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London County Council 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: The following table shows the number of cases of and deaths from smallpox belonging to each district in 1897, the case rate of each district in the period 1891-6 and in 1897, and death rate of each district in the period 1887-96 and in1897.

The following table shows the number of cases of and deaths from smallpox belonging to each district in 1897, the case rate of each district in the period 1891-6 and in 1897, and death rate of each district in the period 1887-96 and in1897.

Sanitary district.Cases, 1897.Case rate per 1,000 living.Deaths, 1897.Death rate per 1,000 living.
1891-6.1897.1887-96.1897.
Paddington1.16.01—.008—
Kensington—.15——.007—
Hammersmith—.07——.005—
Fulham—.12———
Chelsea—.12——.003—
St. George, Hanover-square1.09.01—.006—
Westminster—.18————
St. James3.45.13—.008—
Marylebone4.72.03—.031—
Hampstead—.08—.—.007—
Pancras3.19.011.009.004
Islington3.16.011.003.003
Stoke Newington2.11.06—.003—
Hackney3.01——
St. Giles3.43.08—.020—
St. Martin-in-the-Fields1.19.081.021.079
Strand8.33.342.016.085
Holborn—.38——.006—
Clerkenwell—.11—1—.015
St. Luke—.18——.014—
London, City of2.21.071.011.033
Shoreditch1.22.011.010.008
Bethnal-green2.39.02—.018—
Whitechapel—.52——.013—
St. George-in-the-East1.30.02—.006—
Limehouse—.36——.017—
Mile-end Old-town—.35——.014—
Poplar9.37.05—.014—
St. Saviour, Southwark—.18————
St. George, Southwark1.39.021.012.017
Newington—.14——.011—
St. Olave1.18.09—.008—
Bermondsey1.16.01—.006—
Rotherhithe—.66——.038—
Lambeth2.13.01—.005—
Battersea5.17.03—.006 .—
Wandsworth1.06.01——
Camberwell32.19.125.010.019
Greenwich1.29.012.015.011
Lewisham—.07—_—.006—
Woolwich2.25.05—.012—
Lee1.25.03—.16—
Plumstead————
Port of London10——_——.—
London104220216.009.0041

Table: The cases notified in the administrative county were distributed throughout the year as follows—

The cases notified in the administrative county were distributed throughout the year as follows—

No. of week.Week endingNo. of cases of smallpox notified.No. of week.Week endingNo. of cases of Small pox notified.No. of week.WeekendingNo. of cases of smallpox notified.
19 January31915 May53611 September__
216 „12022 „23718 „1
323 „—2129 „—3825„—
430 „4225 June—392 October—
56 February82312 „1409 „—
613 „232419 „14116 „—
720 „32526 „24223 „1
827 „14263 July—4330 „1
96 March—2710 „3446 November—
1013 „22817 „14513 ,,2
1120 „12924 „—4620 „1
1227 „23031 „34727 „—
133 April3317 August—484 December—
1410 „23214 „—4911 „—
1517 „13321 „—5018 „—
1624 „33428 „15125 „—
171 May5354 September—521 January1
188 „3
1 See footnote ('), page 7.