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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
Greenwich 1898
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899
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Table No. 7. Deaths of Persons belonging to London and its Sanitary Areas registered in the 52 Weeks of 1898.
| SANITARY AREAS. | POPULATION estimated to the middle of 1898. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of age. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever | Simple Continued Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Phthisis. | |||
| REGISTRATION LONDON West Districts. | 4504766 | 82037 | 12482 | 1 | 3069 | 581 | 1756 | 2157 | 3 | 554 | 9 | 4352 | 7746 | 21931 |
| Paddington | 127480 | 2041 | 307 | ... | 93 | 8 | 61 | 44 | ... | 17 | 1 | 83 | 175 | 479 |
| Kensington | 172174 | 2809 | 347 | ... | 120 | 24 | 26 | 52 | 2 | 13 | ... | 110 | 217 | 659 |
| Hammersmith | 107370 | 1964 | 342 | ... | 129 | 22 | 23 | 36 | ... | 12 | ... | 120 | 159 | 554 |
| Fulham | 125275 | 2155 | 395 | ... | 59 | 35 | 61 | 41 | ... | 18 | 1 | 180 | 184 | 722 |
| Chelsea | 96713 | 1752 | 262 | ... | 92 | 15 | 41 | 26 | ... | 14 | ... | 74 | 168 | 410 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 80608 | 1059 | 104 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ... | 9 | ... | 29 | 105 | 170 |
| St. Mar. & St. John, Wstmr. | 52574 | 1090 | 157 | ... | 52 | 5 | 22 | 43 | ... | 3 | ... | 32 | 138 | 197 |
| St. James, Westminster North Districts. | 22200 | 411 | 33 | ... | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | 42 | 79 |
| St. Marylebone | 140483 | 2565 | 331 | ... | 129 | 13 | 45 | 43 | ... | 22 | ... | 79 | 251 | 535 |
| Hampstead | 140483 | 917 | 110 | ... | 26 | 3 | 19 | 27 | ... | 10 | 1 | 24 | 58 | 189 |
| St. Pancras | 78755 | 4651 | 602 | ... | 111 | 53 | 96 | 87 | ... | 41 | ... | 214 | 482 | 1168 |
| Islington | 344616 | 5712 | 958 | ... | 334 | 26 | 96 | 180 | 1 | 36 | ... | 291 | 501 | 1499 |
| Stoke Newington | 344616 | 475 | 54 | ... | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 27 | 36 | 91 |
| Hackney Central Districts. | 219630 | 3588 | 576 | ... | 111 | 30 | 120 | 94 | ... | 41 | ... | 180 | 304 | 981 |
| St. Giles | 37519 | 756 | 71 | ... | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ... | 5 | ... | 23 | 125 | 141 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 12424 | 192 | 11 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 22 | 28 |
| Strand | 23284 | 532 | 41 | ... | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 14 | 77 | 85 |
| Holborn | 30056 | 747 | 101 | ... | 35 | 2 | 22 | 12 | ... | 2 | ... | 28 | 95 | 178 |
| Clerken well | 66120 | 1432 | 246 | ... | 61 | 13 | 36 | 35 | ... | 7 | ... | 94 | 155 | 406 |
| St. Luke | 41076 | 1054 | 165 | ... | 37 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 2 | ... | 63 | 108 | 278 | ... |
| City of London | 29088 | 555 | 34 | ... | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 60 |