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City of London 1899

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899

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Table: (B)TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the MedicalOfficer of Health, during the year 1899, 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 MedicalOfficer of Health, during the year 1899, 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 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 eacii Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.humbbr op such cases removed from their homes in the several localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1899.
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.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
ST. BOTOLPH9,7628,374155Under 5...85......1...............1463...73......1...............1140
5 upwds....1213......14............1049...911......7............229
CRIPPLEGATE3,2992,67743Under 5...14........................519...14........................518
5 upwds....77........................14...67........................13
ST. SEPULCHRE9,5918,734153Under 5...33........................687...23........................532
5 upwds....134......59............581...113......12............127
ALLHALLOWS9,0598,25465Under 5...46........................1053...45........................940
5 upwds....1813......81.........343...1510......5............131
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
*CITY POLICE HOSPITAL.........Under 5..............................................................................
5 upwds.........................................................................
*ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.........Under 5....................................10....................................10
5 upwds....52......3...............10...52......3...............10
*WORKHOUSE (CASUAL WARD).........Under 5....................................2....................................2
5 upwds...............................22..............................22
TOTALS31,71128,039416Under 5...1618......1...............35234...1415......1...............30142
5 upwds....5539......841.........20199...4633......27............6112

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The Population of these places is included in that of the Nub-Districts above.