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Westminster 1894

Annual report upon the public health & sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1894.

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Table: Table V.—POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 52 Weeks ended 29th December, 1894, in the Sanitary District of St Margaret and John, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Table V.—POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 52 Weeks ended 29th December, 1894, in the Sanitary District of St Margaret and John, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Ages.New Cases of Sickness in a each locality.Number of such cases removed from home to hospitals.
1234567891011Totals.1234567891011Totals.
Census 1891.Estimated to Middle of 1894.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlalina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.1 Erysipelas.
Typhus,Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
st. margaret.
Westminster Hospital..........Under 5...1...........................1...1...........................1
5 upwards...4.........1...............5...4.........1...............5
Convent.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Rest of Parish...............912......1...............22...912........................21
5 upwards...3618......20............781...3312......9...............54
Total21,43320,761316Under 5...1012......1...............23...1012........................22
5 upwards...4018......21............786...3712......10...............59
st. john.
Grosvenor Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Station Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Rest of Parish.........Under 5......22......3............363...3522......3...............60
5 upwards16620......181.........2413016517......17............6106
Total34,10633,689903Under 5...3522......3............363...3522......3...............60
5 upwards16620......181.........2413016517......17............6106

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" Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals arc the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally the London Fever Hospital and the London Small Pox Hospital.