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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

Lewisham 1901

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1901

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Table: Table 18.Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the several Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, during the 52 weeks ended 28th December, 1901.

Table 18.

Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the several Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, during the 52 weeks ended 28th December, 1901.

BOROUGHS.Estimated Population in the middle of 1001.Small-Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria (including Membraneous Croup).Typhus.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.
Administrative County of London4,544,9831,70018,38112,156203,1944834,604253
Paddington144,20021505340—92' ——14113
Kensington176,821144752512998—17110
Hammersmith112,63145346226—772—1163
Fulham138,44816600644—133111327
Chelsea73,8765190107—41——474
Westminster182,567100478255—1052—1176
St. Marylebone133,05379397259—82——1834
Hampstead82,3007218153—501—485