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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
Islington 1898
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1898
Table XCI.
| Districts in which the Patients were resident. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Continued Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. | Estimated Populations 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 4 | 809 | 786 | 15 | 95 | 1 | .. | .. | 184 | 10 | 1901 | 171,921 |
| Bermondsey | 1 | 458 | 259 | 9 | 51 | .. | .. | .. | 94 | 4 | 876 | 85,738 |
| Bethnal Green | .. | 433 | 321 | 19 | 102 | .. | 2 | .. | 324 | 3 | 1204 | 129,027 |
| Camberwell | 5 | 955 | 670 | 25 | 117 | .. | 3 | .. | 236 | 11 | 2022 | 261,189 |
| Chelsea | .. | 336 | 268 | 5 | 55 | .. | 1 | .. | 94 | 5 | 764 | 96,713 |
| Clerkenwell | .. | 331 | 264 | 2 | 42 | .. | 1 | .. | 70 | 2 | 712 | 66,120 |
| Fulham | 1 | 811 | 465 | 11 | 71 | .. | 1 | .. | 121 | 9 | 1490 | 125,275 |
| Greenwich | .. | 652 | 538 | 17 | 186 | 1 | 3 | .. | 216 | 10 | 1623 | 180,441 |
| Hackney | 2 | 1026 | 855 | 20 | 219 | .. | 3 | .. | 302 | 14 | 2441 | 219,630 |
| Hammersmith | .. | 463 | 160 | 4 | 61 | .. | 5 | .. | 93 | 3 | 789 | 107,370 |
| Hampstead | .. | 244 | 133 | 2 | 47 | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 1 | 468 | 78,755 |
| Holborn | 1 | 97 | 144 | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 40 | 2 | 297 | 30,056 |
| Kensington | .. | 474 | 215 | 7 | 104 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 180 | 11 | 1004 | 172,174 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 1002 | 812 | 18 | 170 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 297 | 14 | 2336 | 304,073 |
| *Lee | 3 | 158 | 161 | 1 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 4 | 391 | 39,717 |
| Lewisham | .. | 203 | 280 | 3 | 45 | .. | .. | 1 | 44 | 4 | 580 | 88,562 |
| Limehouse | .. | 190 | 134 | 3 | 43 | .. | 1 | .. | 89 | 2 | 462 | 58,661 |
| Marylebone | 1 | 312 | 232 | 3 | 101 | .. | 2 | .. | 181 | 10 | 842 | 140,483 |
| Mile End Old Town | 1 | 425 | 279 | 16 | 59 | .. | 1 | .. | 178 | 9 | 968 | 112,528 |
| Paddington | .. | 304 | 256 | 4 | 74 | .. | 2 | .. | 131 | 5 | 776 | 127,480 |
| Plumstead | .. | 423 | 111 | .. | 28 | .. | 1 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 627 | 62,531 |
| Poplar | 4 | 645 | 458 | 11 | 161 | .. | 3 | 2 | 226 | 5 | 1515 | 170,220 |
| Rotherhithe | .. | 145 | 41 | 1 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 82 | 5 | 293 | 40,849 |
| Shoreditch | .. | 422 | 246 | 11 | 92 | .. | 1 | 1 | 173 | 7 | 953 | 121,485 |
| St. George-in-the-East | .. | 143 | 105 | 8 | 55 | .. | .. | .. | 74 | 3 | 388 | 48,241 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq | 1 | 221 | 110 | 1 | 39 | .. | 1 | .. | 43 | 2 | 418 | 80,608 |
| St. George, Southwark | 1 | 310 | 237 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 5 | 677 | 60,456 |
| St. Giles | .. | 65 | 40 | 1 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 72 | 1 | 202 | 37,519 |
| St. James, Westminster | .. | 31 | 41 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. | 100 | 22,200 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | .. | 197 | 186 | 6 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 58 | 2 | 464 | 41,076 |
| St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster | 1 | 99 | 125 | 2 | 48 | .. | 1 | .. | 50 | 2 | 328 | 52,574 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | •• | 11 | 8 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 38 | 12,424 |
| St. Mary, Newington | .. | 621 | 451 | 14 | 90 | .. | 1 | .. | 165 | 11 | 1353 | 123,183 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | .. | 67 | 16 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 100 | 11,288 |
| St. Pancras | 2 | 980 | 485 | 14 | 220 | .. | 2 | 4 | 321 | 18 | 2046 | 243,416 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | .. | 79 | 114 | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | .. | 241 | 24,256 |
| Stoke Newington | .. | 149 | 53 | 1 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 3 | 252 | 34,660 |
| Strand | .. | 47 | 45 | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 117 | 23,284 |
| Wandsworth | 1 | 706 | 593 | 9 | 123 | .. | 1 | .. | 238 | 21 | 1692 | 202,526 |
| Whitechapel | 2 | 252 | 174 | 13 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | 148 | 5 | 635 | 80,559 |
| Woolwich | .. | 204 | 109 | .. | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 37 | 3 | 375 | 41,478 |
| City of London | 1 | 79 | 44 | 2 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | .. | 165 | 29,088 |
| Port of London | 2 | 2 | 4 | •• | 19 | .. | •• | .. | 1 | •• | 28 | |
| Grand Totals | 35 | 16,917 | 11559 | 310 | 3032 | 17 | 55 | 23 | 5176 | 250 | 37374 | |
| * One case of Relapsing Fever was also notified. | ||||||||||||