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Kensington 1896

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

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Table: Cases of Infections Disease notified in the several Sanitary Districts in the Four Weeks ended Saturday, 24th April, 1897.

Cases of Infections Disease notified in the several Sanitary Districts in the Four Weeks ended Saturday, 24th April, 1897.

Name of District.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population in 1896.
Kensington...28216......422......81170,465
Battersea168394......218......132165,115
Bermondsey...35211.........1......5885,475
Bethnal Green...44358.........194...110129,162
Camberwell176708......121......177253,076
Chelsea...33223.........61...6596,646
Clerkenwell...15133.........7......3866,202
Fulham...34145.........9......62113,781
Greenwich...69499......1201...14975,774
Hackney1615710.........174...150213,044
Hammersmith...1876......145...42104,199
Hampstead...1563.........31...2875,449
Holborn...1042.........51...2231,208
Islington...84477...13221...165336,764
Lambeth...684611...21211...150295,033
Lee...6102.........2......2038,588
Lewisham...1781.........3......2983,213
Limehouse...19142.........12......4758,305
Mile End...36192......111......69111,060
Newington...31163.........151...66120,939
Paddington Plumstead...22163.........111...53124,506
...1261.........8......2259,252
Poplar255398......2181...125169,267
Rotherhithe...1322.........3......2040,379
Shoreditch...43244.........112...84122,348
St. George-in-the-East1194............4......2847,506
St. George, Hanover Sq...1934.........2......2979,967
St. George-the-Martyr...166.....................2260,278
St. Giles, Bloomsbury...113.........13......1838,237
St. James, Westminster...951.........2......1723,050
St. Luke, Middlesex...86............71...2241,527
St. Martin-in-the-Fields...1........................113,077
St. Marylebone...1921.........13......35141,188
St. Olave, Southwark...731.........1......1211,731
St. Pancras...51195......119......95240,764
St. Saviour, Southwark...83............1......1225,365
Stoke Newington...1132..................1633,485
Strand283.....................1323,782
Wandsworth...54231.........17......95187,264
Westminster...1032......12......1853,234
Whitechapel...32232.........5......6277,717
Woolwich...39.........14......1741,314
City of London...77.........1.........1530,970
Port of London11........................2
Totals91,206730133...4213642512,493