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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
Woolwich 1899
The eleventh annual report of the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the District of Woolwich for the year 1899
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| Name of District. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever or Typhoid. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Totals. | Population, 1896. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOLWICH | 1 | 168 | 142 | 27 | ... | ... | 5 | 29 | 1 | ... | 373 | 41314 |
| Kensington | ... | 443 | 254 | 107 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 210 | 2 | ... | 1046 | 170465 |
| Paddington | ... | 384 | 204 | 98 | 1 | 7 | 148 | 1 | ... | 844 | 124506 | |
| Hammersmith | ... | 441 | 184 | 115 | 1 | ... | 12 | 110 | 7 | ... | 870 | 104199 |
| Fulham | 1 | 849 | 518 | 111 | ... | 1 | 13 | 181 | 10 | 4 | 1688 | 113781 |
| Chelsea | ... | 282 | 234 | 64 | ... | 4 | 9 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 681 | 96646 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | ... | 198 | 87 | 46 | ... | ... | 2 | 74 | 4 | ... | 411 | 79967 |
| Westminster | ... | 199 | 100 | 45 | ... | 1 | ... | 56 | 1 | ... | 402 | 53234 |
| St. James Westminster | ... | 49 | 37 | 34 | ... | ... | 22 | ... | ... | 142 | 23050 | |
| St. Marylebone | 2 | 400 | 192 | 118 | ... | 1 | 6 | 202 | 4 | ... | 925 | 141188 |
| Hampstead | ... | 289 | 112 | 45 | ... | ... | 5 | 52 | 4 | ... | 507 | 75449 |
| St. Pancras | ... | 862 | 562 | 246 | ... | ... | 13 | .311 | 16 | 1 | 2011 | 240764 |
| Islington | 3 | 1500 | 694 | 361 | ... | 2 | 32 | 355 | 17 | 3 | 2967 | 336764 |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 182 | 30 | 17 | ... | ... | 7 | 32 | ... | ... | 268 | 33485 |
| Hackoey | 2 | 988 | 689 | 268 | ... | 5 | 19 | 302 | 20 | ... | 2293 | 213044 |
| St. Giles Bloomsbury | ... | 76 | 28 | 24 | ... | ... | 1 | 55 | 2 | ... | 186 | 38237 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ... | 31 | 17 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 65 | 13077 |
| Strand | ... | 55 | 37 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 121 | 23782 |
| Holborn | 1 | 117 | 63 | 36 | ... | 2 | 1 | 44 | 1 | ... | 265 | 31208 |
| Clerkenwell | ... | 322 | 197 | 91 | ... | 1 | 6 | 71 | 3 | ... | 691 | 66202 |
| St. Luke Middlesex | ... | 162 | 99 | 36 | ... | ... | ... | 65 | 4 | ... | 366 | 41527 |
| City of London | ... | 74 | 57 | 86 | ... | 1 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 239 | 30970 |
| Shoreditch | 1 | 365 | 363 | 169 | ... | 6 | 10 | 202 | 11 | 1 | 1128 | 122348 |
| Bethnal Green | ... | 431 | 323 | 203 | ... | ... | 19 | 326 | 22 | 1 | 1325 | 129162 |
| Whitechapel | 2 | 210 | 190 | 139 | 4 | ... | 5 | 125 | 12 | ... | 687 | 77717 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 1 | 99 | 95 | 72 | ... | ... | 5 | 78 | 9 | ... | 359 | 47506 |
| Limehouse | 2 | 171 | 130 | 135 | ... | ... | 3 | 78 | 2 | ... | 521 | 58305 |
| Mile End | ... | 296 | 361 | 138 | ... | 2 | 7 | 142 | 12 | ... | 965 | 111060 |
| Poplar | 2 | 422 | 404 | 278 | ... | 4 | 14 | 230 | 20 | ... | 1374 | 169267 |
| St. Saviour Southwark | ... | 91 | 120 | 11 | ... | ... | 3 | 34 | 2 | ... | 261 | 25365 |
| St. George Southwark | 1 | 238 | 442 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 6 | ... | 823 | 60278 |
| Newington | ... | 509 | 707 | 111 | ... | ... | 5 | 201 | 22 | ... | 1555 | 120939 |
| St. Olave Southwark | ... | 64 | 32 | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 111 | II73I |
| Bermondsey | ... | 402 | 536 | 110 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 88 | 7 | ... | 1150 | 85475 |
| Rotherhithe | ... | 256 | 156 | 54 | 1 | ... | 2 | 83 | 4 | ... | 556 | 40379 |
| Lambeth | 1 | 1016 | 1101 | 222 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 337 | 23 | 3 | 2741 | 295033 |
| Battersea | ... | 723 | 594 | 162 | ... | ... | 14 | 208 | 15 | ... | 1716 | 165115 |
| Wandsworth | ... | 912 | 611 | 127 | ... | 1 | 13 | 239 | 7 | ... | 1910 | 187264 |
| Camberwell | 3 | 1164 | 1221 | 176 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 259 | 22 | ... | 2851 | 253076 |
| Greenwich | i | 1206 | 650 | 107 | ... | 2 | 14 | 272 | 34 | 1 | 2347 | 175774 |
| Lewisham | 1 | 580 | 477 | 58 | ... | 1 | 7 | 84 | 4 | ... | 1212 | 83213 |
| Plumstead | ... | 708 | 180 | 25 | ... | 1 | 4 | 65 | 2 | ... | 985 | 59252 |
| Lee | ... | 195 | 135 | 21 | ... | 2 | 29 | ... | ... | 382 | 38588 | |
| Port of London | 4 | 1 | ... | 19 | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | |
| Grand Totals | 29 | 18112 | 13365 | 4458 | 14 | 69 | 329 | 5615 | 338 | 15 | 42344 |