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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table XCV.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1910. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal meningitis. | Other Noti6able Infectious Diseases. | Total. | ||
| LONDON | 1 872.702 | 7 | 10,509 | 5,494 | 3 | 1,284 | 16 | 292 | 3,982 | 115 | 8 | 21,710 |
| Paddington | 153,004 | .. | 261 | 120 | .. | 40 | .. | 9 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 538 |
| Kensington | 184,635 | .. | 263 | 155 | .. | 37 | 3 | 10 | 142 | 2 | .. | 612 |
| Hammersmith | 127,413 | .. | 341 | 165 | .. | 31 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 2 | .. | 612 |
| Fulham | 181,282 | .. | 354 | 257 | .. | 18 | 2 | 20 | 112 | 7 | .. | 770 |
| Chelsea | 75,457 | .. | 120 | 83 | .. | 16 | .. | 3 | 20 | .. | .. | 242 |
| City of Westminster | 167,233 | 1 | 248 | 149 | .. | 48 | .. | 6 | 61 | 2 | .. | 515 |
| St. Marylebone | 125,195 | .. | 208 | 127 | 1 | 22 | .. | 4 | 117 | 2 | .. | 481 |
| Hampstead | 96.739 | .. | 144 | 51 | .. | 20 | .. | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 253 |
| St Pancras | 237,792 | .. | 681 | 263 | .. | 63 | .. | 13 | 191 | 10 | 1 | 1,222 |
| Islington | 353 356 | 1 | 731 | 473 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 20 | 213 | 16 | .. | 1,545 |
| Stoke Newington | 54.838 | .. | 85 | 53 | .. | 10 | .. | 3 | 31 | 1 | .. | 183 |
| Hackney | 239,979 | .. | 403 | 190 | .. | 64 | .. | 16 | 254 | 6 | 1 | 934 |
| Holborn | 53,142 | .. | 68 | 45 | .. | 25 | .. | .. | 42 | 1 | .. | 181 |
| Finsbury | 94,578 | .. | 165 | 150 | .. | 30 | .. | 7 | 170 | 4 | .. | 526 |
| City of London | 17,132 | .. | 21 | 20 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 16 | 1 | .. | 63 |
| Shoreditch | 114,387 | 2 | 213 | 131 | .. | 48 | .. | 8 | 130 | 5 | .. | 537 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,579 | .. | 236 | 182 | .. | 108 | 1 | 13 | 174 | 7 | 1 | 722 |
| Stepney | 3)4,379 | .. | 554 | 404 | .. | 118 | .. | 29 | 381 | 7 | .. | 1,493 |
| Poplar | 172,432 | 1 | 470 | 175 | .. | 62 | .. | 15 | 209 | 3 | 1 | 937 |
| Southwark | 211,832 | .. | 419 | 284 | .. | 54 | .. | 16 | 244 | 3 | 1 | 1,021 |
| Bermondsey | 127,238 | 1 | 364 | 210 | .. | 39 | .. | 6 | 130 | 5 | .. | 754 |
| Lambeth | 327,074 | .. | 908 | 327 | .. | 78 | 1 | 19 | 193 | 5 | .. | 1,531 |
| Battersea | 188,222 | .. | 488 | 227 | .. | 45 | 2 | 16 | 170 | 5 | .. | 953 |
| Wandsworth | 305,838 | .. | 681 | 286 | .. | 54 | .. | 20 | 182 | 5 | .. | 1,228 |
| Camberwell | 286,058 | .. | 511 | 272 | .. | 76 | 2 | 7 | 219 | 2 | .. | 1,089 |
| Deptford | 119,642 | .. | 301 | 130 | .. | 24 | 2 | 2 | 144 | 1 | .. | 604 |
| Greenwich | 112,935 | 171 | 168 | .. | 20 | .. | 5 | 89 | 1 | .. | 454 | |
| Lewisham | 164,8'J9 | 573 | 224 | .. | 29 | .. | 5 | 61 | 2 | .. | 894 | |
| Woolwich | 135,422 | l | 526 | 172 | .. | 10 | .. | 8 | 90 | 1 | .. | 808 |
| Port of London .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 8 |
* Including Membranous Croup.
N.B.—All the above notified cases are as published by the Registrar General in his Annual Report, 1910