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Hammersmith 1894

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Parish of Hammersmith for the year ending December 29th, 1894.

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Table: K211 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hammersmith; classified (B) according to Diseases, Agesand Localities.

K211 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hammersmith; classified (B) according to Diseases, Agesand Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purposes of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.(See Note 2 on back of sheet.)population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of theMedical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1894.12345678910111234567891011
Small pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
North Ward33,94635,8871,278Under 50182460000005013600000000
5 upwds.6864120191070275501300410000
Centre Ward41,69544,0801,120Under 50502530000003018500000000
5 upwds.0834920203000340301300100000
South Ward19,47020,590494Under 50171400000003011000000000
5 upwds.150160012001013126200000000
West London Hospital1291370Under 50010000000000000000000
5 upwds.0030010000000000000000
Nazareth House5006080Under 50000000000000000000000
5 upwds.021000000004021000000000
Convent of the Good Shepherd2412600Under 50000000000000000000000
5 upwds.0000000000100000000000
St. Mary's Orphanage65650Under 50000000000000000000000
5 upwds.0000000000000000000000
St. Joseph's School†1760Under 50220000000002200000000
5 upwds.0510000000005100000000
Kensington and Chelsea District School1011240Under 50000000000000000000000
5 upwds.0000000000100000000000
H.M. Prison, Wormwood Scrubs1,0861,10210Under 50000000000000000000000
5 upwds.0000000000100000000000
Under 5
5 upwds.
Totals97,239103,0292,902Under 5087669000000110441300000000
5 upwds.7245110405240808161322900510000

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Note.— State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the District - Yes. Since when? October 20th. 1889. Besides the above-mentioued
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 situated - Western District Hospital at Fulham and occasionally other Metropolitan Asylum Boards' Hospitals,and exceptionally the London Fever Hospital at Islington
† Not occupied in 1891 when Census was taken.