London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Mile End 1898
Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1898
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TABLE 6—continued.
| Name of District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. * | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Totals. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1898. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration London | 30 | 16894 | 11855 | 16 | 3024 | 55 | 247 | 5169 | 23 | 37315 | 4504766 |
| Paddington | ... | 304 | 260 | ... | 74 | 2 | 5 | 131 | ... | 776 | 127480 |
| Kensington | ... | 472 | 222 | 8 | 104 | 4 | 11 | 180 | 1 | 1002 | 172174 |
| Hammersmith | ... | 461 | 164 | ... | 61 | 5 | 3 | 93 | ... | 787 | 107370 |
| Fulham | ... | 811 | 476 | ... | 71 | 1 | 8 | 121 | ... | 1488 | 125275 |
| Chelsea | ... | 336 | 273 | ... | 55 | 1 | 4 | 94 | ... | 763 | 96713 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 1 | 221 | 111 | ... | 39 | 1 | 3 | 43 | ... | 419 | 80608 |
| Westminster | 1 | 99 | 127 | ... | 46 | 1 | 2 | 50 | ... | 326 | 52574 |
| St. James, Westminster | ... | 31 | 43 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 100 | 22200 |
| Marylebone | 1 | 312 | 235 | ... | 101 | 2 | 10 | 181 | ... | 842 | 140483 |
| Hampstead | ... | 242 | 135 | ... | 47 | ... | 1 | 41 | ... | 466 | 78755 |
| St. Pancras | 2 | 980 | 499 | ... | 220 | 2 | 18 | 321 | 4 | 2046 | 243416 |
| Islington | ... | 1336 | 545 | 2 | 237 | 1 | 19 | 280 | ... | 2420 | 344616 |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 149 | 54 | ... | 18 | ... | 3 | 28 | ... | 252 | 34660 |
| Hackney | 2 | 1024 | 874 | ... | 219 | 3 | 14 | 300 | ... | 2436 | 219630 |
| St. Giles, Bloomsbury | ... | 65 | 41 | ... | 23 | ... | 1 | 70 | ... | 200 | 37519 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ... | 11 | 9 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 40 | 12424 |
| Strand | ... | 47 | 48 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 114 | 23284 |
| Holborn | 1 | 97 | 147 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | 41 | 1 | 298 | 30056 |
| Clerkenwell | ... | 331 | 265 | ... | 42 | 1 | 2 | 69 | ... | 710 | 66120 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | ... | 196 | 192 | ... | 15 | ... | 2 | 58 | ... | 463 | 41076 |
| City of London | 1 | 79 | 46 | ... | 20 | ... | 19 | ... | 165 | 29088 | |
| Shoreditch | ... | 421 | 265 | ... | 91 | 1 | 7 | 173 | 1 | 949 | 121485 |
| Bethnal Green | ... | 433 | 340 | ... | 102 | 2 | 3 | 324 | ... | 1204 | 129027 |
| Whitechapel | 2 | 252 | 187 | ... | 41 | ... | 5 | 147 | ... | 634 | 80559 |
| St. George-in-the-East | ... | 143 | 113 | ... | 55 | ... | 3 | 74 | ... | 388 | 48241 |
| Limehouse | ... | 190 | 137 | ... | 43 | 1 | 1 | 89 | ... | 461 | 58661 |
| ... | 419 | 271 | ... | 57 | 1 | 9 | 182 | ... | 939 | 112528 | |
| Poplar | 4 | 646 | 468 | ... | 160 | 3 | 5 | 226 | 2 | 1514 | 170220 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | ... | 79 | 116 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 35 | ... | 243 | 24562 |
| St. George-the-Martyr | ... | 309 | 245 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 71 | 3 | 677 | 60466 |
| Newington | ... | 619 | 465 | ... | 90 | 1 | 11 | 156 | ... | 1342 | 123183 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | ... | 67 | 16 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 24 | ... | 112 | 11288 |
| Bermondsey | 1 | 458 | 268 | ... | 51 | ... | 4 | 88 | ... | 870 | 85738 |
| Rotherhithe | ... | 145 | 42 | ... | 24 | ... | 3 | 89 | ... | 303 | 40849 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 998 | 823 | 1 | 164 | 13 | 14 | 284 | 7 | 2305 | 304073 |
| Battersea | 4 | 806 | 800 | 1 | 94 | ... | 10 | 189 | ... | 1904 | 171921 |
| Wandsworth | 1 | 706 | 602 | ... | 123 | 1 | 20 | 235 | ... | 1688 | 202526 |
| Camberwell | 5 | 954 | 695 | ... | 117 | 3 | 11 | 233 | ... | 2018 | 261189 |
| Greenwich | ... | 650 | 555 | 1 | 187 | 3 | 10 | 208 | ... | 1614 | 180441 |
| Lewisham (exclu.Penge) | ... | 203 | 283 | ... | 45 | ... | 4 | 54 | 1 | 590 | 88562 |
| Woolwich | ... | 204 | 109 | ... | 22 | ... | 8 | 43 | ... | 381 | 41478 |
| Lee | 3 | 158 | 162 | ... | 23 | ... | 4 | 43 | ... | 393 | 39717 |
| Plumstead | ... | 422 | 111 | ... | 28 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 619 | 62531 |
* Including membranous croup.