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St James's 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table B.—POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND NEW CASES OE
Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the
Classified according to

Table: Table B.—POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND NEW CASES OFMedical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the Classified according to

Table B.—POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND NEW CASES OF

Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the Classified according to

Localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Infectious Sickness Kkpokted
Census 1891Census 1896.Ages.l234567
Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)Typhus.Enteric.Continued.
Parish of St. James (minus Union-House and Throat Hospital)......463Under 5...48141......1
5 upwards...38135......131
Westminster Union House, Poland Street......33Under 5..................
5 upwards...1...............
Throat Hospital, Golden Square.........Under 5.....................
5 upwards...1...............
Totals24,99523,050496Under 5.348141......1
5 upeards38335......131

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" Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since October,
the various Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. To these Isolation Hospitals
and some to their own homes in the suburbs of London (vide page 8 and Table II.).
from their homes." To meet these facts and to increase the clearness of Tables A and B,
In the preparation of the above Tables A and B, as prescribed
Board, I have given attention to the annotations