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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 1898
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1898
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TABLE H. Showing the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the year 1898.
| SANITARY AREA. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhut Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | TOTALS. | Estimated Population in 1898. | Cases per 1000 of the Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FULHAM | .. | 811 | 465 | 71 | .. | 1 | 8 | 121 | 11 | .. | 1488 | 125275 | 11.8 |
| Battersea | 4 | 809 | 786 | 95 | 1 | .. | 10 | 184 | 15 | .. | 1904 | 171921 | 11.1 |
| Bermondsey | 1 | 45 8 | 259 | 51 | .. | .. | 4 | 194 | 9 | .. | 876 | 85738 | 10.3 |
| Bethnal Green | .. | 433 | 321 | 102 | .. | 2 | 3 | 324 | 19 | .. | 1204 | 129027 | 9.4 |
| Camberwell | 5 | 955 | 670 | 117 | .. | 3 | 11 | 236 | 25 | .. | 2022 | 261189 | 7.8 |
| Chelsea | .. | 336 | 268 | 55 | .. | 1 | 5 | 94 | 5 | .. | 764 | 96713 | 7.9 |
| Clerkenwell | .. | 331 | 264 | 42 | .. | 1 | 2 | 70 | 2 | .. | 712 | 661 20 | 10.8 |
| Greenwich | .. | 652 | 538 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 216 | 17 | .. | 1623 | 18044 | 9.0 |
| Hackney | 2 | 1026 | 855 | 219 | .. | 3 | 14 | 302 | 20 | .. | 2441 | 219630 | 11.1 |
| Hammersmith | .. | 463 | 160 | 61 | .. | 5 | 3 | 93 | 4 | .. | 789 | 107370 | 7.4 |
| Hampstead | .. | 244 | 133 | 47 | .. | .. | 1 | 41 | 2 | .. | 468 | 78755 | 5.9 |
| Holborn | 1 | 97 | 144 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 297 | 30056 | 9.9 |
| Islington | .. | 1336 | 533 | 237 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 283 | 13 | .. | 2424 | 344616 | 7.1 |
| Kensington | .. | 474 | 215 | 104 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 180 | 7 | 1 | 1004 | 172174 | 5.9 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 1002 | 812 | 170 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 297 | 18 | 7 | 2336 | 304073 | 7.7 |
| Lee | 3 | 158 | 161 | 23 | .. | .. | 4 | 41 | 1 | 7 | 391 | 39717 | 9.8 |
| Lewisham | .. | 203 | 280 | 45 | .. | .. | 4 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 580 | 88562 | 6.6 |
| Limehouse | .. | 190 | 134 | 43 | .. | 1 | 2 | 89 | 3 | .. | 462 | 38661 | 7.9 |
| Mile End | 1 | 425 | 279 | 59 | .. | 1 | 9 | 178 | 16 | .. | 968 | 112528 | 8.6 |
| Newington | .. | 621 | 451 | 90 | .. | 1 | 11 | 165 | 14 | .. | 1353 | 123183 | 11.0 |