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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
Kensington 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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| Eastern District. | Shoreditch | 82 | 80 | 12 | 5 | 179 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 253 | 126,591 | ||
| Bethnal Green | 98 | 75 | 9 | ... | 182 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 110 | 5 | ... | 6 | 7 | 18 | 310 | 126,961 | |||
| Whitechapel | 38 | 16 | 6 | ... | 62 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 100 | 71,363 | |||
| St. George's-in-the-East | 41 | 44 | 5 | ... | 90 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 77 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 170 | 47,157 | |||
| Stepney | 59 | 44 | 13 | ... | 119 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 41 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 165 | 58,243 | |||
| Mile End Old Town | 78 | 78 | 7 | ... | 172 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 219 | 105,613 | |||
| ... | „ Poplar ... | 153 | 136 | 88 | 20 | 397 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 444 | 1661 | 156,510 | 692,438 |
| Southern District. | 'St. Saviour's | 218 | 249 | 46 | 6 | 519 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 568 | 195,164 | ||
| St. Olave's | 148 | 200 | 49 | 3 | 400 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 461 | 134,632 | |||
| Lambeth | 119 | 276 | 56 | 8 | 459 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 66 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 9 | 534 | 253,699 | |||
| Wandsworth and Clapham... | 97 | 120 | 19 | 3 | 239 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 318 | 210,434 | |||
| Camberwell | 185 | 304 | 55 | 24 | 568 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 603 | 186,593 | |||
| Greenwich | 107 | 161 | 18 | 9 | 295 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ... | 9 | 327 | 131,233 | |||
| Woolwich | 27 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 88 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 93 | 80,845 | |||
| .Lewisham | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 41 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 2986 | 73,337 | 1,265,937 |
In addition to cases in Table, 54 of typhus were admitted, 46 of them from Camberwell. There were many
cases of "other diseases" admitted, and a considerable number of small-pox patients from "beyond Metropolitan area."
N.B.—The names of Parishes and Unions in which hospitals are situated are printed in dark type, and those adjacent to hospitals in italics.