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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Table shewing Quakterla and Total 'Admissions of Small-Fox and Fever Patients at the Asylums Board Hospitals in 1891, and Population of the several Parishes, Unions, and Districts.
| Parishes, Unions. | Small-Pox. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Total. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Diphtheria. | Total, | Grand Total Small- Pox, Fever, and Diphtheria. | Population in 1891. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr, | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr. | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr. | 1th Qtr. | lst Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | ||||||||||
| West District. | Kensington | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 66 | 47 | 48 | 39 | 200 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 271 | 166,321 | ||
| Fulham | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 65 | 32 | 20 | 71 | 188 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 95 | 307 | 188,877 | |||
| Paddington | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 146 | 6 | 1 | ... | 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 53 | 209 | 117,838 | |||
| Chelsea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 15 | 23 | 32 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 134 | 96,272 | |||
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 17 | 70 | 15 | 172 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 45 | 226 | 149,603 | |||
| Westminster | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 21 | 7 | 25 | 60 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 72 | 1219 | 52,752 | 771,663 | |
| North District. | St. Marylcbone . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50 | 28 | 05 | 105 | 248 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 59 | 330 | 142,381 | ||
| St. Pancras | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 78 | 54 | 120 | 154 | 406 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 70 | 515 | 234,437 | |||
| Hampstead | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 77 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 108 | 68,425 | |||
| Islington | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 | 45 | 43 | 62 | 210 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 12 | 26 | 67 | 52 | 157 | 404 | 319,433 | |||
| Hackney | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49 | 30 | 49 | 86 | 214 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 71 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 71 | 356 | 1713 | 229,531 | 994,207 | |
| Central District. | St. Giles and St. George | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 55 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 39,778 | ||
| Strand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 28 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28 | 33,405 | |||
| Holborn | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 98 | 80 | 101 | 110 | 389 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 82 | 528 | 167,000 | |||
| London, City of | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 18 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 667 | 51,306 | 291,489 | ||
| East Disirict. | Shoreditch | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 32 | 29 | 40 | 73 | 174 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 57 | 267 | 124,009 | ||
| Bethnal Green | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 21 | 32 | 59 | 80 | 192 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 72 | 301 | 129,134 | |||
| Whitechapel | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 34 | 20 | 102 | 197 | 74,462 | |||
| St. George-in-the-East | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 58 | 1 | ... | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 125 | 45,546 | |||
| Stepney | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 80 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 126 | 57,599 | |||
| Mile End Old Town | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 115 | 107,565 | |||
| Poplar | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 39 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 111 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 40 | 204 | 1335 | 166,697 | 705,012 | |
| St. Saviour | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64 | 56 | 85 | 111 | 316 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 79 | 434 | 195,105 | |||
| St. Clave | 4 | 20 | ... | ... | 24 | 38 | 27 | 111 | 84 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 08 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 377 | 135,554 | |||
| South District. | Lambeth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70 | 95 | 133 | 162 | 469 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 63 | 558 | 275,202 | ||
| Wandsworth & Clapham | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77 | 132 | 138 | 179 | 526 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 23 | 39 | 18 | 36 | 116 | 695 | 284,192 | |||
| Camherwell | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 65 | 32 | 39 | 73 | 209 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 251 | 235,312 | |||
| Greenwich | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 58 | 39 | 44 | 191 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 165 | 193 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 432 | 165,417 | |||
| Woolwich | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 79 | 106,961 | |||
| Lewisham | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 2869 | 72,533 | 1,470,376 | |
| Port of London | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 9 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 1 125 | 996 | 1407 | 1811 | 5339 | 154 | 144 | 210 | 413 | 921 | 315 | 324 | 411 | 431 | 1418 | 7805 | 7805 | ||||
| In addition to the cases in the Tabic, 19 cases of typhus were admitted; 5 from Woolwich; 4 from St. 3each from Bethnal Green and Whitechapel; 2 from Hackney; and one each from Fulham Southwark At the close of the year there were remaining 1844 cases, viz: scarlet fever 1416 diphtheria fever 211, typhus .5, and "other diseases" 6. | Olave, Southwark; and St. Saviour 206, enteric | ||||||||||||||||||||||||