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, 1894
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Showing the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the year 1894.
Sanitary Areas. | Estimated population in the middle of 1894. | Small-pox. | Scarlet-fever. | Diphtheria, Membranous Croup. | Typhus fever. | Enteric fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. |
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West Districts. | ||||||||||||
Fulham | 107880 | 40 | 529 | 342 | ... | 37 | 2 | 10 | 113 | ... | 1073 | 9.9 |
Paddington | 121583 | 28 | 288 | 383 | ... | 71 | 3 | 5 | 123 | ... | 901 | 7.4 |
Kensington | 167350 | 17 | 385 | 279 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 8 | 186 | ... | 971 | 5.8 |
Hammersmith | 105696 | 10 | 330 | 189 | ... | 54 | 4 | 5 | 95 | ... | 687 | 6.5 |
Chelsea | 99052 | 14 | 318 | 251 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 10 | 142 | ... | 829 | 8.4 |
St. George, Hanover Square | 75033 | 11 | 257 | 106 | ... | 66 | 4 | 1 | 52 | ... | 497 | 6.6 |
Westminster | 54414 | 1 | 148 | 73 | ... | 46 | 1 | ... | 33 | ... | 302 | 5.6 |
St. James, Westminster | 23571 | 3 | 59 | 38 | ... | 24 | 2 | 1 | 23 | ... | 150 | 6.4 |