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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Return of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the 53 weeks ended the 3rd january, 1891 under the provisions of the "INfectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889."
| Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Continued Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 2 | 388 | ... | ... | 222 | 9 | 9 | 84 | ... | 126 | 10 | 850 |
| Battersea | 1 | 522 | 1 | 1 | 314 | 33 | 6 | 129 | ... | 249 | 18 | 1274 |
| Bermondsey | ... | 594 | 3 | ... | 64 | 22 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 153 | 6 | 905 |
| Bethnal Green | 1 | 485 | ... | ... | 397 | 36 | 7 | 130 | ... | 186 | 7 | 1249 |
| Camber well | ... | 918 | 1 | 1 | 261 | 24 | 4 | 150 | ... | 257 | 13 | 1629 |
| Chelsea | ... | 274 | 1 | ... | 289 | 16 | 2 | 61 | ... | 161 | 2 | 806 |
| Clerkenwell | 2 | 354 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 4 | 37 | ... | 81 | 2 | 566 |
| Fulham | 1 | 296 | 2 | ... | 72 | 23 | 3 | 73 | ... | 117 | 6 | 593 |
| Greenwich | 3 | 805 | 4 | 2 | 176 | 17 | 1 | 99 | 2 | 269 | 8 | 1386 |
| Hackney | 1 | 1219 | 2 | ... | 441 | 46 | 13 | 204 | ... | 204 | 15 | 2145 |
| Hammersmith | ... | 348 | 3 | ... | 220 | 3 | *47 | 67 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 771 |
| Hampstead | 1 | 186 | ... | ... | 94 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 387 |
| Holborn | 1 | 184 | ... | ... | 37 | 6 | 1 | 22 | ... | 22 | ... | 273 |
| Islington | 1 | 1242 | ... | ... | 410 | 32 | 7 | 203 | 1 | 300 | 24 | 2220 |
| Lambeth | 17 | 1098 | 1 | ... | 326 | 47 | 41 | 154 | 7 | 250 | 13 | 1954 |
| Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 1 | 222 | ... | ... | 41 | 3 | 1 | 25 | ... | 30 | 3 | 326 |
| Limehouse | ... | 222 | 1 | ... | 123 | 9 | 5 | 72 | ... | 59 | ... | 491 |
| Marylebone | ... | 247 | ... | ... | 96 | 10 | 12 | 66 | ... | 164 | 4 | 601 |
| Mile End Old Town | ... | 392 | 2 | ... | 139 | 11 | 2 | 124 | ... | 102 | 2 | 774 |
| Paddington | ... | 214 | ... | ... | 225 | 1 | 1 | 58 | ... | 90 | 5 | 594 |
| Plumstead | 5 | 284 | ... | ... | 67 | 10 | 3 | 28 | ... | 58 | 7 | 462 |
| Poplar | 2 | 808 | 1 | 2 | 406 | 85 | 36 | 233 | 4 | 330 | 4 | 1911 |
| Rotherhithe | 4 | 407 | 1 | ... | 80 | 7 | 1 | 40 | ... | 91 | 5 | 436 |
| Shoreditch | ... | 732 | 3 | ... | 206 | 19 | 2 | 145 | 1 | 125 | 6 | 1239 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 2 | 176 | ... | ... | 98 | 3 | 1 | 33 | ... | 59 | 2 | 374 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | ... | 142 | ... | ... | 73 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 37 | ... | 300 |
| St. George, Southwark | 2 | 250 | 1 | ... | 28 | 10 | ... | 28 | 1 | 54 | 378 | |
| St. Giles | 137 | 1 | ... | 47 | 5 | ... | 32 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 289 | |
| St. James, Westminster | ... | 51 | ... | ... | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ... | 8 | ... | 83 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | ... | 289 | ... | ... | 34 | 4 | 2 | 27 | ... | 65 | 1 | 422 |
| St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster | 1 | 130 | ... | ... | 42 | 1 | ... | 14 | ... | 67 | ... | 255 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | 40 |
| St. Mary, Newington | ... | 157 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 1 | ... | 188 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | ... | 78 | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 11 | ... | 111 |
| St. Pancras | 5 | 650 | 1 | ... | 400 | 22 | 5 | 133 | 2 | 410 | 12 | 1640 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | ... | 135 | ... | ... | 33 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 22 | ... | 208 |
| Strand | ... | 58 | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ... | 10 | ... | 92 |
| Wandsworth | 1 | 322 | ... | ... | 111 | 5 | 6 | 78 | ... | 145 | 8 | 676 |
| Whitechapel | 3 | 258 | 2 | ... | 120 | 11 | ... | 58 | ... | 53 | 5 | 510 |
| Woolwich | ... | 103 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | ... | 17 | ... | 23 | 6 | 161 |
| City of London | ... | 128 | ... | ... | 39 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 27 | 3 | 209 |
| Port of London | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 17 |
| Grand Totals | 60 | 15,330 | 35 | 7 | 5870 | 550 | 237 | 2877 | 25 | 4598 | 206 | 29,795 |
* The evidence of disease in some of these 47 oases was considered highly unsatisfactory
by the Sanitary Authority.