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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following table shows the number of cases of smallpox notified and the deaths attributed to smallpox belonging to the several sanitary districts in 1895, together with the case rate in that year and the death rate in 1895 and in the period 1885-94.
| Sanitary district. | Cases, 1895. | Case rate per 1,000 living, 1895. | Deaths, 1895. | Death rates per 1,000 living. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885-94. | 1895. | ||||
| Paddington | 10 | .01 | — | .018 | — |
| Kensington | 9 | .05 | — | .023 | — |
| Hammersmith . | 8 | .08 | 1 | .021 | .010 |
| Fulham | 2 | .02 | — | — | |
| Chelsea | 4 | .04 | 1 | .008 | .010 |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 4 | .05 | 1 | .020 | .013 |
| Westminster | 6 | .11 | — | .016 | — |
| St. James | 1 | .04 | — | .016 | — |
| Marylebone | 106 | .75 | 9 | .044 | .064 |
| Hampstead | 2 | .03 | — | .025 | — |
| Pancras | 15 | .06 | 1 | .037 | .004 |
| Islington | 25 | .08 | 1 | .045 | .003 |
| Stoke Newington | — | — | — | .042 | — |
| Hackney | 14 | .07 | 1 | .005 | |
| St. Giles | 13 | .34 | 2 | .061 | .052 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 3 | .23 | 1 | .040 | .075 |
| Strand | 5 | .21 | 2 | .019 | .083 |
| Holborn | 31 | .99 | — | .024 | — |
| Clerkenwell | 11 | .17 | — | .039 | — |
| St. Luke | 3 | .07 | — | .035 | — |
| London, City of | 6 | .18 | — | .025 | — |
| Shoreditch | 16 | .13 | 2 | .037 | .016 |
| Bethnal-green | 94 | .73 | 4 | .031 | .031 |
| Whitechapel | 102 | 1.31 | 4 | .027 | .051 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 21 | .45 | — | .039 | — |
| Limehouse | 21 | .36 | 1 | .066 | .017 |
| Mile-end Old-town | 54 | .49 | 1 | .047 | .009 |
| Poplar | 28 | .17 | 1 | .067 | .006 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 4 | .16 | — | .040 | — |
| St. George, Southwark | 48 | .80 | — | .075 | — |
| Newington | 20 | .17 | 4 | .067 | .033 |
| St. Olave | 1 | .08 | — | .016 | — |
| Bermondsey | 8 | .09 | — | .070 | — |
| Rotherhithe | 38 | .95 | 1 | .103 | .025 |
| Lambeth | 54 | .19 | 2 | .036 | .007 |
| Battersea | 22 | .14 | 1 | .018 | .006 |
| Wandsworth | 15 | .08 | 2 | .011 | |
| Camberwell | 86 | .34 | 7 | .078 | .028 |
| Greenwich | 42 | .24 | 3 | .059 | .017 |
| Lewisbam | 2 | .02 | — | .022 | — |
| Woolwich | 1 | .02 | — | .047 | — |
| Lee | 5 | .13 | — | .024 | — |
| Plumstead | 18 | .31 | 2 | .034 | |
| Port of London | 2 | — | — | — | — |
The deaths attributed to cowpox and vaccination in 1895 numbered 20, being nearly twice the
corrected average of the preceding ten years.
The report of the Statistical Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board for 1895 supplies
the following figures, showing the state as to vaccination of the patients suffering from smallpox
admitted into the institutions of the Board during the year—
| Age period. | Vaccinated. | No evidence as to vaccination.† | Vaccination cicatrices absent. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions, | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | |
| 0— | — | — | — | — | 15 | 11 |
| 1— | — | — | — | — | 12 | 3 |
| 2— | — | — | — | — | 20 | 6 |
| 3— | — | — | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| 4— | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| 5— | — | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 6— | — | — | 2 | — | 11 | 1 |
| 7— | 2 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 1 |
* See footnote (2), page 10.
† These cases include cases stated to have been vaccinated, but bearing no visible evidence of the operation, and also those in
which no statement was made, but the nature of the eruption or other cause prevented any observation of the marks, if any existed.