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Hammersmith 1915

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1915

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LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS,
(Compiled from Registrar.General's Report,)

Table: Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in the several Boroughs of the Administrative County of London during the 52 Weeks ended 1st January, 1916, (Excluding cases in barracks and military hospitals,)

Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in the several Boroughs of the Administrative County of London during the 52 Weeks ended 1st January, 1916, (Excluding cases in barracks and military hospitals,)

Boroughs,Estimated Population in the middle of 1014 (Old Estimates;Total Cases,Enteric Fever,Typhus,Continued Fever,Small.pox,Scarlet Fever,Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup),Cholera,Erysipelas,Ctrebro.spinal FeverPuerperal Fever,Anthrax,Glanders,Ophthalmia Neonatorum,Polio.myelitis,Varicella,
West,
Paddington1420551,00018—21®435282—1381471—26184
Kensington170,81783519—11426174—873911——21155
Hammersmith124,75090922———416'85—92195——228140
Fulham158,s491,21813——6618268—991724——332147
Chelsea63,79*35617———142105—3395——12330
City of Westminster152,3461,11213———606296—69189——15—86
North,
St, Marylebone112,89271211———303136—831031—131151
Hampstead86,73145912———191137—52103——13239
St, Pancras212,4972,00628———1,006438—2013613—,—298247
Islington324,7642,77327———1,332626—2033923——3415474
Stoke Newington50,4543784———199107—3932——6216
Hackney223,7241,64739—2—762406—2233691—25—144
Central,
Holborn45,8613006———15368_28102__6_27
Finsbury83,2129026———441133—561061—25—224
City of London17,1291272———5748—41———-114
East,
Shoreditch108,8691,26822—2—556271—183399——211164
Bethnal Green127,6621,90118——1786532—1962391—277301
Stepney273,2653,508374111,5341,108—_2982113—575.4 29
Poplar160,2221,37018———475308—1882213——625279
South,
Southwark186,9411,57523_1_465387_25425261-561336
Bermondsey124. 213920201—11*365225—'251871—132142
Lambeth296,7242,15s26——•96430—1/44*27——755481
Battersea167,3381,50220———672394_140205_14111I8
Wandsworth338,9982,56850———1,300727—1904811——3910193
Camber well262,0201,77826—1850404—2102716——341209
Deptford109,1821,04537———43s200—1501541—132185
Greenwich96,03788818——2508170—103114——9—63
Lewisham172,4331,12016———476250—103134——141243
Woolwich122,8361,11926——560227S—125236--,9278
Port of London?187——.41.51——————
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF LONDAN4,516,61237,4816074111316,9749,094.3,84262727681760975,167
Ages 0.11,7622---201187-119111---7608374
" 1-.5990025——14,4822,987—158154————602,033
,, 5.13,11267__17,1*13,432_126112___192,238
,, 104,96177———3,0221,292—1646s————8330
,, 151,7396111—911386—22652112——187
„ 20.1,22387—31486287—21340651———40
,, 251591129—44529311—38945'372——140
„ 35.1,18184-31177130_693176011__14
,, 45.92751——33660—7471832———7
,, 55.580203—2814—5237—————3
65 and upwards5044———57—4843—————I
Age not stated1—————————————

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* Subsequently found not to be small.pox,
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