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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
Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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99 [1900
Table LXXXIII. Showing the number of Gases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Districts.
| District in which the Patients were resident. | Estimated Population, 1900. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 178,100 | .. | 545 | 310 | 6 | 205 | .. | 1 | .. | 164 | 6 | 1,237 |
| Bermondsey | 85,920 | .. | 258 | 347 | 5 | 120 | .. | .. | .. | 60 | 6 | 796 |
| Bethnal Green | 128,831 | 4 | 370 | 391 | 16 | 153 | .. | 1 | .. | 234 | 8 | 1,177 |
| Camberwell | 268,457 | 3 | 817 | 891 | 10 | 187 | .. | 6 | .. | 215 | 10 | 2,139 |
| Chelsea | 90,715 | 2 | 233 | 179 | 2 | 81 | .. | 3 | .. | 71 | 7 | 580 |
| Clerkenwell | 66,007 | .. | 138 | 120 | 1 | 60 | .. | 1 | .. | 76 | 1 | 397 |
| Fulham | 136,383 | 9 | 550 | 635 | 9 | 92 | .. | 2 | .. | 153 | 9 | 1,459 |
| Greenwich | 184,582 | .. | 685 | 503 | 19 | 177 | .. | 2 | .. | 239 | 11 | 1,636 |
| Hackney | 225,519 | 16 | 694 | 615 | 7 | 228 | .. | 5 | .. | 232 | 15 | 1,813 |
| Hammersmith | 110,203 | 2 | 352 | 252 | .. | 103 | .. | 2 | .. | 113 | 6 | 830 |
| Hampstead | 81,766 | .. | 224 | 156 | 4 | 50 | .. | .. | .. | 50 | 4 | 488 |
| Holborn | 29,188 | .. | 100 | 67 | .. | 25 | .. | 1 | .. | 41 | .. | 234 |
| Islington | 351.541 | 2 | 1,074 | 624 | 9 | 259 | .. | 6 | .. | 285 | 16 | 2,276 |
| Kensington | 173,603 | 5 | 367 | 328 | 4 | 104 | .. | 10 | .. | 159 | 9 | 986 |
| Lambeth | 312,152 | 1 | 825 | 843 | 6 | 279 | .. | 17 | .. | 238 | 12 | 2,223 |
| Lee | 40,722 | .. | 137 | 162 | 1 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 2 | 345 |
| Lewisham | 93,548 | .. | 418 | 307 | 4 | 59 | .. | .. | .. | 70 | 4 | 862 |
| Limehouse | 58,944 | 1 | 172 | 180 | .. | 75 | .. | .. | .. | 107 | 2 | 537 |
| Marylebone | 139,777 | 5 | 382 | 214 | 3 | 82 | .. | .. | .. | 200 | 5 | 891 |
| Mile End Old Town | 113,781 | 1 | 334 | 289 | 8 | 119 | .. | .. | .. | 176 | 6 | 933 |
| Paddington | 130,104 | 5 | 306 | 153 | 2 | 56 | .. | 3 | .. | 123 | 6 | 656 |
| Plumstead | 65,558 | .. | 298 | 238 | 4 | 39 | .. | 2 | .. | 73 | 4 | 658 |
| Poplar | 170,968 | 2 | 500 | 620 | 25 | 270 | .. | 2 | .. | 194 | 10 | 1,624 |
| Rotherhithe | 41,246 | .. | 102 | 107 | 6 | 77 | .. | .. | .. | 71 | 3 | 366 |
| Shoreditch | 120,641 | 3 | 327 | 344 | 10 | 126 | .. | 2 | .. | 171 | 8 | 991 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 48,875 | 7 | 138 | 114 | 4 | 65 | .. | .. | .. | 86 | 8 | 422 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 81,133 | 2 | 167 | 89 | 3 | 55 | .. | 3 | .. | 47 | 1 | 367 |
| St. George, Southwark | 60,597 | .. | 251 | 216 | 5 | 179 | .. | 1 | .. | 75 | 2 | 729 |
| St. Giles | 36,870 | .. | 98 | 58 | 2 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | 51 | 1 | 243 |
| St. James, Westminster | 21,457 | .. | 62 | 39 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 129 |
| St. Luke's, Middlesex | 40,655 | .. | 96 | 76 | 1 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | 58 | 1 | 263 |
| St. Margaret's and St. John, Westminster | 51,657 | .. | 122 | 104 | 1 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | 53 | 4 | 316 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 11,865 | .. | 24 | 14 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 52 |
| St. Mary, Newington | 125,138 | 1 | 356 | 438 | 10 | 101 | .. | .. | .. | 135 | 10 | 1.052 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 10,909 | .. | 37 | 14 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 67 |
| St. Pancras | 245,651 | 7 | 658 | 584 | 6 | 356 | .. | .. | .. | 234 | 11 | 1,857 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 23,854 | .. | 82 | 115 | 1 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 2 | 250 |
| Stoke Newington | 35,718 | .. | 126 | 127 | 3 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 4 | 314 |
| Strand | 22,748 | .. | 79 | 37 | 1 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 137 |
| Wandsworth | 217,004 | 4 | 673 | 447 | 6 | 153 | .. | 1 | .. | 206 | 15 | 1,505 |
| Whitechapel | 82,220 | 1 | 399 | 257 | 5 | 79 | .. | .. | .. | 129 | 6 | 877 |
| Woolwich | 41,600 | 2 | 134 | 98 | 1 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 2 | 299 |
| City of London | 26,922 | .. | 83 | 66 | .. | 29 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | 199 |
| Port of London | .. | 2 | 4 | 17 | .. | 30 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 56 |
| Grand Totals | .. | 87 | 13,797 | 11,784 | 210 | 4,301 | 7 | 73 | 5 | 4,767 | 237 | 35,268 |
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