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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 1905

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905

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Table: TABLE C. Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the Year 1905.

TABLE C. Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the Year 1905.

Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population in the middle of 1905.Small-pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.Annual rate per 1000 persons living.
West Districts.I -II II I11I II II III
Fulham167,210–779286–56–34145–12908.2
Paddington147,935227897–16–7137–5673.8
Kensington180,083–335130–5824158–6823.8
Hammersmith119,037–360242–41–18122–7786.6
Chelsea74,496–22852–16–1078–3845.2
City of Westminster175,6062370118–41–12124–6673.8
North Districts.I . II II I
St. Marylebone129,453–278131–46–6162–6234.8
Hampstead88,142–18066–181244–3113.5
St. Pancras236,1833986287172110227–15876.7
Islington342,99431198351–100–25252–19295.6
Stoke Newington52,828117880–10–128–2985.7
Hackney228,47941066385116518290–19208.4
Central Districts.I I
Holborn56,481115646–211236–2634.7
Finsbury98,2071478141–46–6115–7878.0
City of London22,425–7616–3––25–1205.4
East Districts.
Shoreditch116,5652792182–3629139–116210.0
Bethnal Green130,4014794305–6126202–137410.6
Stepney305,4661318446397127–15519–316410.4
Poplar170,230–991491–71–8208–176910.4
South Districts.I II I
Southwark208,528–776304–74–11295–14607.0
Bermondsey129,006–752167–41–7160–11278.8
Lambeth313,045–1025451–75212293–18536.0
Battersea177,532–848192–33–16176I I12657.1
Wandsworth265,39211490350–99118254–22138.4
Camberwell271,240131220247–62–24344–19107.1
Deptford114,4952609148–34–7153–9538.3
Greenwich103,4934283147–27–692–5595.4
Lewisham144,4209572157–38–11108–8956.2
Woolwich125,3727515274–2611283–9187.3
Port of London–23––14––3–22–
County of London4,614.7947419,461618291552142924972–32,8567.0