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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 33.-County of London.- Notifications of infectious disease during the 53 weeks ended
| Metropolitan boroughs (in topographical order) | Anthrax | Cerebrospinal fever | Continued fever | Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | Dysentery | Encephalitis lethargica | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Pneumonia | Polio encephalitis | Polio, myelitis | Puerparal fever | Puerperal pyrexia | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | - | 3 | 1 | 218 | 9 | - | 7 | 50 | 4 | 14 | 131 | - | 1 | 14 | 42 | 263 | - | - |
| Kensington | - | 6 | - | 176 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 67 | 2 | 12 | 177 | - | 3 | 12 | 21 | 310 | - | - |
| Hammersmith | - | 6 | - | 133 | 14 | - | 12 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 91 | - | 2 | 7 | 24 | 335 | - | - |
| Fulham | - | 4 | - | 178 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 63 | - | 13 | 227 | - | 4 | 6 | 25 | 323 | - | - |
| Chelsea | - | 2 | - | 68 | 4 | - | 6 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 88 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 148 | - | - |
| Westminster, City of | - | - | - | 85 | 10 | - | 10 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 21 | - | - | 1 | 13 | 178 | - | - |
| St. Marylebone | - | 1 | - | 119 | 1 | - | 7 | 28 | - | 7 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 141 | - | - |
| Hampstead | - | 1 | - | 61 | 3 | - | 15 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 92 | - | 1 | 1 | 21 | 122 | - | - |
| St. Pancras | - | 2 | - | 486 | 41 | - | 11 | 81 | 4 | 31 | 228 | - | 2 | 9 | 23 | 426 | - | - |
| Islington | - | 6 | - | 582 | 35 | - | 7 | 127 | - | 45 | 210 | - | 1 | 24 | 56 | 761 | - | - |
| Stoke Newington | - | - | - | 76 | 2 | - | 2 | 19 | - | 5 | 29 | - | - | 5 | 8 | 132 | - | - |
| Hackney | - | 1 | - | 343 | 11 | - | 5 | 126 | 2 | 25 | 139 | - | 2 | 19 | 75 | 550 | - | - |
| Holborn | - | 2 | - | 61 | 7 | - | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 32 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 67 | - | - |
| Finsbury | - | 1 | - | 154 | 7 | - | 4 | 31 | - | 10 | 73 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 149 | - | - |
| City of London | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | - | - |
| Shoreditch | - | 2 | - | 219 | 51 | - | 5 | 53 | - | 11 | 48 | - | - | 2 | 23 | 287 | - | - |
| Bethnal Green | - | 6 | - | 222 | 32 | - | 9 | 93 | 1 | 10 | 87 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 334 | - | - |
| Stepney | - | 5 | - | 517 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 118 | - | 12 | 202 | - | - | 2 | 34 | 512 | - | - |
| Poplar | - | 6 | - | 481 | 6 | - | 11 | 65 | - | 5 | 333 | - | 3 | 5 | 16 | 459 | - | - |
| South wark | - | 9 | - | 338 | 8 | - | 2 | 74 | - | 26 | 127 | - | 1 | 13 | 17 | 352 | - | - |
| Bermondsey | - | 4 | - | 207 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 39 | - | 6 | 125 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 266 | - | - |
| Lambeth | - | 5 | - | 415 | 15 | - | 13 | 109 | 3 | 54 | 231 | - | 1 | 5 | 46 | 703 | - | - |
| Battersea | - | 7 | 3 | 320 | - | - | 14 | 67 | - | 29 | 267 | - | 2 | 4 | 16 | 489 | - | - |
| Wandsworth | - | 5 | - | 385 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 115 | 4 | 30 | 336 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 660 | - | - |
| Camberwell | - | 7 | - | 259 | 3 | - | 5 | 89 | 1 | 13 | 153 | - | 1 | 8 | 15 | 706 | - | - |
| Deptford | - | 3 | - | 196 | 1 | - | 5 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 82 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 261 | - | - |
| Greenwich | - | 1 | - | 257 | - | 1 | 5 | 34 | - | 6 | 83 | - | 1 | 4 | 19 | 304 | - | - |
| Lewisham | - | 8 | - | 234 | - | 2 | 12 | 93 | 2 | 19 | 216 | - | 2 | 3 | 36 | 836 | - | - |
| Woolwich | - | 10 | - | 234 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 24 | 247 | - | 1 | 5 | 25 | 603 | - | - |
| Ages 0- | - | 22 | - | 136 | 29 | - | 7 | 40 | - | 462 | 245 | - | 2 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| „ 1- | - | 32 | 1 | 2,158 | 155 | 1 | 22 | 52 | - | - | 775 | - | 11 | - | - | 3,085 | - | - |
| „ 5- | - | 13 | - | 2,789 | 50 | 2 | 25 | 40 | - | - | 402 | - | 10 | - | - | 4,006 | - | - |
| „ 10- | - | 9 | 1 | 840 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 65 | 1 | - | 160 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1,567 | - | - |
| „ 15- | - | 11 | 1 | 333 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 70 | 2 | - | 185 | - | 4 | 8 | 42 | 636 | - | - |
| „ 20- | - | 8 | - | 277 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 98 | 1 | - | 233 | - | - | 44 | 197 | 497 | - | - |
| „ 25- | - | 12 | - | 290 | 16 | 2 | 41 | 165 | 13 | - | 405 | - | 2 | 82 | 315 | 540 | - | - |
| „ 35- | - | 4 | - | 133 | 7 | - | 18 | 235 | 13 | - | 402 | - | 1 | 40 | 78 | 196 | ||
| „ 45- | - | - | - | 51 | 5 | - | 22 | 353 | 5 | - | 450 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 56 | - | - |
| „ 55- | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 349 | - | - | 449 | 1 | - | - | - | 21 | - | - |
| „ 65- | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 234 | - | - | 283 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| ,, 75 + | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 114 | - | - | 152 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| 15 | - | - |