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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
Kensington 1901
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1901
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London), Act, 1891, in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 28th December, 1901.
| Name of District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | Kensington | 14 | 475 | 247 | 97 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 169 | 3 | ... | 1,025 | 176,628 |
| Paddington | 21 | 505 | 336 | 92 | ... | ... | 13 | 141 | 4 | ... | 1,112 | 143,976 | |
| Hammersmith | 44 | 346 | 225 | 77 | ... | 2 | 3 | 116 | 1 | ... | 814 | 112,239 | |
| Fulham | 16 | 600 | 640 | 133 | ... | 1 | 7 | 132 | 4 | 1 | 1,534 | 137,289 | |
| Chelsea | 5 | 190 | 106 | 41 | ... | ... | 4 | 47 | 1 | ... | 394 | 73,842 | |
| City of Westminster | 101 | 477 | 253 | 105 | ... | 2 | 6 | 117 | 2 | ... | 1,063 | 183,011 | |
| North. | St. Marylebone | 79 | 397 | 258 | 82 | ... | ... | 4 | 183 | 1 | 1,004 | 133,301 | |
| Hampstead | 7 | 219 | 151 | 50 | ... | 1 | 5 | 48 | 2 | ... | 483 | 81,942 | |
| St. Pancras | 256 | 991 | 937 | 186 | ... | 2 | 13 | 253 | 6 | ... | 2,644 | 235,317 | |
| Islington | 62 | 1,291 | 906 | 281 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 287 | 9 | ... | 2,875 | 334,991 | |
| Stoke Newington | 19 | 172 | 139 | 26 | ... | ... | 4 | 41 | 5 | ... | 406 | 51,247 | |
| Hackney | 41 | 933 | 962 | 193 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 326 | 17 | 1 | 2,491 | 219,272 | |
| Central. | Holborn | 216 | 260 | 166 | 39 | 1 | ... | 2 | 89 | 1 | ... | 774 | 59,405 |
| Finsbury | 93 | 502 | 297 | 68 | ... | 1 | 5 | 135 | ... | ... | 1,101 | 101,463 | |
| City of London | 8 | 112 | 63 | 21 | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | 3 | ... | 221 | 26,923 | |
| East. | Shoreditch | 18 | 556 | 320 | 97 | ... | 10 | 6 | 142 | 6 | ... | 1,155 | 118,637 |
| Bethnal Green | 33 | 841 | 439 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 211 | 24 | ... | 1,667 | 129,680 | |
| Stepney | 161 | 1,177 | 821 | 267 | 2 | ... | 16 | 372 | 24 | ... | 2,840 | 298,600 | |
| Poplar | 71 | 560 | 604 | 172 | ... | ... | 6 | 187 | 14 | ... | 1,614 | 168,822 | |
| South. | Southwark | 89 | 1,301 | 549 | 135 | ... | ... | 5 | 241 | 9 | ... | 2,329 | 206,180 |
| Bermondsey | 107 | 932 | 328 | 150 | 1 | ... | 5 | 155 | 1 | ... | 1,679 | 130,760 | |
| Lambeth | 51 | 1,037 | 513 | 144 | ... | 6 | 14 | 239 | 14 | 1 | 2,019 | 301,895 | |
| Battersea | 53 | 602 | 266 | 91 | ... | ... | 8 | 126 | 1 | ... | 1,147 | 169,907 | |
| Wandsworth | 32 | 689 | 475 | 99 | ... | 1 | 14 | 225 | 3 | ... | 1,538 | 232,034 | |
| Camberwell | 54 | 1,474 | 854 | 155 | ... | 1 | 19 | 228 | 13 | ... | 2,798 | 259,339 | |
| Deptford | 4 | 549 | 417 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 10 | ... | 1,167 | 110,398 | |
| Greenwich | 11 | 419 | 183 | 68 | ... | ... | 6 | 110 | 5 | ... | 802 | 95,770 | |
| Lewisham | 12 | 465 | 298 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 87 | 1 | ... | 933 | 127,495 | |
| Woolwich | 23 | 310 | 214 | 69 | ... | 1 | 8 | 70 | 3 | 698 | 117,178 | ||
| Port of London | 1 | 5 | ... | 23 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 34 | ... | |
| Grand Totals | 1,702 | 18,387 | 11,967 | 3,193 | 20 | 48 | 250 | 4,601 | 187 | 3 | 40,361 | ||
* In addition, 899 cases of chicken-pox were notified; viz., 182 from St. Paneras; 111 from Bethnal Green;
53 from Greenwich ; 48 from Holborn; and 5 from Hampstead.