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 Southwark, Borough of]
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ST. MICHAEL'S WARD.
Aster Place, Bittern Street, Clenham Street, Dodson Street, Friar
Street, Gable Cottages, Gilbert Buildings, Goodwin Buildings, Gray
Street, Ilfracombe Buildings, Lant Street, Library Mansions, Little
Suffolk Street, Little Surrey Street, Marshall Buildings, Milcote Street,
Monarch Buildings, Nelson Place, Priory Buildings, Quilp Street,
St. George's Buildings, St. George's Mansions, Sturge Street, Sussex
House, Toulmin Street, Tower Street, Westminster Bridge Road.
ST. JUDE'S WARD.
Brook Street, Burman Street, Hayles Buildings, Lambeth Road,
London Road, St. George's Buildings, Southwark Bridge Road.
ST. GEORGE'S WARD.
Cardol Place, Chapel Court, Chaucer House, Crosslet Street,
Devonshire House, Harbledown House, Lansdowne Place, Law Street,
McBean's Buildings, Madron Street, Mermaid Court, Mina Road,
Prioress Street, Rochester House, Westcott Street.
CHRISTCHURCH WARD.
Bear Lane, Boddy's Bridge, Burrell Street, Charles Street, Dolben
Street, Nelson House, Scoresby Street, Stamford Street, Surrey Row,
Upper Ground Place, Union Street.
ST. SAVIOUR'S WARD.
Elizabeth Place, Emerson Place, Emerson Street, Great Guildford
Street, Ladd's Court, Mander Place, Mowbray Buildings, Moss Alley,
Noah's Ark Alley, Peabody Buildings, Skin Market Place, Stanhope
Buildings, Taylor's Yard, Townsend Yard, White Hind Alley.
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population, 1927. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | Deaths from | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | |||||
| LONDON | 4,541,000 | 15.9 | 11.6 | 67 | 45 | 1355 | 78 | 396 | 388 | 738 |
| Paddington | 142,700 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 84 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| Kensington | 176,500 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 86 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
| Hammersmith | 132,800 | 17.0 | 11.4 | 67 | — | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| Fulham | 161,900 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 77 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
| Chelsea | 63,690 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 48 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| City of Westminster | 136,500 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 |
| St. Marylebone | 103,500 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 77 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| Hampstead | 86,160 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 | 7 |
| St. Pancras | 212,800 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 79 | 1 | 125 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 46 |
| Islington | 334,300 | 17.4 | 12.3 | 64 | 2 | 158 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 66 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,130 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 59 | — | 7 | — | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Hackney | 224,700 | 15.5 | 11.2 | 68 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 |
| Holborn | 42,209 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 55 | _ | 8 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Finsbury | 75,500 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 83 | — | 52 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 |
| City of London | 13,010 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 73 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Shored itch | 105,700 | 19.8 | 12.8 | 76 | — | 59 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| Bethnal Green | 117,900 | 18.1 | 11.0 | 73 | — | 44 | 2 | 9 | 33 | |
| Stepney | 250,880 | 18.0 | 11.4 | 72 | 4 | 99 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 72 |
| Poplar | 167,000 | 19.3 | 11.3 | 71 | 3 | 57 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 42 |
| Southwark (1928) Pop | 181,300 | 19.2 | 12.7 | 70 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 28 |
| Bermondsey | 121,000 | 18.8 | 12.4 | 78 | 1 | 87 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 15 |
| Lambeth | 307,700 | 16.3 | 11.7 | 61 | 3 | 61 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 33 |
| Battersea | 169,000 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 62 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 26 |
| Wandsworth | 342,700 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 50 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
| Camberwell | 271,000 | 15.3 | 11.2 | 61 | 2 | 105 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 35 |
| Deptford | 113,800 | 16.1 | 11.7 | 76 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 20 |
| Greenwich | 101,920 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 54 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
| Lewisham | 188,600 | 16.1 | 10.3 | 52 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 22 |
| Woolwich | 140,770 | 15.7 | 10.7 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 |