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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
Strand (Westminster) 1899
Annual report on the statistics and sanitary condition relating to Strand District, London for the year 1899
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TABLE X.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, in the year 1899 stated as per 1,000 of Population.
| Name of District. | Small.pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Districts. | Paddington | ... | 2.97 | 1.58 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 1.14 | ... | 6.5 |
| Kensington | ... | 2.56 | 1.48 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 1.21 | ... | 6.0 | |
| Hammersmith | ... | 4.05 | 1.76 | 1.06 | 0.00 | ... | 0.11 | 1.05 | ... | 7.9 | |
| Fulham | 0.00 | 6.50 | 4.00 | 0.82 | ... | 0.00 | 0.08 | 1.54 | 0.03 | 12.9 | |
| Chelsea | ... | 2.91 | 2.46 | 0.60 | ... | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 7.0 | |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | ... | 2.44 | 1.12 | 0.56 | ... | ... | 0.02 | 0.91 | ... | 5.0 | |
| Westminster | ... | 3.81 | 1.91 | 0.86 | ... | 0.01 | ... | 1.07 | ... | 7.7 | |
| V8t James, Westminster | ... | 2.24 | 1.69 | 1.55 | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | ... | 6.5 | |
| North Districts | St. Marylebone | 0.01 | 2.85 | 1.39 | 0.84 | ... | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.42 | ... | 6.5 |
| Hampstead | ... | 3.60 | 1.44 | 0.56 | ... | ... | 0.06 | 0.64 | ... | 6.3 | |
| St. Pancras | ... | 3.52 | 2.30 | 0.98 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 8.1 | |
| Islington | 0.00 | 4.31 | 2.04 | 1.03 | ... | 0.00 | 0.09 | 102 | 0.00 | 8.5 | |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 5.17 | 0.85 | 0.48 | ... | ... | 0.19 | 0.99 | ... | 7.7 | |
| Hackney | 0.00 | 4.44 | 3.19 | 1.20 | ... | 0.02 | 0.09 | 1.35 | ... | 10.3 | |
| Central Districts. | St. Giles, Bloomsbury | ... | 2.04 | 0.80 | 0.64 | ... | ... | 0.02 | 1.47 | ... | 5.0 |
| St. Martin.in.the.Fields | ... | 2.55 | 1.40 | 0.57 | ... | ... | 0.08 | 0.73 | ... | 5.4 | |
| Strand | ... | 2.29 | 1.54 | 0.50 | ... | ... | ... | 0.70 | ... | 6.0 | |
| Holborn | 0.03 | 3.94 | 2.16 | 1.21 | ... | 0.06 | 0.03 | 1.48 | ... | 8.9 | |
| Clerkenwell | ... | 4.87 | 3.03 | 1.37 | ... | 0.01 | 0.09 | 1.07 | ... | 10.4 | |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | ... | 3.96 | 2.52 | 0.88 | ... | ... | ... | 1.58 | ... | 8.9 | |
| City of London | ... | 2.64 | 2.03 | 3.42 | ... | 0.03 | ... | 0.75 | ... | 8.9 | |
| Shoreditch | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.09 | 1.39 | ... | 0.01 | 0.08 | 1.66 | 0.00 | 9.2 | |
| East Districts. | Bethnal Green | ... | 3.34 | 2.67 | 1.57 | ... | ... | 0.14 | 2.52 | 0.00 | 10.2 |
| Whitechapel | 0.02 | 2.57 | 2.48 | 1.70 | 0.04 | ... | 0.06 | 1.53 | ... | 8.4 | |
| St. George.in.the.East | 0.02 | 2.04 | 2.12 | 1.48 | ... | ... | 0.10 | 1.60 | ... | 8.3 | |
| Limehouse | 0.03 | 2.90 | 2.24 | 2.29 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 1.32 | ... | 8.8 | |
| Mile End | ... | 2.61 | 3.30 | 1.22 | ... | 0.01 | 0.06 | 1.31 | ... | 8.5 | |
| Poplar | 0.01 | 2.46 | 2.48 | 1.62 | ... | 0.02 | 0.08 | 1.34 | ... | 8.0 | |
| South Districts. | St. Saviour, South wark | ... | 3.76 | 5.04 | 0.4.3 | ... | ... | 0.12 | 1.40 | ... | 10.7 |
| St. George, Southwark | 0.01 | 3.93 | 7.40 | 0.92 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.25 | ... | 13.6 | |
| Newington | ... | 4.10 | 5.87 | 0.88 | ... | ... | 0.04 | 1.62 | ... | 12.5 | |
| St. Olave, Southwark | ... | 5.76 | 2.88 | 1.00 | ... | ... | 0.09 | 0.27 | ... | 10.0 | |
| Bermondsey | ... | 4.68 | 6.32 | 1.18 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 1.03 | ... | 12.2 | |
| Rotherhithe | ... | 6.24 | 3.90 | 1.31 | 0.02 | ... | 0.04 | 2.04 | ... | 13.5 | |
| Lambeth | 0.00 | 3.29 | 3.64 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 1.09 | 0.00 | 8.8 | |
| Battersea | ... | 4.13 | 3.47 | 0.92 | ... | ... | 0.08 | 1.18 | ... | 9.8 | |
| Wandsworth | ... | 4.34 | 2.94 | 0.64 | ... | 0.00 | 0.06 | 1.13 | ... | 9.1 | |
| Camberwell | 0.01 | 4.32 | 4.69 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.97 | ... | 10.8 | |
| Greenwich | 0.00 | 6.62 | 3.75 | 0.91 | ... | 0.01 | 0.07 | 1.49 | 0.00 | 12.8 | |
| Lewisham | 0.01 | 6.37 | 5.28 | 0.63 | ... | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.92 | ... | 13.3 | |
| Woolwich | 0.02 | 4.02 | 3.15 | 0.65 | ... | ... | 0.12 | 0.35 | ... | 8.6 | |
| Plumstead | ... | 10.9 | 2.84 | 0.39 | ... | 0.01 | 0.06 | 1.01 | ... | 15.3 | |
| Lee | ... | 4.85 | 3.35 | 0.52 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 0.72 | ... | 9.5 | |
| The Metropolis * | 0.00 | 3.98 | 3.02 | 0.98 | 000 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 9.3 | |
* Includes 39 cases notified to the Port of London Sanitary Authority.