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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: INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Parish of St. James's, Westminster—a Metropolitan District. Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Parish of St. James's, Westminster—a Metropolitan District. Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

In each locality.Infectious casks removed to extra-parochial hospitals or elsewhere
891011Totals.1234567891011Totals.
Fevers.Cholera.ErysipelasSmallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous. Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
.........367489........................57
...1...2115537729......111.........3124
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............1...1...........................1
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.........3671224...489........................57183
...1...2115737929......111.........3126

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1889. The Isolation Hospitals used by the sick are all outside the Parish. They are
164 of the above removals took place, while 16 went to other extra parochial Hospitals,
Many such cases in St. James's, again, are not completely described as "removed
I have slightly altered the wording of certain headings and the ruling of certain compartments.
by Sec. 15 of Article 18 of the Order of the Local Government
which are endorsed upon the Model Forms.—J. E.