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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL STATISTICS OF THE
DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS OCCURRING IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS DURING 1906.
Boroughs. | Estimated Population middle of 1906. | Births. | Deaths. | Annual Rate per 1000 Living. | Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Simple and Ill-defined Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Principal Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
County of London | 4,721,217 | 125,652 | 71,155 | 26.7 | 15.1 | 1.93 | 9.047 | — | 1,909 | 533 | 691 | 1,226 | — | 260 | 4 | 4,424 | 6,775 | 130 |
Paddington | 148,913 | 3,165 | 1,856 | 21.3 | 12.5 | 1.30 | 193 | — | 16 | 18 | 15 | 12 | — | 7 | — | 125 | 167 | 112 |
Kensington | 180,952 | 3,323 | 2,499 | 1.4 | 13.8 | 1.56 | 280 | — | 81 | 11 | 19 | 20 | — | 5 | — | 144 | 229 | 137 |
Hammersmith | 120,679 | 3,021 | 1,777 | 25.1 | 14.8 | 2.13 | 257 | — | 57 | 15 | 27 | 19 | — | 8 | — | 131 | 151 | 142 |
Fulham | 161,965 | 4,767 | 2,214 | 29.5 | 13.7 | 2.40 | 388 | — | 53 | 18 | 32 | 31 | — | 13 | — | 241 | 182 | 136 |
Chelsea | 74,672 | 1,506 | 1,168 | 20.2 | 15.7 | 2.03 | 151 | — | 58 | 9 | 15 | 17 | — | — | — | 52 | 117 | 141 |
City of Westminster | 173,905 | 2,763 | 2,244 | 15.9 | 12.9 | 0.84 | 145 | — | 17 | 14 | 16 | 23 | — | 5 | 1 | 69 | 241 | 119 |
St. Marylebone | 128,580 | 4,029 | 1,910 | 31.4 | 14.9 | 1.28 | 164 | — | 47 | 14 | 12 | 11 | — | 3 | — | 77 | 200 | 79 |
Hampstead | 89,633 | 1,433 | 844 | 16.0 | 9.4 | 0.57 | 351 | — | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 23 | 60 | 79 |
St. Pancras | 236,455 | 5,742 | 3,743 | 24.4 | 15.9 | 1.65 | 592 | — | 96 | 32 | 23 | 70 | — | 15 | 1 | 155 | 426 | 131 |
Islington | 344,987 | 8,484 | 5,071 | 24.7 | 14.7 | 1.62 | 55 | — | 193 | 37 | 30 | 74 | — | 20 | — | 201 | 422 | 128 |
Stoke Newington | 53,217 | 1,082 | 612 | 20.4 | 11.5 | 1.10 | 58 | — | 11 | 1 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | 25 | 55 | 104 |
Hackney | 230,721 | 5,846 | 3,061 | 25.4 | 13.3 | 1.58 | 363 | — | 65 | 22 | 20 | 39 | — | 14 | — | 203 | 300 | 116 |
Holborn | 55,805 | 1,644 | 1,001 | 29.5 | 18.0 | 1.44 | 80 | — | 25 | 3 | 6 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 35 | 132 | 91 |
Finsbury | 97,466 | 3,461 | 2,011 | 35.6 | 20.7 | 3.59 | 349 | — | 123 | 15 | 23 | 54 | — | 14 | — | 120 | 212 | 136 |
City of London | 21,367 | 341 | 369 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 1.08 | 23 | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 37 | 135 |
Shoreditch | 116,108 | 3,802 | 2,275 | 32.8 | 19.6 | 3.13 | 362 | — | 75 | 19 | 15 | 61 | — | — | — | 187 | 233 | 169 |
Bethnal Green | 130,609 | 4,430 | 2,464 | 34.0 | 18.9 | 2.55 | 333 | — | 60 | 22 | 20 | 63 | — | 14 | — | 154 | 293 | 157 |
Stepney | 307,176 | 10,957 | 5,431 | 35.8 | 17.7 | 2.74 | 840 | — | 175 | 37 | 61 | 104 | — | 26 | — | 437 | 526 | 133 |
Poplar | 170,673 | 5,284 | 2,999 | 31.0 | 17.7 | 2.95 | 503 | — | 108 | 13 | 28 | 52 | — | 11 | — | 291 | 263 | 155 |
Southwark | 209,143 | 6,079 | 3,768 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 2.23 | 462 | — | 95 | 45 | 31 | 54 | — | 12 | — | 225 | 420 | 147 |
Bermondsey | 128,629 | 4,036 | 2,532 | 31.5 | 19.7 | 2.94 | 377 | — | 94 | 29 | 34 | 51 | — | 4 | — | 165 | 258 | 154 |
Lambeth | 315,774 | 8,972 | 4,726 | 28.5 | 15.0 | 1.69 | 532 | — | 77 | 28 | 51 | 71 | — | 22 | 1 | 282 | 430 | 121 |
Battersea | 179,622 | 4,597 | 2,392 | 25.7 | 13.4 | 1.82 | 327 | — | 41 | 24 | 18 | 78 | — | — | 158 | 230 | 129 | |
Wandsworth | 273,381 | 7,068 | 3,481 | 25.9 | 12.8 | 1.60 | 435 | — | 66 | 19 | 49 | 60 | — | 15 | — | 226 | 274 | 124 |
Camberwell | 274,132 | 6,909 | 3,998 | 25.3 | 14.6 | 1.88 | 514 | — | 112 | 25 | 40 | 77 | — | 13 | — | 344 | 132 | |
Deptford | 115,495 | 3,260 | 1,854 | 28.2 | 16.0 | 2.75 | 318 | — | 71 | 16 | 18 | 61 | — | 6 | — | 146 | 148 | 144 |
Greenwich | 105,350 | 2,667 | 1,415 | 25.4 | 13.5 | 1.87 | 196 | — | 31 | 17 | 29 | 42 | — | 5 | — | 72 | 125 | 119 |
Lewisham | 148,463 | 3,445 | 1,777 | 23.3 | 12.0 | 1.46 | 215 | — | 21 | 14 | 21 | 27 | — | 1 | 1 | 130 | 122 | 113 |
Woolwich | 127,345 | 3,539 | 1,668 | 27.9 | 13.1 | 1.52 | 192 | — | 30 | 5 | 22 | 21 | — | 9 | — | 106 | 169 | 110 |