London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Fulham 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1894
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| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Districts continued. | ||||||||||||
| Strand | 23179 | 5 | 56 | 29 | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 117 | 5.1 |
| Holborn | 32438 | 8 | 80 | 72 | ... | 29 | ... | ... | 77 | ... | 266 | 82 |
| Clerkenwell | 65312 | 7 | 223 | 162 | ... | 66 | 2 | 4 | 101 | ... | 565 | 8.7 |
| St. Luke | 41168 | 16 | 124 | 64 | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | 95 | ... | 315 | 7.7 |
| City of London | 34832 | 1 | 80 | 43 | ... | 81 | ... | 1 | 42 | ... | 198 | 5.7 |
| East Districts. | ||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 123186 | 29 | 486 | 302 | ... | 80 | 3 | 5 | 198 | ... | 1103 | 9.0 |
| Bethnal Green | 129840 | 85 | 512 | 559 | 2 | 146 | 7 | 8 | 262 | 1 | 1582 | 12.2 |
| Whitechapel | 75498 | 11 | 269 | 181 | .. | 36 | ... | 7 | 99 | ... | 603 | 8.0 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 45360 | 5 | 219 | 206 | ... | 62 | 1 | 3 | 72 | ... | 568 | 12.6 |
| Limehouse | 57000 | 9 | 376 | 194 | ... | 45 | 2 | 3 | 83 | ... | 712 | 12.5 |