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Hammersmith 1914

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1914

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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 2nd January, 1915.0

Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in the several Boroughs of the Administrative County of London during the 52 Weeks ended 2nd January, 1915.0

Boroughs.Estimated Population in the middle of 1914†Total Cases.Enteric Fever.Typhus.Continued Fever.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).Cholera.ErysipelasCerebro-spinal FeverPuerperal Fever.AnthraxGlanders.Ophthalmia NeonatorumPolio-myelitis.
West.
Paddington142,1931,25510—2—743295—140110——513
Kensington171,2341,37911—2—962200—16526——31—
Hammersmith123,8531,31314———977179—10227——311
Fulham157,3031,58040—1—1,043271—152133——39—
Chelsea64,5114172311—27274—3418——3—
City of Westminster154,5441,22349—21844186—111110——181
North.
St. Marylebone114,35580837———434235—6719——25—
Hampstead86,38859617———281231—45—7——123
St. Pancras214,1331,98544—1—1,207451—224318——343
Islington325,4963,01675———1,851661—335725——548
Stoke Newington50,5114294———26498—49—3——11—
Hackney223,3931,69928—3—806495—2963172—445
Central.
Holborn46,83228215———17164—22—4——6—
Finsbury84,52180119———449145—157311——16l
City of London17,8311375——18531—10————5—
East.
Shoreditch109,56989919—1—424221—1983131—181
Bethnal Green127,8071,40218———654376—30529——317
Stepney275,0813,53747———2,089885—403433——4927
Poplar160,8391,38434———66353—2229232—718
South.
Southwark188,3212,24824———1,447340—3256294—694
Bermondsey124,6839608———581216—123551—201
Lambeth297,0942,70650—3—1,754560—237523——6310
Battersea167,4511,50221———996267—156113——471
Wandsworth331,3212,31947———1,410537—2383311—502
Camberwell261,8282,37129—1—1,541458—270424——395
Deptford109,2691,3709———863252—229—5——111
Greenwich96,01894510—1—552243—12343——9—
Lewisham169,2111,56351———955406—129—7——141
Woolwich122,4311,21815———693387—10117——14—
Port of London?156——141—21—————
Administrative County of London4,518,02141,3827791183§25,0159,118—4,9707339311—88593
Ages 0-11,5092———233182—16432———88412
,, 1-58,98225—2—5,8822,795—19520————63
,, 5-14,46777—3—10,6753,521—1658—1—116
,, 10-6,396103—1—4,8631,265—1595—————
,, 15-2,418110—3—1,494479—320371——1
,, 20-1,608117—2—810359—2391791———
,, 25-2,130170121807349—57932152——1
,, 35-1,497112—12228135—924—923———
,, 45-1,15755—2—4447—1,0081—————
,,55-72214—2—711—685——3———
,, 65 and upwards5594———55—545——————
Age not stated138——————————————

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*This table is supplied by the Medical Officer of Health of the Administrative County of London and is
compiled from returns which the London County Council receives from the Metropolitan Asylums Board under
section 55 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act. 1891.
† Based on the results of the Censuses of 1901 and 1911
‡The figures for enteric fever, diphtheria and erysipelas at "all ages" exclude Naval and Military
cases.
§ Subsequently found not to be cases of small-pox.