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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 1899

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 30th, 1899

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Table: TABLE H. Giving the cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, in the Year 1899, stated as per 1,000 of population.

TABLE H. Giving the cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, in the Year 1899, stated as per 1,000 of population.

Name of District.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Totals.
West Districts.Paddington..2.971.580.760.000.000.051.14..6.5
Kensington..2.561.480.610.000.090.060.061.216.0
Hammersmith..4.051.761.060.00..0.111.05..7.9
Fulham00.06.504.000.84..0.000.081.540.0313.0
Chelsea..2.912.460.60..0.040.080.850.007.0
St. George, Hanover Sq..2.441.120.56....0.020.91..5.0
Westminster..3.811.910.86..0.01..1.07..7.7
St. James, Westminster..2.241.691.55......1.00..6.5
North Districts.St. Marylebone0.012.851.390.84..0.000.041.42..6.5
Hampstead..3.601.440.56....0.060.64..6.3
St. Pancras..3.522.300.98....0.051.250.008.1
Islington0.004.312.041.03..0.000.091.020.008.5
Stoke Newington..5.170.850.48....0.190.99..7.7
Hackney0.004.443.191.20..0.020.091.35..10.3
Central Districts.St. Giles, Bloomsbury..2.00.800.64....0.021.47..5.0
St. Martin-in-the-Fields..2.551.400.57....0.080.73..5.4
Strand..2.291.540.50......0.70..5.0
Holborn0.033.922.111.07..0.060.031.37..8.6
Clerkenwell..4.873.031.37..0.010.091.07..10.4
St. Luke, Middlesex..3.962.520.88......1.58..8.9
City of London..2.642.033.42..0.03..0.75..8.9
Fast DistrictsShoreditch0.003.003.091.39..0.010.081.660.009.2
Bethnal Green..3.342.671.57....0.142.520.0010.2
Whitechapel0.022.572.481.700.04..0.061.53..8.4
st. George-in-the-East0.022.042.121.48....0.101.60..8.3
Limehouse0.032.902.242.29....0.051.32..8.5
Mile End..2.613.301.22..0.010.061.31..8.5
Poplar0.012.462.481.62..0.020.081.34..8.0
South Districts.St. Saviour, Southwark..3.765.040.45....0.121.40..10.7
St. George, Southwrrk0.013.937.400.920.010.010.031.25..13.6
Newington..4.105.870.88....0.041.62..12.5
St. Olave, Southwark..5.762.881.00....0.090.27..10.0
Bermondsey..4.686.321.180.080.010.031.03..12.2
Rotherhithe..6.243.901.310.02..0.042.04..13.5
Lambeth0.003.293.640.720.000.030.091.090.008.8
Battersea..4.133.470.92....0.081.18..9.8
Wandsworth..4.342.940.64..0.000.061.13..9.1
Camberwell0.014.324.600.660.000.010.070.97..10.8
Greenwich0.006.623.750.91..0.010.071.490.0012.8
Lewisham0.016.375.280.63..0.010.070.92..13.3
Woolwich0.024.023.150.65....0.120.35. .8.6
Plumstead..10.992.840.39..0.010.061.01..15.3
Lee..4.853.350.52....0.050.72..9.5
The Metropolis*0.003.983.020.980.000.010.071.230.009.3

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* Includes 35 cases notified to Port of London Sanitary Authority. In this Table 0.00
indicates that the cases were too few to give a rate of 0.01 Ehere no cases were reported
., inserted.