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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 1897

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1897

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Table: Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday 1st January, 1898.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday 1st January, 1898.

Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever,Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population 1896
Kensington...749322117...5162371011457170,465
Battersea51585604931...72131812527165,115
Bermondsey150726962......1949...94385,475
BethnalGreen27235081061...73834111772129,162
Camberwell3211941150150...11429719...2857253,076
Chelsea...48930752...14986...95796,646
Clerkenwell...36634663......2994...88066,202
Fulham...76137853...5141341011356113,781
Greenwich1818591145...2102399...181575,774
Hackney31374751209...51127329...2655213,044
Hammersmith...39614845...489271701104,199
Hampstead...22410432...22403...40775,449
Holborn...11915925.........462...35131,208
Islington31577704259...1283132912915336,764
Lambeth21395727185...102732215172700295,033
Lee121011017......151......39038,588
Lewisham...29921746......2812...64783,213
Limehouse...42819052......4873...76458,305
Mile End...81743383......714512...1497111,060
Newington...76931881......1615914...1357120,939
Paddington148931446......81361011005124,506
Plumstead...37313225......3463458659,252
Poplar91041671195...3122623412228169,267
Rotherhithe...2898224......4734...47640,379
Shoreditch1627353107...222261911338122,348
St. George in-the-East124418143113858...56747,506
St. George, Hanover Sq.117712040...2151......39279,967
St. George-the-Martyr138118540...11886...70360,278
St. Giles, Bloomsbury32095433......2942...39738,237
St. James, Westminster31314913...21241...22423,050
St. Luke, Middlesex...23818541......2861...55341,527
St. Martin-in-the-Fields144125.........172...8113,077
St. Marylebone439721888...1525432972141,188
St. Olave, Southwark1882910......110......13911,731
St. Pancras3942533223...8143881032124240,764
St. Saviour, Southwark...1319616.........288...27925,365
Stoke Newington121085337...13231...22833,485
Strand81273920.........182...21423,782
Wandsworth2102456399...6923910...1952187,264
Westminster...18111028...14661139253,234
Whitechapel...500283551...412018...98177,717
Woolwich222414918......236.....43241,314
City of London2966023......2263221430,970
Port of London101549.........2......40
Grand Totals10522,87612,811311346526458013883845465