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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 1896
Report on the health, sanitary condition, &c. of Kensington for the four weeks, May 17th to June 13th, being the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th weeks of the registration year, 1896
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| Name of District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population in 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 1 | 68 | 25 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | ... | ... | 114 | 166,308 |
| Battersea | 2 | 82 | 29 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 1 | ... | 134 | 150,558 |
| Bermondsey | ... | 35 | 16 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 64 | 84,682 |
| Bethnal Green | 2 | 119 | 38 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 26 | 4 | ... | 197 | 120,132 |
| Camber well | 1 | 82 | 106 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 22 | 2 | ... | 231 | 235,344 |
| Chelsea | ... | 32 | 30 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 70 | 96,253 |
| Clerkenwell | 1 | 31 | 18 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | 69 | 66,216 |
| F ulham | ... | 50 | 20 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 78 | 91,639 |
| Greenwich | 1 | 79 | 73 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 22 | 1 | ... | 178 | 165,413 |
| Hackney | 1 | 119 | 35 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 3 | ... | 183 | 198,606 |
| Hammersmith | ... | 45 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 63 | 97,239 |
| Hampstead | ... | 14 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 30 | 68,416 |
| Holborn | ... | 16 | 11 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 36 | 33,485 |
| Islington | 5 | 162 | 107 | 14 | ... | ... | 5 | 35 | ... | ... | 328 | 319,143 |
| Lambeth | ... | 117 | 36 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 1 | ... | 187 | 275,203 |
| Lee | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 15 | 36,103 |
| Lewisham | ... | 21 | 26 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 57 | 65,112 |
| Limehouse | 1 | 29 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 64 | 57,376 |
| Mile End | ... | 52 | 46 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 116 | 107,592 |
| Newington | ... | 39 | 39 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 3 | ... | 101 | 115,804 |
| Paddington | ... | 68 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 106 | 117,846 |
| Plumstead | ... | 27 | 16 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 51 | 52,436 | |
| Poplar | ... | 77 | 51 | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 20 | 2 | ... | 165 | 166,748 |
| Rotherhithe | ... | 8 | 9 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | 40 | 39,255 |
| Shoreditch | ... | 32 | 12 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 72 | 121,009 |
| St. George-in-the-East | ... | 43 | 22 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 73 | 45,795 |
| St. Geoi'ge. Hanover Sq | ... | 25 | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 53 | 78,364 |
| St. Georgc-the-Martyr | ... | 16 | 17 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 40 | 59,712 | |
| St. Giles, Bloomsbury | ... | 13 | 7 | 2 | .. | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 28 | 39,782 |
| St. James, Westminster | ... | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 24,995 | |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | ... | 13 | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | .. | 15 | ... | ... | 43 | 42,440 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fiolds . | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 14,616 |
| St. Marylebone | ... | 76 | 26 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 2 | ... | 134 | 142,404 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | .... | 11 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 14 | 12,723 |
| St. Pancras | ... | 73 | 44 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 28 | 1 | ... | 152 | 234,379 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark . | ... | 6 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 16 | 27,117 |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 10 | 11 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 26 | 30,936 |
| Strand | ... | 8 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 25,122 | |
| Wandsworth | ... | 65 | 20 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 28 | ... | ... | 120 | 156,942 |
| Westminster | ... | 14 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 21 | 55,539 |
| Whitechapel | ... | 42 | 27 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | ... | 85 | 73,552 |
| Woolwich | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 22 | 40,848 |
| City of London | ... | 18 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 26 | 37,504 |
| Port of London | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | 1864 | 1060 | 162 | ... | 6 | 478 | 32 | ... | 3,639 |
ions have been eliminated from the total in Kensington.