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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
Kensington 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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| Eastern District. | Shoreditch | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 17 | 46 | 112 | 195 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 230 | 126,891 | ||
| Bethnal Green | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 50 | 95 | 173 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 199 | 126,961 | |||
| Whitechapel | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 59 | 58 | 142 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 151 | 71,363 | |||
| St. George's-in-the-East | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 71 | 4 | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | 89 | 47,157 | |||
| Stepney | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 74 | 4 | ... | 1 | 8 | 13 | 89 | 58,243 | |||
| Mile End Old Town | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 60 | 97 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 112 | 105,613 | |||
| Poplar | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 39 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 109 | 979 | 156,510 | 692,438 | |
| Southern District. | St. Saviour's | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 57 | 123 | 190 | 388 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 414 | 195,164 | ||
| St. Olave's | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 75 | 81 | 175 | 2 | ... | 2 | 15 | 19 | 197 | 134,632 | |||
| Lambeth | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 39 | 59 | 221 | 306 | 625 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 649 | 253,699 | |||
| Wandsworth and Clapham | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 120 | 245 | 419 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 464 | 210,434 | |||
| Camberwell | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 17 | 51 | 168 | 266 | 1 | ... | 4 | 13 | 18 | 284 | 186,593 | |||
| Greenwich | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 39 | 86 | 5 | ... | 5 | 5 | 15 | 102 | 131,233 | |||
| Woolwich | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 80,845 | |||
| Lewisham | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 52 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 2196 | 73,337 | 1,265,937 | |
| 10 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 63 | 463 | 606 | 1921 | 2943 | 5933 | 63 | 46 | 147 | 244 | 500 | 6496 | 6496 |
In addition to cases in Table, 38 of typhus were admitted, viz., 9, 7, 5, and 4 from St. Saviour's, Camberwell, Whitechapel,
and Chelsea; 3 each from St. Giles', Bloomsbury, and Stepney; 2 from Bethnal Green; and one each from
City of London, St. Olave, St. George's East, Poplar, and Islington; 66 cases of "other diseases" were admitted
through error in diagnosis.