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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table CIV.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1908. | Notified Cases of Infectious Disease. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria.* | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Other continued Fevers. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | Total. | ||
| london | 4 795,757 | 4 | 22,070 | 8,002 | 4 | 1,357 | 13 | 228 | 4202 | 85 | 35,965 |
| Paddington | 150,923 | .. | 682 | 150 | .. | 31 | 1 | 6 | 105 | 1 | 976 |
| Kensington | 182,752 | .. | 453 | 238 | .. | 42 | 1 | 11 | 132 | 1 | 878 |
| Hammersmith | 134,012 | .. | 394 | 204 | .. | 31 | .. | 6 | 69 | 1 | 705 |
| Fulham | 171,562 | .. | 596 | 400 | .. | 39 | .. | 17 | 127 | 4 | 1,183 |
| Chelsea | 75,049 | .. | 174 | 141 | .. | 17 | .. | 3 | 52 | .. | 387 |
| City of Westminster | 170,545 | 1 | 627 | 187 | .. | 41 | .. | 6 | 81 | 3 | 946 |
| St. Marylebone | 126,867 | .. | 411 | 119 | .. | 34 | 1 | 8 | 126 | 2 | 701 |
| Hampstead | 92.654 | .. | 280 | 64 | .. | 25 | 1 | 6 | 33 | .. | 409 |
| St Pancras | 217,075 | 2 | 952 | 308 | 1 | 61 | .. | 8 | 158 | 5 | 1,495 |
| Islington | 349 091 | .. | 1,409 | 530 | .. | 97 | 1 | 17 | 235 | 7 | 2,296 |
| Stoke Newington | 54.015 | .. | 202 | 65 | .. | 11 | .. | 4 | 25 | 2 | 309 |
| Hackney | 235,253 | 1 | 1,276 | 389 | .. | 66 | .. | 12 | 238 | 7 | 1,989 |
| Holborn | 54,466 | .. | 194 | 50 | .. | 25 | .. | 2 | 46 | .. | 317 |
| Finsbury | 96.007 | .. | 409 | 170 | .. | 49 | .. | 4 | 95 | 3 | 730 |
| City of London | 19,252 | .. | 53 | 29 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 99 |
| Shoreditch | 115,227 | .. | 600 | 210 | .. | 105 | .. | 6 | 127 | 6 | 1054 |
| Bethnal Green | 131,066 | .. | 1,010 | 278 | 83 | .. | 6 | 246 | 2 | 1625 | |
| Stepney | 310,706 | .. | 2,358 | 658 | 3 | 98 | 2 | 9 | 423 | 2 | 3553 |
| Poplar | 171,516 | .. | 1,280 | 315 | .. | 61 | .. | 14 | 191 | 5 | 1,866 |
| Southwark | 210,442 | .. | 775 | 270 | .. | 48 | .. | 15 | 234 | 6 | 1,348 |
| Bermondsey | 127.910 | .. | 641 | 252 | .. | 58 | .. | 9 | 168 | 3 | 1,131 |
| Lambeth | 321,344 | .. | 1,454 | 345 | .. | 66 | 3 | 10 | 225 | 14 | 2,117 |
| Battersea | 183,873 | .. | 1,152 | 366 | .. | 41 | .. | 7 | 150 | 3 | 1,719 |
| Wandsworth | 289,506 | .. | 1,261 | 591 | .. | 61 | .. | 13 | 209 | 5 | 2,140 |
| Camberwell | 280,022 | .. | l,054 | 398 | .. | 36 | .. | 10 | 233 | 2 | 1,733 |
| Deptford | 117.539 | .. | 723 | 208 | .. | 28 | .. | 4 | 171 | .. | 1,134 |
| Greenwich | 109,110 | .. | 428 | 223 | .. | 35 | .. | 2 | 106 | .. | 794 |
| Lewisham | 156,627 | .. | 620 | 471 | .. | 34 | 3 | 6 | 91 | .. | 1225 |
| Woolwich | 131,346 | .. | 601 | 368 | .. | 20 | .. | 6 | 91 | 1 | 1087 |
| Port of London | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 19 |
* Including Membranous Croup.