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City of London 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

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TABLE of POPULATION BIRTHS AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledge of the Medical(b) Officer of Health, during the year1894, in the CITY OF LONDON, classified according toDiseases, Ages, and Localities. (b) [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Board.]

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1894.1234567891011121312345678910111213
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croupfevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
ST. BOTOLPH8,9448,300187Under 5125186
5 upwds.131148111041
CRIPPLEGATE4,5393,89951Under 511
5 upwds.13281322
ST. SEPULCHRE4,4444,17267Under 534132
5 upwds.7143712
ST. BRIDE6,5946,09083Under 54141
5 upwds.124141131
ALLHALLOWS10,4229,520101Under 56161
5 upwds.213659211432
BROAD STREET3,3772,85031Under 31
5 upwds.2915242
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
CITY POLICE HOSPITAL15Under 5
5 upwds.12
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL847Under 511
5 upwds.3312
*WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD)78Under 5
5 upwds.
*ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL98Under 5
5 upwds.
TOTALS38,32034,831520Under 52513212112
5 upwds.25125294024521167

* No case of "infectious sickness" occurred at these Institutions during the year.