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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 1910
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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TABLE D.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1910. | NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet Fevrr. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||
| London | 4,859,727 | 7 | 10,509 | 5494 | 3 | 1284 | 16 | 292 | 3982 | 115 | 21,705 | 4.5 |
| Fulham | 158,307 | _ | 354 | 257 | - | 18 | 2 | 20 | 115 | 7 | 773 | 4.9 |
| Paddington | 153,004 | — | 261 | 120 | — | 40 | — | 9 | 100 | 7 | 537 | 3.5 |
| Kensington | 184,635 | — | 263 | 155 | — | 37 | 3 | 10 | 142 | 2 | 612 | 3.3 |
| Hammersmith | 127.413 | — | 341 | 165 | — | 31 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 612 | 4.8 |
| Chelsea | 75,457 | — | 120 | 83 | — | 16 | — | 3 | 20 | — | 242 | 3.2 |
| City of Westminster | 167,233 | 1 | 248 | 149 | — | 48 | — | 6 | 117 | 2 | 481 | 3.9 |
| St. Marylebone | 125,195 | _ | 208 | 127 | 1 | 22 | _ | 4 | 117 | 2 | 481 | 3.9 |
| Hampstead | 95,729 | — | 144 | 51 | — | 20 | _ | 2 | 32 | 2 | 251 | 2.6 |
| St. Pancras | 237,792 | — | 681 | 263 | — | 63 | — | 13 | 191 | 10 | 1221 | 5.1 |
| Islington | 353,356 | 1 | 731 | 473 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 20 | 213 | 16 | 1545 | 4.4 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,838 | _ | 85 | 53 | - | 10 | _ | 3 | 31 | 1 | 183 | 3.3 |
| Hackney | 239,979 | — | 403 | 190 | — | 64 | — | 16 | 254 | 6 | 933 | 3.9 |
| Holborn | 53,142 | _ | 68 | 45 | - | 25 | _ | _ | 42 | 1 | 181 | 3.4 |
| Finsbury | 94,578 | — | 165 | 150 | — | 30 | _ | 7 | 170 | 4 | 526 | 5.6 |
| City of London | 17,132 | — | 21 | 20 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 16 | 1 | 63 | 3.7 |
| Shoreditch | 114,387 | 2 | 213 | 131 | - | 48 | - | 8 | 130 | 5 | 537 | 4.7 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,579 | _ | 236 | 182 | _ | 108 | 1 | 13 | 174 | 7 | 721 | 5.5 |
| Stepney | 314,379 | _ | 554 | 404 | _ | 118 | _ | 29 | 381 | 7 | 1493 | 4.8 |
| Poplar | 172,432 | 1 | 470 | 175 | 1 | 62 | — | 15 | 209 | 3 | 936 | 5.4 |
| Southwark | 211,832 | _ | 419 | 284 | _ | 54 | _ | 16 | 244 | 3 | 1020 | 4.8 |
| Bermondsey | 127,238 | 1 | 364 | 210 | — | 38 | _ | 6 | 130 | 5 | 754 | 5.9 |
| Lambeth | 327 074 | _ | 908 | 327 | _ | 78 | 1 | 19 | 193 | 5 | 1531 | 4.7 |
| Battersea | 188.222 | _ | 488 | 227 | _ | 45 | 2 | 16 | 170 | 5 | 953 | 5.1 |
| Wandsworth | 305,838 | _ | 681 | 286 | — | 54 | _ | 20 | 182 | 5 | 1228 | 4.0 |
| Camberwell | 286,058 | _ | 511 | 272 | _ | 76 | 2 | 7 | 219 | 2 | 1089 | 3.8 |
| Deptford | 119,642 | - | 301 | 130 | - | 24 | 2 | 2 | 144 | 1 | 604 | 5.1 |
| Greenwich | 112,935 | - | 171 | 168 | _ | 20 | - | 5 | 89 | 1 | 454 | 4.0 |
| Lewisham | 164,899 | - | 573 | 224 | - | 29 | - | 5 | 61 | 2 | 894 | 5.4 |
| Woolwich | 135,422 | 1 | 526 | 172 | — | 10 | — | 8 | 90 | 1 | 808 | 6.0 |
| Port of London | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | - | — | 3 | — | 8 | — |
* Including membranous croup.