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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the several Metropolitan Boroughs in the Fifty-three Weeks ended Saturday, 2nd January, 1909.
| Name of Borough. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Other Continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Membranous Croup. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Totals. | Population. 1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | Kensington | ... | 439 | 228 | 36 | ... | 1 | 11 | 129 | 2 | 1 | 847 | 176,628 |
| Paddington | ... | 682 | 145 | 31 | ... | 1 | 6 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 976 | 143,976 | |
| Hammersmith | ... | 394 | 198 | 31 | ... | ... | 6 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 706 | 112,239 | |
| Fulham | ... | 596 | 400 | 39 | ... | ... | 17 | 127 | ... | 4 | 1,183 | 137,289 | |
| Chelsea | ... | 170 | 137 | 17 | ... | ... | 3 | 53 | 3 | ... | 383 | 73,842 | |
| City of Westminster | ... | 628 | 186 | 40 | ... | ... | 6 | 81 | ... | 3 | 944 | 183,011 | |
| St. Marylebone | ... | 411 | 118 | 33 | ... | 1 | 8 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 701 | 133,301 | |
| Hampstead | ... | 280 | 63 | 25 | ... | 1 | 6 | 33 | 1 | ... | 409 | 81,942 | |
| North. | St. Pancras | ... | 952 | 306 | 61 | 1 | ... | 8 | 159 | 2 | 5 | 1,494 | 235,317 |
| Islington | ... | 1,410 | 522 | 98 | ... | 1 | 17 | 238 | 8 | 7 | 2,301 | 334,991 | |
| Stoke Newington | ... | 202 | 65 | 11 | ... | ... | 4 | 25 | ... | 2 | 309 | 51,247 | |
| Hackney | 1 | 1,281 | 378 | 66 | ... | ... | 12 | 239 | 11 | 7 | 1,995 | 219,272 | |
| Central. | Holborn | ... | 193 | 50 | 25 | ... | ... | 2 | 46 | ... | ... | 316 | 59,405 |
| Finsbury | ... | 411 | 168 | 49 | ... | ... | 4 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 731 | 101,463 | |
| City of London | ... | 53 | 27 | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 2 | ... | 99 | 26,923 | |
| Shoreditch | ... | 600 | 207 | 106 | ... | ... | 6 | 127 | 3 | 6 | 1,055 | 118,637 | |
| East. | Bethnal Green | ... | 1,006 | 270 | 83 | ... | ... | 6 | 247 | 8 | 2 | 1,622 | 129,680 |
| Stepney | ... | 2,358 | 645 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 423 | 15 | 2 | 3,555 | 298,600 | |
| Poplar | ... | 1,280 | 309 | 61 | ... | ... | 14 | 191 | 6 | 5 | 1,866 | 168,822 | |
| Southwark | ... | 776 | 260 | 48 | ... | ... | 15 | 233 | 10 | 6 | 1,348 | 206,180 | |
| Bermondsey | ... | 641 | 250 | 58 | ... | ... | 9 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 1,131 | 130,760 | |
| Lambeth | ... | 1,456 | 336 | 65 | ... | 3 | 10 | 226 | 12 | 14 | 2,122 | 301,895 | |
| Battersea | ... | 1,152 | 368 | 41 | ... | ... | 9 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 1,724 | 169,907 | |
| South. | Wandsworth | ... | 1,261 | 576 | 61 | ... | ... | 13 | 209 | 15 | 5 | 2,140 | 232,034 |
| Camberwell | ... | 1,053 | 381 | 36 | ... | ... | 10 | 233 | 18 | 2 | 1,733 | 259,339 | |
| Deptford | ... | 723 | 196 | 28 | ... | ... | 4 | 172 | 11 | ... | 1,134 | 110,398 | |
| Greenwich | ... | 428 | 223 | 35 | ... | ... | 2 | 106 | ... | ... | 794 | 95,770 | |
| Lewisham | ... | 620 | 462 | 34 | ... | 3 | 6 | 91 | 8 | ... | 1,224 | 127,495 | |
| Woolwich | ... | 602 | 367 | 20 | ... | ... | 6 | 92 | ... | 1 | 1,088 | 117,178 | |
| Port of London | ... | 1 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 19 | ... | |
| Grand Totals | 1 | 22,059 | 7,846 | 1,350 | 4 | 13 | 230 | 4,209 | 152 | 85 | 35,949 | ||