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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 1902
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, August 10th to September 6th, 1902...
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TABLE B.—Deaths from Small-pox registered in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in thirteen successive fourweekly periods, from August 11th, 1901, to August 9th, 1902.
| Borough. | FOUR WEEKS ENDED. | Population, 1901 | Death-rate per 10,000 of the population. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 7, 1901 | Oct. 5, 1901 | Nov. 2, 1901 | Nov. 30, 1901 | Dec. 28. 1901 | Jan. 25, 1902 | Feb. 22. 1902 | Mar. 22, 1902 | Apl. 19, 1902 | July 12. 1902 | Aug. 9, 1902 | Totals. | May 17. 1902 | June 14 1902 | ||||
| West. | Kensington | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 12 | 176,628 | 0.7 |
| Paddington | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 20 | 143,976 | 1.4 | |
| Hammersmith | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 24 | 112,239 | 2.1 | |
| Fulham | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 15 | 137,289 | 1.1 | |
| Chelsea | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 73,842 | 1.1 | |
| City of Westminster | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 56 | 183,011 | 3.1 | |
| North. | St. Marylebone | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 29 | 133,301 | 2.2 |
| Hampstead | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 81,942 | 0.6 | |
| St. Pancras | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 123 | 235,317 | 5.2 | |
| Islington | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 59 | 331,991 | 1.8 | |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 14 | 51,247 | 2.7 | |
| Hackney | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | ... | 74 | 219,272 | 3.4 | |
| Central | Holborn | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 76 | 69,405 | 12.8 |
| Finsbury | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 40 | 101,463 | 3.9 | |
| City of London | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 26,923 | 3.3 | |
| East. | Shoreditch | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | 80 | 118,637 | 6.7 |
| Bethnal Green | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ... | 61 | 129,680 | 4.7 | |
| Stepney | ... | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 62 | 74 | 47 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 277 | 298,600 | 9.3 | |
| Poplar | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 168,822 | 6.1 | |
| South. | Southwark | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 91 | 206,180 | 4.4 |
| Bermondsey | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 9 | 5 | 3 | ... | 37 | 130,760 | 2.8 | |
| Lambeth | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 301,895 | 2.1 | |
| Battersea | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 30 | 169,907 | 1.8 | |
| Wandsworth | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 29 | 232,034 | 1.2 | |
| Camberwell | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 259.339 | 2.7 | |
| Deptford | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 31 | 110,398 | 2.8 | |
| Greenwich | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ... | 30 | 95,770 | 3.1 | |
| Lewisham | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ... | 1 | 2 | 18 | 127,495 | 1.4 | |
| Woolwich | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 117,178 | 2.8 | |
| Totals | 16 | 20 | 26 | 73 | 91 | 162 | 219 | 289 | 229 | 166 | 130 | 67 | 30 | 1,518 | |||