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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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| Estern Disctric | Bethnal Green | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 | 20 | 26 | 47 | 54 | 147 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 186 | 126,961 | ||
| Whitechapel | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 32 | 25 | 38 | 14 | 109 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 4 | 119 | 71,363 | |||
| St. George's-in-the-East | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 47,157 | |||
| Stepney | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 58,243 | |||
| Mile End Old Town | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 9 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 86 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 114 | 105,613 | |||
| Poplar | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 44 | 36 | 29 | 44 | 153 | 13 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 71 | 3 | 233 | 890 | 156,510 | 692,438 | |
| Southern District. | St. Saviour's | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 42 | 43 | 54 | 191 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 206 | 195,164 | |||
| St. Olave's | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 80 | 134,632 | |||
| Lambeth | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 150 | 78 | 108 | 84 | 420 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 449 | 253,699 | |||
| Wandsworth and Clapham | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 8 | 134 | 88 | 46 | 47 | 315 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 55 | 3 | 381 | 210,434 | |||
| Camberwell | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 88 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 230 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 256 | 186,593 | ||||
| Greenwich | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 7 | 54 | 29 | 37 | 18 | 138 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | ... | 174 | 131,233 | |||
| Woolwich | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ... | 84 | 80,845 | |||
| Lewisham | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 77 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 80 | 1710 | 73,337 | 1,265,937 | ||
| 35 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 1412 | 1020 | 1100 | 928 | 4460 | 199 | 118 | 113 | 100 | 530 | 96 | 5151 | 5151 | ||||
In addition to the cases in the Table, five cases of typhus were admitted, 3 from Stepney and one each from Mile End Old
Town and St. Saviour's, Southwark: 55 cases of "other diseases" were admitted through error in diagnosis.
At the close of the year there were remaining 853 cases, viz., scarlet fever 733, diphtheria 42, enteric fever 72,
and "other diseases" 6.