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
City of London 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1894. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. BOTOLPH | Under 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRIPPLEGATE | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. SEPULCHRE | Under 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. BRIDE | Under 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALLHALLOWS | Under 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BROAD STREET | Under 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| CITY POLICE HOSPITAL | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD) | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* No case of "infectious sickness" occurred at these Institutions during the year.