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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
Greenwich 1897
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1898
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Table No. 9. Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Fifty-two weeks ended Saturday, 1st January, 1897.
| Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1896. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | .. | 749 | 322 | 117 | .. | 5 | 16 | 237 | 10 | 1 | 1457 | 170,465 |
| Battersea | 5 | 1585 | 604 | 93 | 1 | .. | 7 | 213 | 18 | 1 | 2527 | 165,115 |
| Bermondsey | 1 | 507 | 269 | 62 | .. | .. | 1 | 94 | 9 | .. | 943 | 85,475 |
| Bethnal Green | 2 | 723 | 508 | 106 | 1 | .. | 7 | 383 | 41 | 1 | 1772 | 129,162 |
| Camberwell | 32 | 1194 | 1150 | 150 | .. | 1 | 14 | 297 | 19 | .. | 2867 | 253,076 |
| Chelsea | .. | 498 | 307 | 52 | .. | 1 | 4 | 98 | 6 | .. | 957 | 96,646 |
| Clerkenwell | .. | 366 | 346 | 63 | .. | .. | 2 | 99 | 4 | .. | 880 | 66.202 |
| Fulham | .. | 761 | 378 | 53 | .. | 5 | 14 | 134 | 10 | 1 | 1356 | 113,781 |
| Greenwich (including Deptford) | 1 | 818 | 591 | 145 | .. | 2 | 10 | 239 | 9 | .. | 1815 | 175,774 |
| Hackney | 3 | 1374 | 751 | 209 | .. | 5 | 11 | 273 | 29 | .. | 2655 | 213,044 |
| Hammersmith | .. | 396 | 148 | 45 | .. | 4 | 8 | 92 | 7 | 1 | 701 | 104,199 |
| Hampstead | .. | 224 | 104 | 32 | .. | 2 | 2 | 40 | 3 | .. | 407 | 75,449 |
| Holborn | .. | 119 | 159 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | 46 | 2 | 351 | 31,208 | |
| Islington | 3 | 1577 | 704 | 259 | .. | 1 | 28 | 313 | 29 | 1 | 2915 | 336,764 |
| lambeth | 2 | 1395 | 727 | 185 | .. | 10 | 27 | 322 | 15 | 17 | 2700 | 295,033 |
| Lee | 1 | 210 | 110 | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | 51 | .. | .. | 390 | 38,588 |
| Lewisham | .. | 299 | 217 | 46 | .. | .. | 2 | 81 | 2 | .. | 647 | 83,213 |
| Limehouse | .. | 428 | 190 | 52 | .. | • • | 4 | 87 | 3 | .. | 764 | 58,306 |
| Mile End | .. | 817 | 433 | 83 | .. | .. | 7 | 145 | 12 | .. | 1497 | 111,060 |
| Newington | .. | 769 | 318 | 81 | .. | .. | 16 | 159 | 14 | .. | 1357 | 120,939 |
| Paddington | 1 | 489 | 314 | 46 | .. | .. | 8 | 136 | 10 | 1 | 1005 | 124,506 |
| Plumstead | .. | 373 | 132 | 25 | .. | .. | 3 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 586 | 59,252 |
| Poplar | 9 | 1041 | 671 | 195 | .. | 3 | 12 | 262 | 34 | 1 | 2228 | 169,267 |
| Rotherhithe | .. | 289 | 82 | 24 | .. | .. | 4 | 73 | 4 | .. | 476 | 40,379 |
| Shoreditch | 1 | 627 | 353 | 107 | .. | 2 | 2 | 226 | 19 | 1 | 1338 | 122,384 |
| St. George in the East | 1 | 244 | 181 | 43 | .. | 1 | 3 | 86 | 8 | .. | 567 | 47,506 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 1 | 177 | 120 | 40 | .. | 2 | 1 | 51 | .. | .. | 392 | 79,967 |
| St. George-the-Martyr | 1 | 381 | 185 | 40 | .. | 1 | 1 | 88 | 6 | .. | «03 | 60,278 |
| St. Giles, Bloomsbury | 3 | 209 | 54 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | 94 | 2 | .. | 397 | 38,237 |
| St. James, Westminster | 3 | 131 | 49 | 13 | .. | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | .. | 224 | 23,050 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | .. | 238 | 185 | 41 | .. | .. | 2 | 86 | .. | 553 | 41,527 | |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1 | 44 | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 2 | .. | 81 | 13,077 |
| St. Marylehone | 4 | 397 | 218 | 88 | .. | 1 | 5 | 254 | 3 | .. | 972 | 141,188 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | .. | 88 | 29 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 139 | 11,731 |
| St. Pancras | 3 | 942 | 533 | 223 | .. | 8 | 14 | 388 | 10 | .. | 2124 | 240,764 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | .. | 131 | 96 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 8 | .. | 279 | 25,365 |
| Stoke Newington | 2 | 108 | 53 | 37 | .. | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .. | 228 | 33,485 |
| Strand | 8 | 127 | 39 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 2 | .. | 214 | 23,782 |
| Wandsworth | 2 | 1024 | 563 | 99 | .. | 6 | 9 | 239 | 10 | .. | 1952 | 187,264 |
| Westminster | .. | 181 | 110 | 28 | .. | 1 | 4 | 66 | 1 | .. | 392 | 53,234 |
| Whitechapel | .. | 500 | 283 | 55 | 1 | .. | 4 | 120 | 18 | .. | 981 | 77,717 |
| Woolwich | 2 | 224 | 149 | 18 | .. | 1 | 2 | 36 | .. | .. | 432 | 41,314 |
| City of London | 2 | 96 | 60 | 23 | .. | .. | 2 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 214 | 30,970 |
| Port of London | 10 | 16 | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 40 | |
| Grand Totals | 105 | 22870 | 12811 | 3113 | 4 | 65 | 264 | 5801 | 388 | 38 | 45465 |
*One case of Relapsing Fever was notified in addition.