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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
St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In the following table is shown the number of cases of infectious diseases notified during 1914 in the several Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs, and in the County of London:—
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1914. (Revised Estimates). | Total Cases. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus. | Continued Fever. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup). | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Anthrax. | Glanders. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Poliomyelitis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST. Paddington | 142,103 | 1255 | 10 | ... | 2 | ... | 743 | 295 | ... | 140 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 51 | 3 |
| Kensington | 171,234 | 1379 | 11 | ... | 2 | ... | 962 | 200 | ... | 165 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 31 | ... |
| Hammersmith | 123,853 | 1313 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 977 | 179 | ... | 102 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | 31 | 1 |
| Fulham | 157,303 | 1580 | 40 | ... | 1 | ... | 1043 | 271 | ... | 152 | 1 | 33 | ... | ... | 39 | ... |
| Chelsea | 64,511 | 417 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ... | 272 | 74 | ... | 34 | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
| City of Westminster | 154,514 | 1223 | 49 | ... | 2 | 1 | 844 | 186 | ... | 111 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 18 | 1 |
| North. St. Marylebone | 114,355 | 808 | 37 | ... | ... | ... | 434 | 235 | ... | 67 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 25 | ... |
| Hampstead | 86,388 | 596 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 281 | 231 | ... | 45 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 12 | 3 |
| St. Pancras | 214,133 | 1990 | 44 | ... | 1 | ... | 1207 | 458 | ... | 223 | 2 | 18 | ... | ... | 34 | 3 |
| Islington | 325, 496 | 3016 | 75 | ... | ... | ... | 1851 | 661 | ... | 335 | 7 | 25 | ... | ... | 54 | 8 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,511 | 429 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 264 | 98 | ... | 49 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 11 | ... |
| Hackney | 223,393 | 1699 | 28 | ... | 3 | ... | 8U6 | 495 | ... | 296 | 3 | 17 | 2 | ... | 44 | 5 |
| Central. Holborn | 46,832 | 282 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 171 | 64 | ... | 22 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 6 | ... |
| Finsbury | 84,521 | 801 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 449 | 145 | ... | 157 | 3 | 11 | ... | ... | 16 | 1 |
| City of London | 17,831 | 137 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 85 | 31 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... |
| East. Shoreditch | 109,569 | 899 | 19 | ... | 1 | ... | 424 | 221 | ... | 198 | 3 | 13 | 1 | ... | 18 | 1 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,807 | 1402 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 654 | 376 | ... | 305 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | 31 | 7 |
| Stepney ... | 275,081 | 3537 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | 2089 | 885 | ... | 403 | 4 | 33 | ... | ... | 19 | 27 |
| Poplar | 160,839 | 1384 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | 663 | 353 | ... | 222 | 9 | 23 | 2 | ... | 71 | 8 |
| South. Southwark | 188,321 | 2248 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 1447 | 340 | ... | 325 | 6 | 29 | 4 | ... | 69 | 4 |
| Bermondsey | 124,683 | 960 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 581 | 216 | ... | 123 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ... | 20 | 1 |
| Lambeth | 297,094 | 2706 | 50 | ... | 3 | ... | 1754 | 560 | ... | 237 | 5 | 23 | ... | ... | 63 | 10 |
| Battersea | 167,451 | 1502 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | 996 | 267 | ... | 156 | 1 | 13 | ... | ... | 47 | 1 |
| Wandsworth | 331,321 | 2319 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | 1410 | 637 | ... | 238 | 3 | 31 | 1 | ... | 50 | 2 |
| Camberwell | 261.828 | 2371 | 29 | ... | 1 | ... | 1541 | 458 | ... | 270 | 24 | ... | ... | 39 | 5 | |
| Deptford ... | 109,269 | 1370 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 863 | 259 | ... | 229 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 |
| Greenwich | 96,018 | 915 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 552 | 243 | ... | 123 | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | |
| Lewisham | 169,211 | 1563 | 51 | ... | ... | ... | 955 | 406 | ... | 129 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 14 | 1 |
| Woolwich | 122,431 | 1218 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 693 | 387 | ... | 101 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | 14 | ... |
| Port of London | ? | 15 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Administrative County of London | 4,518,021 | 41,364 | 779 | l | 18 | 3 | 25,015 | 9,125 | ... | 4969 | 72 | 393 | 11 | ... | 885 | 93 |