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Hammersmith 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
(Compiled from Registrar General's Report.)
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of I9I3 t | Total Cases. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus. | Continued Fever. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup). | Cholera. | Erysipelas | Cerebro-spinal Fever | Puerperal Fever. | Anthrax. | Glanders. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Polio-myelitis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 142,210 | 960 | 25 | _ | — | — | 487 | 304 | — | 112 | _ | 8 | — | — | 22 | 2 |
| Kensington | 171,284 | 880 | 28 | — | — | — | 558 | 145 | — | 112 | 3 | 13 | — | — | 17 | 4 |
| Hammersmith | 123,745 | 821 | 13 | — | — | — | 537 | 138 | — | 101 | - | 8 | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Fulham | I57.117 | 1,238 | 34 | — | — | — | 767 | 270 | — | 121 | 5 | 19 | — | — | 20 | 2 |
| Chelsea | 64.598 | 323 | 7 | — | — | — | 206 | 61 | — | 35 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 3 | |
| City of Westminster | 154.810810 | 701 | 29 | — | — | — | 379 | 192 | — | 75 | — | 6 | — | — | 16 | 4 |
| St. Marylebone | 114.532 | 662 | 19 | _ | — | 1 | 417 | 130 | — | 78 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 1 |
| Hampstead | 86.346 | 400 | 15 | — | — | — | 208 | 128 | — | 33 | — | 1 | — | — | ii | 4 |
| St. Pancras | 214.330 | 1,309 | 41 | — | 1 | — | 565 | 438 | — | 215 | 5 | 11 | — | — | 24 | 9 |
| Islington | 325.585 | 2,239 | 50 | — | — | — | I.3I5 | 551 | — | 228 | 8 | 28 | — | — | 40 | 19 |
| Stoke Newington | 50.518 | 246 | 9 | — | — | — | 109 | 84 | — | 35 | i | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| Hackney | 223,353 | 1,449 | 39 | — | 1 | — | 821 | 331 | — | 184 | 8 | 19 | — | 31 | 15 | |
| Holborn | 46,949 | 234 | 7 | — | — | — | 132 | 60 | — | 29 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| Finsbury | 84,679 | 549 | 15 | — | — | — | 274 | 107 | — | 125 | 5 | 14 | — | — | 6 | 3 |
| City of London | 17,916 | 94 | 6 | — | — | — | 47 | 30 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Shoreditch | 109,654 | 757 | 15 | _ | 1 | — | 354 | 185 | _ | 159 | 4 | 9 | — | — | 22 | 8 |
| Bethnal Green | 127,824 | 958 | 23 | — | — | — | 411 | 223 | — | 265 | 1 | 13 | — | — | 19 | 3 |
| Stepney | 275.300 | 1,810 | 68 | 2 | 1 | — | 820 | 471 | — | 364 | 10 | 34 | 2 | — | 24 | 14 |
| Poplar | 160,913 | 1,397 | 40 | — | 1 | 2 | 754 | 345 | — | 173 | 5 | 26 | 1 | — | 47 | 3 |
| Southwark | 188,487 | 1,586 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 880 | 327 | — | 260 | 6 | 15 | — | 55 | — | |
| Bermondsey | 124.739 | 1.177 | 27 | 1 | 1 | — | 731 | 243 | — | 130 | 3 | M | — | — | 24 | 3 |
| Lambeth | 297,«39 | 2,170 | 39 | — | 2 | — | 1,397 | 408 | — | 219 | 7 | 25 | — | — | 65 | 8 |
| Battersea | 167,464 | i.43i | 20 | — | 2 | — | 949 | 288 | — | 123 | 3 | 10 | — | — | 3i | 5 |
| Wandsworth | 330,395 | 1.806 | 52 | — | 2 | — | 1,007 | 447 | — | 206 | 9 | 32 | — | — | 37 | 14 |
| Camberwell | 261,805 | 1.893 | 23 | — | 1 | 403 | — | 257 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | 30 | 5 | ||
| Deptford | 109,280 | 1,140 | 17 | — | — | — | 625 | 245 | — | 232 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 19 | — |
| Greenwich | 96.015 | 739 | 8 | — | — | — | 330 | 267 | — | 112 | — | 5 | — | — | 17 | — |
| Lewisham | 168,822 | 1,238 | 34 | — | — | — | 670 | 431 | — | 84 | — | 3 | — | — | 11 | 5 |
| Woolwich | 122.382 | 1,155 | 14 | — | — | — | 645 | 402 | — | 72 | — | 8 | — | 13 | 1 | |
| Port of London | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Administrative County of London | 4,818,191 | 31,367 | 788 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 17,852 | 7,684 | - | 4,148 | 92 | 349 | 4 | 1 | 641 | 145 |
| Ages 0-1 | 3 | - | 153 | 213 | 127 | 25 | - | - | _ | 634 | 9 | |||||
| '' 1-5 | 6,950 | 26 | — | _ | _- | 4,211 | 2.397 | _ | 180 | 27 | — | — | — | 5 | 104 | |
| '' 1-5 | jo,753 | 92 | 1 | 3 | 7.646 | 2,816 | _ | 159 | 16 | _ | 1 | — | 1 | 17 | ||
| „ 10- | 4,660 | 96 | 2 | 3.375 | 1,016 | _ | 153 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | |||
| '' 15 | 1.799 | 99 | i | 3 | 1 | 970 | 429 | — | 273 | 5 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 3 | |
| „ 20- | 1,200 | 98 | 1 | i | _ | 494 | 276 | _ | 237 | 4 | 85 | — | — | — | 4 | |
| " 25- | 1,680 | 154 | 4 | 2 | 519 | 3i7 | — | 502 | 3 | 178 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| '' 35- | i,160 | 112 | 1 | 2 | — | 130 | 119 | — | 727 | 68 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| '' 45- | 939 | 50 | — | — | — | 37 | 43 | — | 802 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| ''55- | 576 | 24 | — | — | — | 11 | 23 | — | 5i8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| „ 65 and upwards | 485 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 5 | _ | 4/0 | _ | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Age not stated | - | — | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||
* This table is supplied by the Medical Officer of Health of the Administrative County of London, and is
compiled from returns which the London County Council receives from the Metropolitan Asylums Board under
section 55 (4) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
t Based on the results of the Censuses of 1901 and 1911