Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Enteric fever.
Sanitary district. | Number of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
Paddington | 0.51 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.59 | 0.77 |
Kensington | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.57 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.66 |
Hammersmith | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.67 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 1.06 |
Fulham | 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 0.36 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.57 | 0.84 |
Chelsea | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.90 | 1.11 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.58 |
Westminster | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.85 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.75 |
St. Marylebone | 0.45 | O.51 | 0.66 | 1.07 | 0.96 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.72 | 0.84 |
Hampstead | 0.53 | 0.70 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.56 |
St. Pancras | 0.93 | 0.50 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 1.01 |
Islington | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 1.04 |
*Stoke Newington | 0.65 | 0.83 | 0.75 | 0.48 | 0.92 | 0.44 | 0.84 | 0.56 | 0.59 |
Hackney | 1.09 | 0.77 | 1.63 | 0.94 | 1.22 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.21 |
Holborn | 1.22 | 0.69 | 1.04 | 0.93 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.48 | 0.92 |
Finsbury | 0.91 | 0.53 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.81 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.53 | 1.17 |
City of London | 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.91 | 1.07 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 3.08 |
Shoreditch | 0.89 | 0.72 | 0.95 | 0.65 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 1.39 |
Bethnal-green | 1.16 | 0.79 | 1.07 | 1.13 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 1. 57 |
Stepney | 0.89 | 0.63 | 1.27 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.66 | 1.61 |
Poplar | 1.12 | 1.10 | 2.33 | 1.26 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.15 | 0.94 | 1.63 |
Southwark | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.85 |
Bermondsey | 1.28 | 0.73 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 1.27 |
Lambeth | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.56 | 0.89 | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.71 |
Battersea | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.93 |
Wandsworth | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.61 |
Camberwell | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.95 | 0.68 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.67 |
Deptford | 3.86 | 0.53 | 0.72 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.68 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.78 |
Greenwich | 2.40 | 0.89 | 0.58 | 0.90 | 0.63 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 1.31 | 0.96 |
Lewisham | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.52 | 0.18 | 0.66 |
Woolwich | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 2.55 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.54 |
London | 0.80 | 0.58 | 0.85 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.98 |
Other continued fevers.
Sanitary district. | No. of cases notified per 1,000 living. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891. | 1892 | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
Paddington | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Kensington | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.10 |
Hammersmith | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | - |
Fulham | 0.02 | - | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Chelsea | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | o.oi | 0.01 | 0.04 |
Westminster | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
St. Marylebone | - | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Hampstead St. Pancras | - | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | - |
0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | o.oo | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | |
Islington | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | o.oo | 0.01 |
*Stoke Newington | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | - | - | - | 0.02 | - | - |
Hackney | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Holborn | 0.04 | 0.01 | - | - | - | 0.01 | - | - | 0.03 |
Finsbury | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 |
City of London | - | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | - | 0.04 |
Shoreditch | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
Bethnal-green | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.03 | - | 0.02 | - |
Stepney | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Poplar | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Southwark | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | o.oo | 0.00 | o.oo | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Bermondsey | 0.04 | - | 0.03 | 0.05 | - | 0.01 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 |
Lambeth | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |
Battersea | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | - | - |
Wandsworth | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Camberwell | o.oo | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Deptford | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Greenwich | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0.04 | - | - | - | 0.01 | 0.02 | - |
Lewisham | - | - | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | - | - | - | 0.01 |
Woolwich | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
London | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
In this table 0.00 indicates that the cases were too lew to give a rate of 0.005; when no case occurred—is inserted.
*See footnote (*), page 2.