London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Plumstead 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE IV.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (a) | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. (e) | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. (b) | Estimated to middle of 1894. (c) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina j | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | Fevers. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas, | Total. | |||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | Cholera. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||
| st. james | 4696 | .. | .. | Under 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| st. margaret | 12550 | .. | .. | Under 5 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 101 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 153 | 3 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | ||||
| all saints | 5966 | .. | .. | Under 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| st. john | 5752 | .. | .. | Under 5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| st. nicholas | 23207 | .. | .. | Under 5 | 1 | 79 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 5 upwds. | 9 | 170 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 236 | 7 | 130 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | ||||
| workhouse | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| infirmary | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| totals | 52436 | 59233 | 1910 | Under 5 | 1 | 156 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 215 | 1 | 95 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| 5 upwds. | 21 | 324 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 498 | 14 | 236 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 288 | ||||
State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease " is compulsory in the District—Yes. Since when ?—Notification Act. State here the name of the Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the
District. Mark (H) the Locality in which such Hospital is situated; and if not within the District, state where it is situated—South Eastern Fever Hospital, Deptford.