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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
Fulham 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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TABLE D.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1909. | notified cases of infectious disease. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fev«r. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||
| London | 4,816,092 | 21 | 17,254 | 6679 | 7 | 1043 | 20 | 287 | 4192 | 111 | 29,614 | 6.1 |
| Fulham | 158,560 | - | 511 | 322 | - | 41 | 1 | 34 | 115 | 3 | 1027 | 6.5 |
| Paddington | 151,955 | - | 630 | 184 | - | 29 | - | 3 | 106 | 4 | 956 | 6.3 |
| Kensington | 183,683 | - | 420 | 177 | - | 48 | - | 7 | 135 | 4 | 791 | 4.3 |
| Hammersmith | 125,704 | - | 389 | 192 | - | 16 | - | 14 | 76 | 1 | 688 | 5.5 |
| Chelsea | 75,249 | - | 307 | 98 | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | - | 460 | 6.1 |
| City of Westminster | 168,883 | 1 | 590 | 225 | - | 25 | - | 5 | 102 | 3 | 951 | 5.6 |
| St. Marylebone | 126,027 | - | 458 | 113 | - | 21 | - | 3 | 134 | 6 | 735 | 5.8 |
| Hampstead | 94,185 | - | 259 | 47 | - | 16 | _ | 5 | 30 | 4 | 361 | 3.8 |
| St. Pancras | 237,422 | 1 | 771 | 320 | - | 50 | - | 15 | 155 | 6 | 1318 | 5.5 |
| Islington | 351,202 | 3 | 1285 | 432 | 1 | 94 | - | 14 | 220 | 11 | 2060 | 5.9 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,423 | - | 110 | 28 | - | 11 | - | 4 | 27 | - | 180 | 3.3 |
| Hackney | 237,601 | 1 | 784 | 264 | - | 59 | 1 | 15 | 271 | 6 | 1401 | 5.9 |
| Holborn | 53,802 | 1 | 97 | 47 | - | 16 | 1 | 3 | 41 | - | 206 | 3.8 |
| Finsbury | 95,289 | - | 240 | 167 | 1 | 13 | - | 5 | 132 | 3 | 561 | 5.9 |
| City of London | 18,193 | 1 | 38 | 19 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 10 | - | 73 | 4.0 |
| Shored itch | 114,802 | - | 341 | 186 | - | 51 | - | 14 | 144 | 2 | 738 | 6.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,316 | 1 | 566 | 184 | - | 33 | 1 | 7 | 164 | 5 | 961 | 7.3 |
| Stepney | 312,525 | 8 | 1038 | 583 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 13 | 487 | 4 | 2208 | 7.1 |
| Poplar | 171,965 | - | 731 | 213 | - | 54 | - | 13 | 177 | 8 | 1196 | 6.9 |
| Southwark | 211,125 | 2 | 590 | 256 | - | 35 | 1 | 6 | 224 | 5 | 1119 | 5.3 |
| Bermondsey | 127,569 | - | 459 | 197 | 3 | 30 | - | 7 | 142 | 4 | 842 | 6.6 |
| Lambeth | 324,188 | - | 1171 | 378 | - | 50 | 1 | 16 | 191 | 14 | 1821 | 5.6 |
| Battersea | 186,036 | - | 733 | 288 | - | 54 | - | 14 | 156 | 4 | 1249 | 6.7 |
| Wandsworth | 297,646 | - | 997 | 371 | - | 66 | 2 | 26 | 193 | 4 | 1659 | 5.6 |
| Camber well | 283,022 | 1 | 1022 | 374 | - | 47 | - | 14 | 234 | 4 | 1696 | 6.0 |
| Deptford | 118,583 | - | 374 | 195 | - | 33 | 5 | 7 | 181 | 2 | 797 | 6.7 |
| Greenwich | 111,014 | - | 390 | 163 | - | 30 | 2 | 8 | 95 | 4 | 692 | 6.2 |
| Lewisham | 160,749 | 1 | 927 | 388 | - | 18 | 1 | 4 | 105 | - | 1447 | 9.0 |
| Woolwich | 133,374 | - | 1027 | 267 | - | 12 | - | 9 | 101 | - | 1416 | 10.6 |
| Port of London | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 10 | - |
* Including membranous croup.