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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Year | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |
| Poplar | 78 | 84 | 103 | 127 | 103 | 107 | 133 | 105 | 173 | 103 | 142 | 133 | 105 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 126 | 152 | 116 | 55 | 128 | 50 | 87 | 126 | 98 | 119 | 96 | 156 | 163 |
| St. George, Southwark | 87 | 126 | 89 | 70 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 134 | 54 | 110 | 92 | 154 | 242 |
| Newington | 104, | 52 | 126 | 82 | 119 | 75 | 105 | 84 | 83 | 98 | 106 | 151 | 195 |
| St. Olave | 70 | 103 | 21 | 94 | 125 | 55 | 76 | 41 | 65 | 129 | 34 | 69 | 188 |
| Bermondsey | 83 | 52 | 71 | 67 | 59 | 55 | 125 | 128 | 65 | 142 | 146 | 131 | 240 |
| Rotherhithe | 70 | 68 | 111 | 61 | 31 | 64 | 104 | 128 | 148 | 107 | 104 | 69 | 181 |
| Lambeth | 170 | 129 | 153 | 82 | 88 | 107 | 87 | 80 | 73 | 78 | 96 | 97 | 119 |
| Battersea | 83 | 65 | 61 | 82 | 144 | 80 | 143 | 120 | 110 | 83 | 126 | 179 | 84 |
| W andsworth | 148 | 79 | 42 | 72 | 91 | 89 | 74 | 48 | 36 | 114 | 113 | 77 | |
| Camberwell | 130 | 94 | 82 | 67 | 63 | 75 | 72 | 128 | 138 | 171 | 132 | 85 | 142 |
| Greenwich | 104 | 71 | 50 | 85 | 88 | 70 | 116 | 126 | 204 | 132 | 78 | 62 | 93 |
| Lewisham | 74 | 152 | 18 | 64 | 34 | 61 | 92 | 62 | 33 | 149 | 84 | 74 | 140 |
| Woolwich | 35 | 26 | 39 | 36 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 56 | 65 | 125 | 160 | 118 | 119 |
| Lee | 100 | 45 | 37 | 42 | 25 | 36 | 72 | 92 | 56 | 73 | 86 | 90 | 81 |
| Plumstead | 109 | 132 | 71 | 82 | 34 | 159 | 157 | 105 | 119 | 154 | 78 | 62 | 58 |
The age distribution of the cases of diphtheria notified in the several sanitary districts of
London is shown in the following table—
| Sanitary district. | All ages. | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and upwards. | No age stated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 205 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 70 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Kensington | 258 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 62 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Hammersmith | 191 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 59 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | ...... | ...... | 2 | |
| Fulham | 528 | 6 | 21 | 42 | 58 | 74 | 204 | 47 | 15 | 11 | 36 | ...... | |||||
| Chelsea | 238 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 83 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 91 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Westminster | 101 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| St. J ames, W estminster | 37 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ...... | ...... | |||||||
| Marylebone | 196 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Hampstead | 116 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| St. Pancras | 578 | 16 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 52 | 206 | 50 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| Islington | 710 | 9 | 46 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 239 | 77 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Stoke Newington | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ...... | |||||
| Hackney | 707 | 12 | 47 | 71 | 60 | 74 | 241 | 60 | 50 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| St. Giles | 31 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| St. Martin's | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | ||||||||||
| Strand | 37 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Holborn | 62 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| Clerkenwell | 197 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 69 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | l | ...... | 1 | |
| St. Luke | 103 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| City of London | 57 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||
| Shoreditch | 372 | 12 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 108 | 49 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Bethnal-green | 345 | 7 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 98 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Whitechapel | 202 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| St. George-in-the-East | 104 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Limehouse | 132 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Mile-end Old-town | 373 | 7 | 31 | 43 | 43 | 45 | 120 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Poplar | 424 | 12 | 23 | 46 | 40 | 49 | 121 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ...... | 3 | |
| St. Saviour | 124 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 50 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ... | ||||
| St. George, Southwark | 447 | 8 | 32 | 46 | 56 | 58 | 156 | 52 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Newington | 728 | 15 | 65 | 74 | 85 | 94 | 242 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 3 | |||||
| St. Olave | 31 | ... | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bermondsey | 543 | 17 | 48 | 50 | 61 | 76 | 176 | 60 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Rotherhithe | 160 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 62 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Lambeth | 1,118 | 11 | 47 | 93 | 106 | 125 | 413 | 123 | 53 | 38 | 51 | 21 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Battersea | 609 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 62 | 71 | 228 | 71 | 29 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Wandsworth | 618 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 77 | 223 | 74 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Camberwell | 1,241 | 15 | 61 | 108 | 120 | 133 | 461 | 162 | 74 | 29 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 3 | l | ||
| Greenwich | 684 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 76 | 60 | 216 | 88 | 49 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Lewisham (excluding Penare) | 481 | 3 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 35 | 179 | 68 | 18 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 4 | ||||
| Woolwich | 130 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Lee | 135 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
| Plumstead | 182 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 56 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Port of London | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
In this table where is inserted no case occurred.