | 12.0 | 60 | 43 | 47 | 68 | ... | 21 | ... | 80 | 319 | 1.37 | 3168 | 13.6 | 110 | |
| Holborn | 55,134 | .. | 157 | 64 | 1 | 14 | ... | 1 | 39 | 2 | 278 | 5.1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 28 | ... | 2 | ... | 16 | 70 | 1.28 | 956 | 17.4 | 89 | |
| Finsbury | 96,732 | ... | 505 | 155 | ... | 23 | .. | 3 | 109 | 3 | 798 | 8.3 | 49 | 17 | 16 | 52 | ... | 2 | ... | 40 | 176 | 1.83 | 1808 | 18.7 | 111 | |
| City of London | 20,310 | 2 | 97 | 28 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 15 | ...... | 151 | 7.5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .. | 2 | ... | 1 | 17 | 0.85 | 341 | 16.8 | 97 |
| Shoreditch | 115,662 | 1 | 877 | 223 | ... | 36 | ... | 3 | 138 | 6 | 1284 | 11.1 | 119 | 28 | 20 | 101 | ... | 6 | ... | 74 | 348 | 3.01 | 2360 | 20.5 | 157 | |
| Betbnal Green | 130,831 | ... | 1288 | 290 | 1 | 55 | ... | 5 | 247 | 8 | 1894 | 14.5 | 71 | 43 | 18 | 60 | ... | 7 | ... | 57 | 256 | 1.96 | 2281 | 17.5 | 140 | |
| Stepney | 308,923 | ... | 3128 | 751 | 1 | 120 | 10 | 16 | 473 | 9 | 4508 | 14.6 | ... | 155 | 83 | 93 | 102 | ... | 21 | 1 | 153 | 608 | 1.97 | 4897 | 15.9 | 116 |
| Poplar | 171,086 | 1 | 1285 | 360 | ... | 81 | ... | 14 | 187 | 11 | 1939 | 11.4 | 96 | 44 | 50 | 82 | ... | 11 | ... | 78 | 361 | 2.11 | 2878 | 16.9 | 126 | |
| Southwark | 209,781 | ... | 1275 | 422 | ... | 80 | ... | 19 | 256 | 11 | 2062 | 9.9 | 112 | 35 | 36 | 103 | ... | 11 | ... | 101 | 398 | 1.90 | 3771 | 18.0 | 142 | |
| Bermondsey | 128,263 | ... | 1021 | 319 | ... | 45 | ... | 5 | 143 | 7 | 1540 | 12.0 | 52 | 36 | 21 | 55 | ... | 7 | ... | 48 | 219 | 1.71 | 2338 | 18.3 | 124 | |
| Lambeth | 318,538 | ... | 1478 | 327 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 23 | 225 | 13 | 2127 | 6.7 | 107 | 40 | 47 | 111 | ... | 5 | ... | 92 | 402 | 1.28 | 4650 | 14.6 | 109 | |
| Battersea | 181,736 | ... | 977 | 359 | ... | 44 | 1 | 13 | 175 | 10 | 1579 | 8.7 | 69 | 19 | 38 | 68 | ... | 4 | ... | 45 | 243 | 1.34 | 2404 | 13.3 | 117 | |
| Wandsworth | 281,419 | ... | 1321 | 636 | ... | 69 | 1 | 27 | 214 | 3 | 2271 | 8.1 | 65 | 24 | 40 | 112 | ... | 11 | ... | 74 | 326 | 1.16 | 3449 | 12.3 | 101 | |
| Camberwell | 277,059 | ... | 1571 | 405 | ... | 82 | ... | 16 | 264 | 3 | 2341 | 8.5 | 122 | 37 | 39 | 118 | ... | 8 | ... | 72 | 396 | 1.43 | 3830 | 13.9 | 117 | |
| Deptford | 116,510 | ... | 777 | 318 | ... | 34 | 6 | 4 | 145 | 2 | 1286 | 11.1 | 54 | 14 | 25 | 37 | ... | 6 | 1 | 34 | 171 | 1.47 | 1639 | 141 | 108 | |
| Greenwich | 107,222 | ... | 661 | 257 | ... | 18 | ... | 2 | 93 | 1 | 1032 | 9.7 | 58 | 10 | 18 | 26 | ... | ... | 37 | 154 | 1.44 | 1362 | 12.7 | 100 | ||
| Lewisham | 152,532 | ... | 604 | 302 | ... | 32 | ... | 7 | 86 | 1 | 1032 | 6.8 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 51 | ... | 1 | ... | 29 | 128 | 0.85 | 1747 | 11.5 | 90 | |
| Woolwich | 129,336 | ... | 1027 | 279 | ... | 27 | ... | 6 | 113 | 1 | 1453 | 11.3 | 72 | 14 | 15 | 37 | ... | 4 | l | 34 | 177 | 1.37 | 1616 | 12.5 | 112 | |
| Port of London | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ...... | 8 | ... | ... | - | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
* Including Membranous Croup.