Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1893
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Western Districts— | Small Pox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | Enteric Fever | Continued Fever | Typhus Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | Cholera | Total | Estimated Population middle of 1893 | Annual Rate per 1000 living |
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Fulham | 32 | 701 | 230 | 20 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 153 | 5 | 1224 | 104735 | 11.7 |
Chelsea | 43 | 589 | 227 | 9 | 76 | 1 | — | 5 | 206 | 1 | 1157 | 98182 | 11.8 |
Hammersmith | 17 | 665 | 273 | 6 | 67 | — | — | 18 | 183 | 1 | 1234 | 103044 | 12.0 |
Kensington | 102 | 943 | 358 | 15 | 97 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 273 | — | 1811 | 167029 | 10.8 |
Paddington | 68 | 778 | 277 | 12 | 67 | — | I | - | 183 | 1 | 1466 | 120421 | 12.2 |
St. George, Hanover Square | 23 | 591 | 115 | 7 | 68 | 2 | - | 3 | 82 | 2 | 894 | 76043 | 11.8 |
St. James, Westminster | 52 | 113 | - | 16 | 22 | 3 | - | 3 | 33 | — | 272 | 24000 | 11.2 |
Westminster | 47 | 420 | 81 | 2 | 41 | — | - | 5 | 84 | 2 | 682 | 54829 | 12.4 |
North Districts— | |||||||||||||
Hackney | 65 | 2505 | 921 | 44 | 363 | 7 | - | 18 | 499 | 4 | 4426 | 240584 | 18.4 |
Hampstead | 14 | 516 | 161 | 6 | 35 | 3 | - | 6 | 78 | — | 817 | 73350 | 11.1 |
Islington | 122 | 2989 | 867 | 34 | 263 | 7 | 1I | 40 | 702 | 1 | 5026 | 327919 | 15.3 |
Marylebone | 179 | 913 | 383 | 18 | 94 | 3 | - | 10 | 379 | 2 | 1983 | 139726 | 14.2 |
St. Pancras | 120 | 2589 | 763 | 21 | 169 | 3 | - | 24 | 656 | 5 | 4350 | 233936 | 18.6 |
Central Districts— | |||||||||||||
City of London | 27 | 299 | 66 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 76 | 3 | 502 | 35870 | 14.0 |
Clerkenwell | 17 | 731 | 279 | 25 | 68 | 8 | - | 1 | 229 | 3 | 1361 | 65509 | 20.8 |
Holborn | 30 | 311 | 96 | 2 | 41 | — | 1 | 2 | 95 | — | 578 | 32690 | 17.7 |
St. Giles | 73 | 238 | 71 | 7 | 32 | — | - | 2 | 98 | — | 521 | 38641 | 13.5 |
St. Luke | 16 | 361 | 145 | 10 | 32 | 1 | - | 2 | 168 | — | 735 | 41577 | 17.7 |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 11 | 102 | 26 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 9 | - | 155 | 14034 | 11.1 |
Strand | 32 | 140 | 74 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | |||||
22 | — | 281 | 23788 | 11.8 | |||||||||
East Districts— | |||||||||||||
Bethnal Green | 79 | 1488 | 708 | 38 | 117 | 4 | - | 18 | 426 | 4 | 2903 | 129620 | 22.4 |
Limehouse | 80 | 719 | 229 | ||||||||||
11 | 115 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 186 | — | 1341 | 57115 | 23.5 | ||||
Mile End Old Town | 115 | 1179 | 342 | ||||||||||
10 | 146 | — | - | 5 | 282 | — | 2079 | 108041 | 19.2 | ||||
Poplar | 217 | 1883 | 1102 | ||||||||||
47 | 390 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 566 | 1 | 4253 | 169141 | 25.1 | ||||
St. George-in-the-East | 53 | 485 | 234 | 6 | 44 | 1 | |||||||
- | 5 | 112 | 1 | 941 | 45493 | 20.7 | |||||||
Shoreditch | 28 | 1008 | 484 | 30 | 117 | ||||||||
4 | 1 | 10 | 317 | 4 | 2003 | 123440 | 16.2 | ||||||
Whitechapel | 99 | 811 | 201 | 7 | 62 | ||||||||
- | 1 | 9 | 216 | — | 1406 | 75178 | 18.7 | ||||||
South Districts— | |||||||||||||
Battersea | 116 | 1491 | 625 | 35 | 128 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 432 | 1 | 2858 | 158105 | 18.1 |
Bermondsey | 55 | 570 | 206 | ||||||||||
23 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 188 | — | 1096 | 84246 | 13.0 | ||||
Camberwell | 143 | 1854 | |||||||||||
490 | 25 | 141 | 5 | — | 23 | 436 | 8 | 3125 | 245143 | 12.8 | |||
Greenwich | 183 | 1469 | |||||||||||
467 | 24 | 115 | 5 | — | 22 | 357 | — | 2462 | 171120 | 15.0 | |||
Lambeth | |||||||||||||
103 | 2247 | 772 | 57 | 159 | 59 | 3 | 27 | 581 | 30 | 280284 | |||
4038 | 14.4 | ||||||||||||
Lewisham | 26 | 567 | |||||||||||
201 | 6 | 45 | - | - | 8 | 171 | - | 77473 | |||||
1024 | 13.2 | ||||||||||||
Newington | 64 | 1101 | 454 | 24 | |||||||||
66 | 1 | — | 6 | 284 | 1 | II7672 | |||||||
2001 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||
Rotherhithe | 90 | 302 | 100 | 6 | 29 | ||||||||
3 | - | 4 | 80 | — | 614 | 40020 | 15.3 | ||||||
St. George, Southwark | 80 | 594 | 175 | 14 | 46 | ||||||||
2 | 1 | 4 | 144 | 1 | 1061 | 59953 | 17.7 | ||||||
St. Olave, Southwark | 11 | 117 | 6 | ||||||||||
31 | 1 | - | — | 1 | 36 | — | 203 | 12903 | 15.7 | ||||
St. Saviour, Southwark | 18 | 210 | 85 | 4 | 21 | - | - | ||||||
1 | 54 | — | 393 | 26854 | 14.6 | ||||||||
Plumstead | 60 | 765 | 218 | 19 | 44 | 3 | — | ||||||
10 | 132 | — | 1251 | 94596 | 13.2 | ||||||||
Woolwich | 6l | 258 | 26 | ||||||||||
1 | 28 | 2 | — | 1 | 50 | 2 | 429 | 41854 | 10.2 | ||||
Wandsworth | 34 | 1291 | 4l6 | ||||||||||
37 | 118 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 380 | 2 | 2304 | 172143 | I3.4 | ||||
Port of London | 10 | 2 | - | ||||||||||
— | 20 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | - | - |
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