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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
Kensington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Parish]
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Corrected Notifications of Infectious Disease in 1896.
| Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fever. | Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population 1896. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 13 | 1011 | ... | 94 | 6 | 11 | 360 | 277 | 9 | ... | 1781 | 170,465 |
| Battersea | 8 | 1175 | ... | 109 | 1 | 28 | 391 | 253 | 10 | ... | 1975 | 165,115 |
| Bermondsey | 4 | 394 | ... | 65 | ... | 8 | 250 | 131 | 5 | ... | 857 | 85,475 |
| Bethnal Green | 2 | 1257 | ... | 129 | 4 | 35 | 425 | 327 | 12 | ... | 2191 | 129,162 |
| Camberwell | 13 | 1222 | 3 | 176 | ... | 23 | 1407 | 319 | 16 | 1 | 3179 | 253,076 |
| Chelsea | 2 | 571 | ... | 66 | 2 | 7 | 481 | 120 | 6 | ... | 1255 | 96,646 |
| Clerkenwell | 5 | 461 | ... | 67 | ... | 12 | 234 | 108 | 4 | ... | 891 | 66,202 |
| Fulham | 2 | 628 | ... | 54 | 5 | 14 | 342 | 99 | 9 | 2 | 1155 | 113,781 |
| Greenwich | 14 | 1163 | ... | 113 | 3 | 17 | 819 | 242 | 17 | ... | 2388 | 75,774 |
| Hackney | 8 | 1533 | ... | 202 | 7 | 23 | 570 | 311 | 6 | ... | 2660 | 213,044 |
| Hammersmith | 3 | 532 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 209 | 121 | 9 | ... | 939 | 101,199 |
| Hampstead | ... | 289 | ... | 58 | 2 | 5 | 194 | 54 | 6 | ... | 608 | 75,449 |
| Holborn | 1 | 123 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 65 | 2 | ... | 295 | 31,208 |
| Islington | 51 | 2047 | ... | 236 | 6 | 25 | 1092 | 394 | 31 | ... | 3882 | 336,764 |
| Lambeth | 18 | 1595 | 1 | 165 | 14 | 30 | 662 | 355 | 20 | 6 | 2866 | 295,033 |
| Lee | 1 | 168 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 75 | 37 | 6 | ... | 315 | 38,588 |
| Lewisham | 1 | 343 | ... | 58 | ... | 4 | 361 | 79 | 9 | ... | 855 | 83,213 |
| Limehouse | 7 | 350 | ... | 27 | 1 | 6 | 264 | 110 | 4 | ... | 769 | 58,305 |
| Marylebone | 4 | 811 | ... | 107 | ... | 7 | 285 | 248 | 3 | ... | 1465 | 141,188 |
| Mile End Old Town | 2 | 764 | ... | 113 | 2 | 10 | 541 | 197 | 5 | ... | 1634 | 111,060 |
| Paddington | 4 | 795 | ... | 61 | 1 | 8 | 239 | 119 | 10 | ... | 1237 | 124,506 |
| Plumstead | 4 | 363 | ... | 29 | 3 | 9 | 199 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 654 | 59,252 |
| Poplar | 9 | 964 | ... | 184 | 8 | 31 | 670 | 315 | 7 | 1 | 2189 | 169,267 |
| Rotherhithe | 5 | 198 | ... | 45 | 1 | 6 | 117 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 492 | 40,379 |
| Shoreditch | 1 | 708 | ... | 117 | 9 | 21 | 350 | 297 | 3 | ... | 1506 | 122,348 |
| St. GeorgeintheEast | 2 | 378 | ... | 33 | 1 | 6 | 208 | 89 | 2 | ... | 719 | 47,506 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 1 | 342 | ... | 54 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 56 | 2 | ... | 580 | 79,967 |
| St. George, Southwark | 3 | 335 | ... | 48 | ... | 12 | 181 | 95 | 3 | ... | 677 | 60,278 |
| St. Giles, | ... | 180 | ... | 21 | ... | 4 | 56 | 80 | 1 | ... | 342 | 38,237 |
| St. James, Westminster | 3 | 75 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 34 | 20 | 2 | ... | 143 | 23,050 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | 2 | 264 | ... | 38 | 2 | 4 | 129 | 138 | 2 | ... | 574 | 41,527 |
| St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster | 2 | 224 | ... | 35 | 2 | 2 | 107 | 79 | 1 | ... | 452 | 53,234 |
| St. MartinintheFields | 1 | 73 | ... | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | ... | 123 | 13,077 |
| St. Mary, Newington | 3 | 677 | ... | 88 | 1 | 21 | 386 | 194 | 9 | ... | 1379 | 120,939 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | ... | 62 | ... | 9 | ... | 1 | 43 | 21 | ... | ... | 136 | 11,731 |
| St. Pancras | 6 | 1079 | ... | 200 | 1 | 13 | 469 | 355 | 21 | ... | 2144 | 240,764 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 4 | 110 | ... | 9 | ... | 1 | 82 | 35 | ... | ... | 271 | 25,365 |
| Stoke Newington | 2 | 226 | ... | 16 | ... | 4 | 76 | 40 | 1 | ... | 365 | 33,485 |
| Strand | ... | 132 | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 36 | 11 | ... | ... | 189 | 23,782 |
| Wandsworth | 2 | 1000 | ... | 102 | 8 | 3 | 296 | 265 | 11 | 1 | 1688 | 187,264 |
| Whitechapel | 4 | 638 | ... | 62 | ... | 14 | 337 | 138 | 2 | ... | 1195 | 77,717 |
| Woolwich | 1 | 146 | ... | 21 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 45 | 1 | ... | 319 | 41,314 |
| City of London | 2 | 197 | ... | 21 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 34 | ... | ... | 327 | 30,970 |
| Port of London | 5 | 5 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 35 | |
| Grand Totals | 225 | 25,638 | 6 | 3189 | 102 | 446 | 13361 | 6438 | 278 | 13 | 49696* |
* In addition three cases of Realising Fever were notified