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Kensington 1902
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the four weeks, August 10th to September 6th, 1902...
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Four Weeks ended Saturday, 6th September, 1902.
| Name of Borough. | Small-pox. | Chicken-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | Kensington | 1 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 90 | 176,628 |
| Paddington | 1 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | ... | ... | 59 | 143,976 | |
| Hammersmith | 2 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 16 | ... | ... | 80 | 112,239 | |
| Fulham | 1 | 30 | 63 | 27 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 2 | ... | 145 | 137,289 | |
| Chelsea | ... | 6 | 23 | 14 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 51 | 73,842 | |
| City of Westminster | ... | 40 | 40 | 23 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 120 | 183,011 | |
| North. | St. Marylebone | 2 | 30 | 47 | 17 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 118 | 133,301 |
| Hampstead | ... | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 35 | 81,942 | |
| St. Pancras | ... | 38 | 92 | 62 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | 1 | ... | 228 | 235,317 | |
| Islington | 7 | 66 | 122 | 50 | 25 | ... | ... | 2 | 36 | ... | ... | 308 | 334,991 | |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 29 | 51,247 | |
| Hackney | ... | 50 | 59 | 47 | 21 | ... | ... | 1 | 18 | 1 | ... | 197 | 219,272 | |
| Central. | Holborn | ... | 20 | 22 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 1 | ... | 65 | 59,405 |
| Finsbury | 4 | 19 | 41 | 15 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 100 | 101,463 | |
| City of London | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 26,923 | |
| East. | Shoreditch | 3 | 40 | 28 | 17 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 128 | 118,637 |
| Bethnal Green | 16 | 37 | 58 | 20 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 1 | ... | 169 | 129,680 | |
| Stepney | 12 | 119 | 101 | 6 | 40 | ... | ... | 2 | 57 | 3 | ... | 395 | 298,600 | |
| Poplar | 5 | 41 | 50 | 21 | 26 | ... | ... | 1 | 19 | ... | ... | 163 | 168,822 | |
| South. | Southwark | ... | 37 | 104 | 37 | 27 | ... | ... | 2 | 40 | ... | ... | 247 | 206,180 |
| Bermondsey | 4 | 16 | 49 | 28 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 123 | 130,760 | |
| Lambeth | 6 | 62 | 75 | 46 | 14 | ... | 3 | ... | 37 | 1 | ... | 244 | 301,895 | |
| Battersea | 1 | 77 | 48 | 19 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 167 | 169,907 | |
| Wandsworth | ... | 60 | 51 | 49 | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | 24 | 1 | ... | 196 | 232,034 | |
| Camberwell | ... | 76 | 100 | 35 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | ... | ... | 242 | 259,339 | |
| Deptford | 1 | 52 | 48 | 21 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 138 | 110,398 | |
| Greenwich | 1 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 85 | 95,770 | |
| Lewisham | 3 | 39 | 43 | 29 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 1 | ... | 132 | 127,495 | |
| Woolwich | ... | 21 | 14 | 13 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 62 | 117,178 | |
| Port of London | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ||
| Grand Totals | 73 | 1088 | 1,412 | 718 | 319 | ... | 5 | 19 | 497 | 12 | ... | 4,143 | ||
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