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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Age-period. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | Under 5. | 5— | 10— | 15 and upwards. | All Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 2 | - | 2 | 35 |
| Kensington | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | - | - | 1 | 31 |
| Hammersmith | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 |
| Fulham | 19 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 3 | - | - | 71 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
| Westminster, City of | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | - | 1 | 22 |
| St. Marylebone | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | 1 | 24 |
| Hampstead | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| St. Pancras | 11 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 2 | - | - | 45 |
| Islington | 21 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 4 | 2 | - | 74 |
| Stoke Newington | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Hackney | 20 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 71 | 2 | - | - | 73 |
| Holborn | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| Finsbury | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | - | 40 | 2 | - | 1 | 43 |
| London, City of | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Shoreditch | 11 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 1 | - | - | 50 |
| Bethnal Green | 21 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 100 | 4 | - | - | 104 |
| Stepney | 71 | 110 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 258 | 3 | - | - | 261 |
| Poplar | 11 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 77 | 4 | - | - | 81 |
| Southwark | 14 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 3 | - | - | 74 |
| Bermondsey | 15 | 55 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 100 | 3 | - | - | 103 |
| Lambeth | 16 | 43 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 96 | 2 | - | 1 | 99 |
| Battersea | 10 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 3 | - | - | 51 |
| Wandsworth | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 42 | - | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| Camberwell | 9 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 7 | - | - | 53 |
| Deptford | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | - | - | - | 33 |
| Greenwich | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 15 |
| Lewisham | 7 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 2 | - | 1 | 47 |
| Woolwich | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
Medical officers of health derive their information as to the existence of cases of measles mainly
from the teachers of elementary schools. The majority of the annual reports show the number of
cases of this disease concerning which the medical officers of health received intimation, and the
following table has been compiled from the information thus supplied:—
| Sanitary area. | No. of cases of measles, 1908. | Sanitary area. | No. of cases of measles, 1908. | Sanitary area. | No. of cases of measles, 1908. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 779 | Hackney | 1,070 | Lambeth | 1,998 |
| Kensington | 474 | Holborn | 86 | Battersea | 437 |
| Hammersmith | 161 | Finsbury | 245 | Wandsworth | 1,756 |
| Fulham | 594 | Shoreditch | 4712 | Deptford | 850 |
| Chelsea | 190 | Bethnal Green | 7192 | Greenwich | 497 |
| Westminster | 566 | Poplar | 643 | Lewisham | 1,174 |
| Hampstead | 280 | Bermondsey | 671 | Woolwich | 519 |
| Islington | 1,095 |
The age distribution of the cases made known to the medical officer of health is shown in the reports relating to Paddington and Fulham, thus:
| Paddington. | ||||||||||
| Age period | 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 13— | 15— | ||
| Number of cases | 44 | 84 | 77 | 103 | 120 | 313 | 7 | 31 | ||
| Fulham. | ||||||||||
| Age period | 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 10 | |
| Number of cases | 16 | 20 | 16 | 61 | 129 | 199 | 91 | 49 | 13 | |
1 See footnote (1), page 8.
2 Excluded from school on account of measles infection.