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City of Westminster 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table XIII.— London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Notified Gases of Infectious Disease in 1907.

Table XIII.— London and the Metropolitan Boroughs.—Notified Gases of Infectious Disease in 1907.

Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population in the middle of 1907.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.
County of London1,758,218825,9258,77151,394362554,49613241,0228.6
West Districts.
Paddington149,909-577169-_3416124-_9116.1
Kensington181,842—532250—404212729575.3
Hammersmith122,337—581215-40—77849257.6
Fulham166,749—668605-5811513031,4808.9
Chelsea74,857—219153-21—44444506.0
City of Westminster172,219—418145-512310247254.2
North Districts.
St, Marylebone127,7181435128-31-713447405.8
Hampstead91,1371320112—21—356—51356
St. Pancras236,7531818349—551418351,4466.1
Islington347,017—1,216482-95123254112,0826.0
Stoke Newington53,613—252118—15—23014187.8
Hackney232,993—1,808543110321531142,79212.0
Central Districts.
Holborn55,134_15764114—13922785.1
Finsbury96,732—505155—23—310937988.3
City of London20,31029728—9~—15—1517 .4
East Districts.
Shoreditch115,6621877223-36-313861,28411.1
Bethnal Green130,831—1,288290155-524781,89414.5
Stepney308,923—3,1237511120101647394,50814.6
Poplar171,08611,285360—81—14187111,93911.4
South Districts.
Southwark209,781—1,275422—80_19256102,0629.9
Bermondsey128,2553—1,021319—45—514371,54012.0
Lambeth318.538—1,478327154623225132,1276.7
Battersea181,736—977359—44113175101,5798.7
Wandsworth281,419—1,321636—6912721432,2718.1
Camberwell277,059—1.571405—82—1626432,3418.5
Deptford116,510—'777318—346414521,28611.1
Greenwich1U7,222—661257—18—29311,0329.7
Lewisham152,532—604302—32—78611,0326.8
Woolwich129,336—1,027279—27—611311,45311.3
Port of London—122—2——1—8—

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Scarlct Fever.—This disease caused a large number of cases of
illness, especially in the eastern group of boroughs, but in Westminster
the number was less than in 1906. The notifications were, as usual,
greatest in autumn, as shown in the accompanying chart. The number

Table: of cases among school children is given below with the schools affected. The mortality remains low.

of cases among school children is given below with the schools affected. The mortality remains low.

Scarlet Fever.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.
Deaths per 100 Cases—
The City1.83.32.52.84.02.52.8
The County3.23.02.82.72.82.62.49