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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
London County Council 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary district. | 0- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | All ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 119 |
| Kensington | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 23 | 30 | 51 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 173 |
| Hammersmith | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 87 |
| Fulham | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 5 | - | 91 |
| Chelsea | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 7 | - | 87 |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 6 | - | 78 |
| Westminster | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 5 | - | 50 |
| St. James | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 19 |
| Marylebone | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 44 | 36 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 166 |
| Hampstead | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 10 | - | 75 |
| Pancras | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 44 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 175 |
| Islington | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 76 | 82 | 73 | 27 | 4 | 322 |
| Stoke Newington | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | - | 30 |
| Hackney | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 176 |
| St. Giles | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | - | 31 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 13 |
| Strand | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 18 |
| Holborn | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | 27 |
| Clerkenwell | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | 35 |
| St. Luke | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 6 | - | 41 |
| London, City of | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 36 |
| Shoreditch | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 85 |
| Bethnal-green | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 6 | - | 85 |
| Whitechapel | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | - | 58 |
| St. George in-the-East | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | - | 27 |
| Limehouse | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 6 | - | 48 |
| Mile-end Old-town | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 76 |
| Poplar | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 8 | 19 | 40 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 136 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | - | 25 |
| St. George, Southwark | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | - | 41 |
| Newington | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 10 | - | 105 |
| St. Olave | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 18 |
| Bermondsey | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 4 | - | 66 |
| Rotherhithe | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | 27 |
| Lambeth | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 30 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 30 | 1 | 258 |
| Battersea | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 105 |
| Wandsworth | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 20 | 26 | 43 | 45 | 21 | 1 | 162 |
| Camberwell | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 46 | 27 | - | 223 |
| Greenwich | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 51 | 41 | 17 | 1 | 155 |
| Lewisham | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 100 |
| Woolwich | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | - | 31 |
| Lee | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | - | 36 |
| Plumstead | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | - | 34 |
| London | 27 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 127 | 412 | 877 | 1,012 | 844 | 366 | 24 | 3,750 |
Glanders.
Two deaths in London were caused by glanders during 1897, one of a man in Fulham, who
the medical officer of health reports, had been employed in some stables in New King's-road, where a
number of horses were affected with the disease; the other of a man in Camberwell, who, the medical
officer of health reports, worked in a stable.
Anthrax.
The medical officer of health of St. Olave reports that eight cases of anthrax occurred in Guy's
Hospital, one of which was considered either a very mild or doubtful case. All but one recovered after
operation. Five of the eight, including the doubtful case, were employed in the district.
Meteorology.
The tables published in the Annual Summary of the Registrar-General, and prepared by Mr. J.
Glaisher, F.R.S., from observations at Greenwich, shew that the mean temperature of the air in 1897
was 50.3 degrees Fahrenheit or 1.6 degrees above the average of the 126 years, 1771-1896. The
rainfall during the year amounted to 2213 inches and was 2 83 inches less than the mean of 82 years.
The temperature and rainfall in each month of 1897 are shewn in the following table—