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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
Hammersmith 1896
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Parish of Hammersmith for the 53 weeks ending January 2nd, 1897.
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| population at all ages | New Cases of Sickness in each Localitycoming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Names of Localities adopted for the purposes of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.(See Note 2 on back of sheet.) | Census 1895. | Estimated to middle of 1896. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5orover 5. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous j Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. I | EnWic or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enter-V or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c} | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| North District, Wards 4, 5 & 6 | 43,382 | 43,514 | 1378 | Under 5 | 0 | 93 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 172 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 88 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Centre District, Wards 2 & 3.. | 42,293 | 42,422 | 1092 | under 5 | 0 | 42 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 126 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| South District, Ward 1 | 15,929 | 15,978 | 524 | Under 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 46 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | o | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| West London Hospital | 194 | 137 | 3 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nazareth House | 584 | 6C5 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Convent of the Good Shepherd | 24G | 257 | 0 | under 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| St. Mary's Orphanage | G4 | 08 | 0 | Under 5 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| St. Joseph's School | 188 | 187 | 0 | under 5 | 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 | 1 | ||||
| Kensington and Chelsea District School | 123 | 140 | 0 | Under 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| H.M. Prison, Wormwood Scrubs | 1,256 | 1,239 | 10 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 104,199 | 104,547 | 3007 | Under 5 | 0 | 160 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 368 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 114 | 1 | 205 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Note.—State here whether "Notification of Infectious Disease" is compulsory in the 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 situated—Western District Hospital at Fulham and occasionally other Metropolitan Asylum Boards' Hospitals,and exceptionally the London Fever Hospital at Islington.