Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the sanitary condition of the Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster ending December, 1893.
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(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical. Officer of Health, during the year, 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Margaret's, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Ages. | New Cases of Sickness in each locality. | Number of such cases removed from home to hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. | Estimated to Middle of 1893.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Totals. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Totals. | |||
Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | ||||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric (or Typhoid). | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric (or Typhoid). | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21,668 | 21,668 | 382 | Under 5 | ... | 26 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 61 | 101 | ... | 22 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 30 | |
5 upwards | 2 | 104 | 28 | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 21 | 28 | 205 | 2 | 77 | 20 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 114 | ||||
Total | 21,668 | 21,668 | 382 | Under 5 | ... | 26 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 61 | 101 | ... | 22 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 30 |
5 upwards | 2 | 104 | 28 | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 21 | 28 | 205 | 2 | 77 | 20 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 114 |
(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year, 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. John's, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Localities. | Census 1891. | To Middle of 1893.* | Births. | Ages. | New Cases of Sickness in each locality. | Number of such casus removed from home to hospitals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Totals. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Totals. | |||||
Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Continued. | Relapsing, | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Cholera. | Er sipelas. | |||||||
34,092 | 34,092 | 968 | Under 5. | 3 | 83 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 80 | 186 | 3 | 6 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ||
5 upwards. | 42 | 197 | 25 | 1 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 56 | 54 | 400 | 42 | 147 | 18 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 240 | ||||
Total | 34,092 | 34,092 | 968 | Under 5. | 8 | 83 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 80 | 186 | 3 | 6 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 |
5 upwards. | 42 | 197 | 25 | 1 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 56 | 54 | 400 | 42 | 147 | 18 | ... | ... | 18 | ... | ... | .. | ... | 15 | 240 |
* In my opinion this is the fairest way to estimate the population
of these parishes instead of adding the average rate of
increase for London generally, as I did in last year's report.