London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1904
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904
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| 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 271 | 262 | 185 | 46 | ... | 3 | 11 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 922 | 176,628 | ||
| Paddington | 4 | 276 | 364 | 141 | 48 | ... | ... | 11 | 118 | 2 | ... | 964 | 143,976 | |
| Hammersmith | ... | 206 | 285 | 202 | 41 | ... | 1 | 12 | 122 | 2 | ... | 871 | 112,239 | |
| Fulham | ... | 358 | 295 | 297 | 39 | ... | ... | 8 | 130 | 3 | ... | 1,130 | 137,289 | |
| Chelsea | ... | 70 | 108 | 60 | 13 | ... | ... | 7 | 45 | 1 | ... | 304 | 73,842 | |
| City of Westminster | 7 | 178 | 313 | 145 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 127 | ... | ... | 829 | 183.011 | |
| St. Marylebone | 8 | 309 | 295 | 117 | 50 | ... | ... | 3 | 187 | 1 | ... | 970 | 133,301 | |
| Hampstead | 1 | 191 | 169 | 57 | 27 | ... | 1 | 6 | 56 | 1 | ... | 509 | 81,942 | |
| St. Pancras | 7 | 407 | 848 | 342 | 186 | ... | ... | 10 | 259 | 8 | ... | 2,017 | 235,317 | |
| Islington | 18 | 792 | 1151 | 347 | 128 | 1 | ... | 24 | 281 | ... | ... | 2,742 | 334,991 | |
| Stoke Newington | 8 | 131 | 155 | 59 | 14 | ... | ... | 3 | 53 | 2 | ... | 425 | 51,247 | |
| Hackney | 15 | 502 | 855 | 560 | 185 | ... | 3 | 23 | 267 | 12 | ... | 2,422 | 219,272 | |
| Holborn | 6 | 61 | 98 | 45 | 41 | ... | ... | 7 | 76 | 1 | ... | 335 | 59,405 | |
| Finsbury | 15 | 202 | 330 | 144 | 46 | ... | ... | 5 | 106 | 1 | ... | 849 | 101,463 | |
| City of London | 2 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 1 | ... | 134 | 26,923 | |
| Shoreditch | 14 | 304 | 343 | 179 | 48 | ... | 2 | 5 | 177 | 7 | ... | 1,079 | 118,637 | |
| Bethnal Green | 127 | 476 | 661 | 413 | 58 | ... | 4 | 13 | 226 | 13 | ... | 1,991 | 129,680 | |
| Stepney | 89 | 901 | 1,261 | 801 | 199 | 1 | ... | 15 | 466 | 20 | ... | 3,753 | 298,600 | |
| Poplar | 42 | 512 | 548 | 654 | 94 | ... | ... | 15 | 205 | 18 | ... | 2,088 | 168,822 | |
| Southwark | 28 | 484 | 406 | 274 | 92 | ... | ... | 12 | 298 | 8 | ... | 1,552 | 206,180 | |
| Bermondsey | 19 | 288 | 454 | 192 | 73 | ... | 1 | 5 | 186 | 2 | ... | 1,220 | 130,760 | |
| Lambeth | 27 | 564 | 658 | 315 | 100 | ... | 4 | 16 | 248 | 12 | ... | 1,944 | 301,895 | |
| Battersea | 7 | 566 | 385 | 222 | 63 | ... | 2 | 7 | 162 | 6 | ... | 1,420 | 169,907 | |
| Wandsworth | 6 | 895 | 774 | 398 | 71 | ... | 3 | 14 | 270 | 6 | ... | 2,437 | 232,034 | |
| Camberwell | 19 | 662 | 958 | 262 | 78 | ... | 1 | 13 | 329 | 8 | ... | 2,330 | 259,339 | |
| Deptford | 11 | 341 | 405 | 191 | 32 | ... | ... | 10 | 151 | 4 | ... | 1,145 | 110,398 | |
| Greenwich | 1 | 339 | 213 | 149 | 50 | ... | ... | 2 | 86 | 3 | ... | 843 | 95,770 | |
| Lewisham | ... | 341 | 339 | 129 | 29 | ... | ... | 7 | 84 | 1 | ... | 930 | 127,495 | |
| Woolwich | 8 | 338 | 469 | 160 | 27 | ... | 1 | 5 | 75 | 1 | ... | 1,084 | 117,178 | |
| Port of London | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | ||
| Grand Totals | 492 | 10,940 | 13,435 | 7,079 | 1,902 | 3 | 28 | 274 | 4,952 | 145 | 1 | 39,251 | ||
*The figures in this and the following table, collated from the Asylums Board's weekly returns differ slightly
from the revised returns issued by the Registrar-General as shown in the table at foot of page 30.