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Greenwich 1898

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1899

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Table No. 9. Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Fifty-two weeks ended Saturday, 31st December, 1898.

Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population, 1896.
Kensington Battersea..4742151048411180711004170,465
Battersea4809786951..1018415..1904165,115
Bermondsey145825951....4949..87685,475
Bethnal Green..433321102..2332419..1204129,162
Camberwell595567011731123625..2022253,076..
Chelsea..33626855..15945..76496,642
Clerkenwell..33126442..12702..71266,202
Fulham181146571..1912111..1490113,781
Greenwich (including Deptford)..652538186131021617..1623175,774
Hackney21026855219..31430220..2441213,044
Hammersmith..46316061..53934..789104,199
Hampstead..24413347....1412..46875,449
Holborn1971449....2403129731,208
Islington..1336533237211928313..2424336,764
Lambeth11002812170213142971872336295,033
Lee315816123....4411..39138,588
Lewisham20328045....4443158083,213
Limehouse..19013443..12893..46258,305
Mile End142527959..1917816..968111,060
Newington..62145190..11116514..1353120,939
Paddington..30425674..251311..776124,506
Plumstead..42311128..1754..362759,252
Poplar4645458161..352261121515169,267
Rotherhithe..1454121....3821..29340,379
Shoreditch..42224692..17173111953122,348
St. George-in-the-East..14310555....3748..38847,506
St. George, Hanover Square122111039..12431..41879,967
St. George-the-Martyr131023740315689367760,278
St. Giles, Bloomsbury..654023....1721..20238,237
St. James, Westminster..31416......202..10023,050
St. Luke, Middlesex..19718615....2586..46441,527
St. Martin-in-the-Fields..11812......7....3813,077
St. Marylebone1312232101..2101813..842141,188
St. Olave, Southwark..67165......12....10011,731
St. Pancras2980485220..2183211442046240,764
St. Saviour, Southwark..7911414......331..24125,365
Stoke Newington..1495318....3281..25233,485
Strand..47459......124..11723,782
Wandsworth1706593123..1212389..1692187,264
Westminster19912548..12502..32853,234
Whitechapel225217441....514813..63577,717
Woolwich..20410922....337....37541,314
City of London1794420......192..16530,970
Port of London22419......1....28....
Grand Totals3516917115613032175525051803102337380....