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 the four weeks, March 1st to March 28th, 1903...
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Four Weeks ended Saturday, 28th March, 1903.
Name of Borough. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1901. | |
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West. | Kensington | ... | 33 | 13 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 62 | 176,628 |
Paddington | ... | 7 | 19 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 39 | 143,976 | |
Hammersmith | ... | 32 | 21 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 68 | 112,239 | |
Fulham | ... | 56 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 13 | ... | ... | 90 | 137,289 | |
Chelsea | 2 | 8 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 27 | 73,842 | |
City of Westminster | ... | 36 | 18 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 68 | 183,011 | |
North. | St. Marylebone | ... | 33 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | ... | 57 | 133,301 |
Hampstead | ... | 18 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 31 | 81,942 | |
St. Pancras | ... | 64 | 48 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 20 | ... | ... | 138 | 235,317 | |
Islington | ... | 66 | 37 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ... | 126 | 334,991 | |
Stoke Newington | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 51,247 | |
Hackney | ... | 49 | 57 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 21 | 1 | ... | 133 | 219,272 | |
Central. | Holborn | ... | 10 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 23 | 59,405 |
Finsbury | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 1 | ... | 33 | 101,463 | |
City of London | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 26,923 | |
East. | Shoreditch | ... | 18 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | 1 | ... | 45 | 118,637 |
Bethnal Green | ... | 17 | 25 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 63 | 129,680 | |
Stepney | 3 | 55 | 45 | 9 | 1 | ... | 1 | 22 | 2 | ... | 138 | 298,600 | |
Poplar | ... | 22 | 23 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | 62 | 168,822 | |
South. | Southwark | ... | 43 | 39 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 101 | 206,180 |
Bermondsey | 2 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 12 | ... | ... | 83 | 130,760 | |
Lambeth | ... | 58 | 34 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 2 | ... | 113 | 301,895 | |
Battersea | ... | 50 | 16 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 91 | 169,907 | |
Wandsworth | ... | 69 | 52 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | 142 | 232,034 | |
Camberwell | 1 | 67 | 28 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 114 | 259,339 | |
Deptford | ... | 40 | 34 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | ... | 88 | 110,398 | |
Greenwich | ... | 14 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 32 | 95,770 | |
Lewisham | ... | 40 | 22 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 71 | 127,495 | |
Woolwich | ... | 12 | 12 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 30 | 117,178 | |
Port of London | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ||
Grand Totals | 10 | 990 | 641 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 311 | 16 | ... | 2,093 |