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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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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, 29th December, 1900.

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, 29th December, 1900.

Name of District.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population, 1896.
West Districts.Kensington5367328104...1091594...986170,465
Paddington5306153562361232...656124,506
Hammersmith2352252103...26113......830104,199
Fulham955063592...291539...1,459113,781
Chelsea223317981137712158096,646
St. George, Hanover Sq.21678955...31473...36779,967
Westminster...12210432......4531...31653,234
St. James, Westminster....623912.........16......12923,050
North Districts.St. Marylebone538221482......52003...891141,188
Hampstead...22415650......4504...48875,449
St. Pancras7658584356...1112346...1,857240,764
Islington21,03962826716162949...2,312336,764
Stoke Newington...12612724......4303...31433,485
Hackney1669461522815152327...1,813218,044
Central Districts.St. Giles, Bloomsbury...985833......1512...24338,237
St. Martin-in-the-Fields...241410.........4......5218,077
Strand...793710...1...91...13723,782
Holborn...1006725...1...41...23431,208
Clerkenwell...13812060...11761...39766,202
St. Luke, Middlesex...967532......1581...26341,527
City of London...836629......21......19930,970
East Districts.Shoreditch3327344126...2817110...991122,348
Bethnal Green4370391153...1823416...1,177129,162
Whitechapel1399257791...61295...87777,717
St. George in-the-East713811465......8864...42247,506
Limehouse117218075......2107......53758,305
Mile End1334289119......61768...933111,060
Poplar2500620270121019425...1,624169,267
South Districts.St. Saviour, Southwark...8211527......2231...25025,365
St. George, Southwark...251216179...12755...72960,278
Newington1356438101......101351011,052120,939
St. Olave, Southwark...37147.........9......6711,731
Bermondsey...258347120......6605...79685,475
Rotherhithe...10210777......3716...36640,379
Lambeth1825843279...1712238622,223295,033
Battersea...545310205...161646...1,237165,115
Wandsworth4673447153...1152066...1,505187,264
Camberwell3817891• 187...61021510...2,139253,076
Greenwich...685508177...21123919...1,636175,774
Lewisham...41830759......4704...86283,213
Woolwich21349823......2391...29941,314
Plumstead...29823839...24734...65859,252
Lee...13716218......2251...34538,588
Port of London241730.........2...156
Grand Totals8713,81211,7884,3097732374,776210535,304