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Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: Table LXXXVIII.Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the severalMetropolitan Districts.

Table LXXXVIII.Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the severalMetropolitan Districts.

Districts in which the Patients were resident.Estimated Population, 1899.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhoid or Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Totals.
Battersea174,996• •72359415162• •....208141,716
Berraondsey85,835• •402536711031..8831,150
Bethnal Green128,938• •43132322203• •..1326191,325
Camberwell264,81731,1461,2212217614..259192,851
Chelsea96,721• •282234464• •41839681
Clerkenwell66,068• •322197391• •1..716691
Fulham130,720184951810111• •14181131,688
Greenwich182,51311,20665034167• •21272142,347
Hackney222.571298868920268• •5..302192,293
Hammersmith108,785• •44118471151....11012870
Hampstead80,252• •289112445• •....525507
Holborn29,621111763136• •2..441265
Islington348 73131,49468817353• •23350332,943
Kensington172,899• •4432543107117..210111,046
Lambeth308,10811,0161,101232221103337272,741
Lee40,219• •195135• •21• •....292382
Lewisham91,0271580477458• •1..8471,212
Limehouse58,80421711302135• •....783521
Marylebone140,13924001924118• •1..2026925
Mile End Old Town113,161• •29636112138• •2..1497965
Paddington128 794• •38420419811..1487844
Plumstead64,031• •708180225• •1..654985
Poplar170,606242240420278• •4..230141,374
Rotherhithe41,050• •2561564541....832556
Shoreditch121,071136536311169• •61202101,128
St. George-in-the-East48,56019995972• •....785359
St. George, Hanover Sq80,876• •19887446• •....742411
St. George, Southwark..60 5361238442656• •1..762823
St. Giles37,196• •7628224• •....551186
St. James, Westminster21,827• •4937• •34• •....22..142
St. Lukes, Middlesex40,868• •16299436• •....65..366
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster52,117• •199100145• •1..56..402
St. Martin-in the-Fields12,142• •3117• •7• •....9165
St. Mary, Newington124,166• •50970722111• •....20151,555
St. Olave, Southwark11,098• •6432• •11• •....31111
St. Pancras244,548• •86256216246• •..1311132,011
St. Saviour, Southwark24,207• •91120211• •....343261
Stoke Newington35,187• •18230• •17• •• •..327268
Strand23,016• •5537• •12• •• •..17..121
Wandsworth209,655• •9126117127• •1..239131,910
Whitechapel81,3912210190121394• •..1255687
Woolwich41,5421167130127• •• •..275358
City of London27,986• •7457• •86• •1..21..239
Port of London4210• •21• •• •..2..39
Grand Totals2918,106133573384452146915101033042,320