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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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The following table compiled from the return of the Metropolitan Asylums Board gives the cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the fifty-two weeks ended Saturday, 30th December, 1905.1
| Name of Borough. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup | Cholera. | Totals. | Enumerated Population, 1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | *Hammersmith | ... | 359 | 240 | 42 | ... | ... | 12 | 124 | 2 | ... | 779 | 112239 |
| Kensington | ... | 332 | 124 | 49 | ... | 2 | 4 | 157 | 1 | ... | 669 | 176628 | |
| Paddington | 2 | 279 | 92 | 45 | ... | ... | 7 | 138 | 6 | ... | 569 | 143976 | |
| Fulham | ... | 780 | 285 | 56 | ... | ... | 24 | 145 | 1 | ... | 1291 | 137289 | |
| Chelsea | ... | 228 | 52 | 16 | ... | ... | 10 | 78 | ... | ... | 384 | 73842 | |
| City of Westminster | 2 | 368 | 121 | 41 | ... | ... | 12 | 124 | ... | ... | 668 | 183011 | |
| St. Marylebone | ... | 278 | 130 | 46 | ... | ... | 6 | 162 | 1 | ... | 623 | 133301 | |
| North. | Hampstead | ... | 180 | 66 | 18 | ... | 1 | 2 | 44 | ... | ... | 311 | 81942 |
| St. Pancras | 3 | 987 | 283 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 228 | 4 | ... | 1588 | 235317 | |
| Islington | 3 | 1200 | 352 | 100 | ... | ... | 25 | 252 | ... | ... | 1932 | 334991 | |
| Stoke Newington | 1 | 178 | 75 | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 28 | 4 | ... | 297 | 51247 | |
| Hackney | 4 | 1066 | 373 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 291 | 12 | ... | 1921 | 219272 | |
| Central. | Holborn | 1 | 157 | 46 | 21 | ... | 1 | 2 | 36 | ... | ... | 264 | 59405 |
| Finsbury | 1 | 479 | 140 | 46 | ... | ... | 6 | 115 | 1 | ... | 788 | 101463 | |
| City of London | ... | 76 | 15 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 1 | ... | 120 | 26923 | |
| East. | Shoreditch | 2 | 792 | 178 | 36 | ... | 2 | 9 | 140 | 3 | ... | 1162 | 118637 |
| Bethnal Green | 4 | 794 | 295 | 61 | ... | 2 | 6 | 204 | 10 | ... | 1376 | 129680 | |
| Stepney | 13 | 1846 | 631 | 127 | 7 | ... | 15 | 520 | 8 | ... | 3167 | 298600 | |
| Poplar | ... | 992 | 484 | 71 | ... | ... | 8 | 209 | 8 | ... | 1772 | 168822 | |
| South. | Southwark | ... | 776 | 288 | 73 | ... | ... | 11 | 296 | 15 | ... | 1459 | 206180 |
| Bermondsey | ... | 752 | 167 | 41 | ... | ... | 8 | 161 | ... | ... | 1129 | 130760 | |
| Lambeth | ... | 1025 | 446 | 78 | ... | 2 | 12 | 294 | 11 | ... | 1868 | 301895 | |
| Battersea | ... | 848 | 190 | 33 | ... | ... | 16 | 177 | 4 | ... | 1268 | 169907 | |
| Wandsworth | 1 | 1490 | 349 | 99 | ... | 1 | 18 | 254 | 2 | •• | 2214 | 232034 | |
| Camberwell | 13 | 1222 | 234 | 62 | ... | ... | 23 | 345 | 13 | ... | 1912 | 259339 | |
| Deptford | 2 | 609 | 142 | 34 | ... | ... | 7 | 153 | 6 | ... | 953 | 110398 | |
| Greenwich | 4 | 283 | 143 | 27 | ... | ... | 6 | 92 | 4 | ... | 559 | 95770 | |
| Lewisham | 9 | 572 | 150 | 38 | ... | ... | 11 | 109 | 7 | ... | 896 | 127495 | |
| Woolwich | 7 | 516 | 274 | 26 | ... | 1 | 12 | 83 | ... | ... | 919 | 117178 | |
| Port of London | 2 | 3 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 22 | ||
| Grand Totals | 74 | 19467 | 6365 | 1549 | 9 | 114 | 291 | 4987 | 124 | ... | 32880 | ||
*The figures in this Table differ slightly from the revised returns in this report,
owing to subsequent correction of diagnosis and duplicate notifications of
some cases.