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Hammersmith 1893
Eighth annual report to 15th March, 1894...
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K2 11 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,
(B)
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.(See note 2 on back of sheet.) | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5or over 5. | New Cases op Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge op the Medical Oppicer op Health. | Number op such Cases Removed prom their Homes in the several Localities por Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1893. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipe'as. | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-District of St. Peter's | 8585 | H896 | 240 | Und'r 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sub-District of St. Paul's | 86696 | 89832 | 2703 | Under 5 | 0 | 164 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 upwds | 19 | 479 | 196 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 153 | 9 | 163 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | ||||||||
| WeBt London Hospital | 129 | 151 | 0 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 upwds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nazareth House | 500 | 614 | 0 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 upwds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | ||||||||
| Convent of the Good Shepherd. | 241 | 261 | 0 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 upwds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| H.M. Prison, Wormwood Scrubs | 1086 | 1215 | 7 | Under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 97237 | 100969 | 2950 | Under 5 | 0 | 170 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 52 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 upwds | 21 | 503 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 170 | 10 | 171 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Note. Slate here whether * Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in ths District—Yes. Since when ? October 30th, 1889.
Besides the above-mentioned Diseases, insert in the columns with blank headings the names of any that are notifiable in the District, and fill the columns
accordingly.
State here the name of the Isolation Hospital used by the sick of the District.
Mark (H) the locality in which such Hospital is situate; and if not within the District, state where it is situaUd—Western District Hospital at Fulham and
occasionally other Metropolitan Asylum Boards' Hospitals, and exceptionally London Fever Hospital at Islington.