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City of London 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898

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Table: (B) TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical (B) Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the CITY OF LONDON, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Board.]

(B) TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical (B) Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the CITY OF LONDON, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Board.]

Names of Localites adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all ao ks.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 6.New Casks of Sickness in each locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of health.Number of scch Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 18%.Estimated to middle of 1898.
1234567891011TOTALS.1234567891011TOTALS.
Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.PuerperaLTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
ST. BOTOLPH6,8706,094171Under 5...221..................1619...111...............1413
5 upwds....72......2............213...62.....................19
crippleoate3,2992,85537Under 6...12........................310...12........................39
5 upwds....24.....................17...24........................6
st. sepulchre9,5918,984157Under 5...58........................1350...47........................34
5 upwds....226......3............637...154......1............323
allhallows9,0598,49479Under 5...61........................149...61........................740
5 upwds....2181...6............642...217......4............133
BROAD STREET2,8922,69424Under 5...31........................412...31........................411
6 upwds....33......1............18...33......1...............7
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
*CITY POLICE HOSPITAL.........Under 5....................................3....................................
5 upwds................2............13...............2............133
*ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.........Under 5....................................12......•••...........................12
5 upwds....45......3...............12...45......3...............12
*WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD).........Under 5....................................3....................................3
5 upwds................2............13...............2............13
*ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.........Under 5....................................0....................................
5 upwds.........................................................................0
TOTALS31,71129,121468Under 5...17141..................138158...1512l..................129125
5 upwds....59281...19............18125...5125......18............796

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* The Population of" these places is included in that of the Sub-Districts above.