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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

Fulham 1900

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900

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Table: TABLE XLV. Showing the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the year 1900.

TABLE XLV. Showing the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the year 1900.

Sanitary Areas.Notified Cases of Infectious Disease.
Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.*Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.
LONDON8813,80911,99474,306742374,771535,291
West Districts.
Paddington530615325636123–654
Kensington7366336–106109160–994
Hammersmith9352252–10326113–830
Fulham9552642–9229153–1459
Chelsea223318018137711579
St. George, Hanover-square216791–553147–366
Westminster–122105–31–453–315
St. James, Westminster–6239–12––16–129
North Districts.
Marylebone5382216–82–5200–890
Hampstead–224160–50–450–488
St. Pancras7658590–356111234–1857
Islington210886371267616294–2311
Stoke Newington–126130–24–430–314
Hackney166956221228515230–1812
Central Districts.
St. Giles–9860–33–151–243
St. Martin-in-the-Fields–2413–10––4–51
Strand–7939–101–9–138
Holborn–9967–241–41–232
Clerkenwell–138121–601175–396
St. Luke–9676–32–158–263
City of London–8366–29––21–199
East Districts.I I...
Shoreditch3327354–12628171–991
Bethnal Green4370407–15318234–1177
Whitechapel1399262179–6128–876
St. George-in-the-East7138118–65–785–420
Limehouse1172180–7512107–538
Mile End Old Town1334297–119–6176–933
Poplar24986451268210194–1620
South Districts.I
St. Saviour, Southwark–82116–27–223–250
St. George, Southwark–251221–1791375–730
Newington1356447–101–1013411050
St. Olave, Southwark–3714–7––9–67
Bermondsey–258352–120–660–796
Rotherhithe–102113–77–371–366
Lambeth–824849–279171223822221
Battersea–545316–20516164–1237
Wandsworth4673453–153115206–1505
Camberwell3817901–186610216–2139
Greenwich–685522–177211239–1636
Lewisham (excluding Penge)–418311–59–470–862
Woolwich213499–23–239–299
Lee–137163–18–224–344
Plumstead–298242–392473–658
Fort of London2417–30––21156