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ATTACK RATES FROM THE PRINCIPAL INFECTIOUS
DISEASES PER 1,000 OF THE POPULATION FOR
EACH BOROUGH IN LONDON.
Paddington 7·72
Kensington 5·8
Hammersmith 7·23
Fulham 11·07
Chelsea 5·33
Westminster 3·82
Holborn 13·3
Finsbury 10·87
City 8·30
St. Marylebone 7·5
Hampstead 5·87
St. Pancras 11·23
Islington 8·50
Stoke Newington 7·9
Hackney ll·32
Shoreditch 9 ·74
Bethnal Green 12·85
Stepney 9·5
Poplar 9·56
South war k 11·3
Bermondsey 12·9
Lambeth 6·67
Battersea 6·77
Wandsworth 6·57
Camberwell 10·7
Deptford 10·55
Greenwich 8·34
Lewisham 7·1
Woolwich 5·94
SMALL POX.
During the year, 1,700 cases of Small Pox occurred
within the administrative County of London. The first case
occurred in January. The person was attacked shortly after
arrival from Paris, where the disease was prevalent. In
February a sailor was attacked shortly after his arrival home.
In May, a lady on her return home from Egypt was notified in
Highbury. In June a case was notified in Bethnal Green, and
one in Marylebone; the latter, a recent arrival from Paris. In
the same month cases occurred in Wandsworth, two of which
were due to laundry infection. During the week ending August
24th there were 16 cases. From this date the disease spread,
chiefly in the Boroughs north of the Thames.
The Borough of Lewisham enjoyed complete immunity
until the 29th September, when the first case occurred. From