London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1895
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1895
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Corrected Notifications of Infectious Disease in 1895.
| Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid or Enteric Fever. | Continued Fevers. | Membranous Croup. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 8 | 532 | ... | 99 | 4 | 13 | 367 | 259 | 7 | ... | 1289 | 166,308 |
| Battersea | 22 | 830 | 1 | 133 | 5 | 41 | 363 | 249 | 10 | ... | 1654 | 150,558 |
| Bermondsey | 8 | 304 | 1 | 58 | ... | 6 | 109 | 74 | 4 | ... | 564 | 84,682 |
| Bethnal Green | 91 | 752 | ... | 122 | 2 | 38 | 436 | 310 | 7 | ... | 1761 | 129,132 |
| Camberwell | 86 | 874 | ... | 237 | 2 | 14 | 889 | 313 | 16 | 2 | 2433 | 235,344 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 575 | ... | 73 | 2 | 2 | 305 | 107 | 8 | ... | 1076 | 96,253 |
| Clerkenwell | 11 | 326 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 15 | 128 | 93 | 4 | ... | 630 | 66,216 |
| Fulham | 2 | 344 | ... | 58 | 3 | 15 | 378 | 98 | 6 | ... | 904 | 91,639 |
| Greenwich | 42 | 860 | 2 | 150 | ... | 18 | 864 | 211 | 17 | ... | 2164 | 165,413 |
| Hackney | 14 | 1037 | 1 | 257 | 6 | 15 | 486 | 288 | 13 | 1 | 2118 | 198,604 |
| Hammersmith | 8 | 379 | ... | 57 | 5 | 6 | 199 | 88 | 2 | ... | 744 | 97,239 |
| Hampstead | 2 | 306 | ... | 63 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 51 | 4 | ... | 546 | 68,416 |
| Holborn | 31 | 145 | ... | 21 | ... | 5 | 53 | 60 | 1 | ... | 316 | 33,485 |
| Islington | 25 | 1725 | 4 | 197 | 9 | 18 | 577 | 331 | 22 | ... | 2911 | 319,143 |
| Lambeth | 54 | 1416 | 1 | 215 | 20 | 26 | 631 | 372 | 16 | 17 | 2768 | 275,203 |
| Lee | 5 | 164 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 46 | 41 | 3 | ... | 273 | 36,103 |
| Lewisham | 1 | 283 | ... | 39 | 1 | 3 | 125 | 77 | 8 | ... | 537 | 65,112 |
| Limehouse | 21 | 401 | ... | 54 | 1 | 5 | 185 | 74 | 2 | ... | 743 | 57,376 |
| Marylebone | 106 | 498 | ... | 135 | 4 | 1 | 231 | 234 | 7 | 1 | 1217 | 142,404 |
| Mile End Old Town | 54 | 671 | ... | 78 | ... | 13 | 470 | 205 | 3 | ... | 1494 | 107,592 |
| Paddington | 10 | 417 | ... | 71 | ... | 9 | 229 | 103 | 8 | 1 | 848 | 117,846 |
| Plumstead | 18 | 325 | ... | 215 | 2 | 9 | 134 | 55 | 6 | ... | 764 | 52,436 |
| Poplar | 28 | 991 | 1 | 177 | 11 | 45 | 732 | 278 | 8 | ... | 2271 | 166,748 |
| Rotherhithe | 38 | 257 | 1 | 32 | ... | 9 | 135 | 87 | ... | 3 | 562 | 39,255 |
| Shoreditch | 16 | 584 | ... | 105 | 4 | 18 | 233 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 1147 | 124,009 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 21 | 300 | ... | 38 | 2 | 4 | 215 | 69 | 1 | ... | 650 | 45,795 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 4 | 303 | ... | 39 | 3 | 5 | 91 | 68 | 1 | ... | 514 | 78,364 |
| St. George, Southwark | 48 | 185 | ... | 45 | ... | 4 | 101 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 448 | 59,712 |
| St. Giles | 13 | 149 | ... | 26 | ... | 6 | 57 | 59 | 1 | ... | 311 | 39,782 |
| St. James, Westminster | 1 | 82 | ... | 11 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 1 | ... | 155 | 24,995 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | 3 | 149 | ... | 33 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 82 | 2 | ... | 365 | 42,440 |
| St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster | 6 | 179 | ... | 27 | ... | 2 | 103 | 30 | 2 | ... | 349 | 55,539 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 3 | 40 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 18 | 7 | ... | ... | 82 | 14,616 |
| St. Mary, Newington | 20 | 423 | ... | 84 | 1 | 17 | 262 | 142 | 9 | ... | 958 | 115,804 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 1 | 31 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 22 | 7 | 1 | ... | 64 | 12,723 |
| St. Pancras | 15 | 1082 | ... | 153 | 4 | 18 | 537 | 413 | 18 | ... | 2240 | 234,379 |
| St. Saviour. Southwark | 4 | 104 | ... | 11 | ... | 2 | 65 | 25 | 1 | ... | 212 | 27,177 |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 131 | ... | 30 | ... | 3 | 57 | 28 | 1 | ... | 250 | 30,936 |
| Strand | 5 | 111 | ... | 23 | ... | 2 | 39 | 17 | ... | ... | 197 | 25,122 |
| Wandsworth | 15 | 654 | ... | 134 | 3 | 21 | 265 | 220 | 7 | 2 | 1321 | 156,942 |
| Whitechapel | 102 | 508 | 1 | 31 | ... | 14 | 275 | 114 | 1 | ... | 1046 | 73,552 |
| Woolwich | 1 | 188 | ... | 50 | ... | ... | 67 | 31 | 2 | ... | 339 | 40,848 |
| City of London | 6 | 142 | ... | 35 | 1 | ... | 43 | 24 | 2 | ... | 253 | 37,504 |
| Port of London | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | |
| Grand Totals | 978 | 19757 | 14 | 3506 | 105 | 451 | 10772 | 5660 | 236 | 29 | 41508* |
* In addition, three cases of Relapsing Fever wore notified.