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Westminster 1899

Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1899.

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Table: (B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Sanitary Districts of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Sanitary Districts of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.New Cases of Sicknessin each locality.number of such cases removed from home to hospitals.
Ages.12345678910111234567891011
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1899.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Totals.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Totals.
(e)Typhoid.Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhoid.Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)
ST. MARGARET.
Westminster Hospital.........Under 5...1...........................1...1...........................1
5 upwards...1........................12...1........................i2
Convent.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Rest of Parish.........Under 5...143......1...............18...133......1...............17
5 upwards5721......22............11111...4819......16............285
Total21,43321,506259Under 5...153......1...............19...143......1...............18
5 upwards...5821......22............12113...4919......16............387
ST. JOHN.
Grosvenor Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Station Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Rest of Parish.........Under 5...3530.....................671...3530.....................166
5 upwards...9345......211.........35195...8844...181.........14165
Totals34 10630,611855Under 5...3530.....................671...3530.....................166
5 upwards...9345......211.........35195...8844......181.........14165

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"Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since i October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally the London j 1* ever Hospital and the London Small-Pox Hospital.