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Kensington 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]

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Table: Cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1891, under the provisions of the " Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889."

Cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1891, under the provisions of the " Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889."

Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Typhoid or Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Membranous Croup.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Totals.Enumerated Population (ur revised) 1891
Kensington5*313...954171851635787166,321
Battersea4597...941621310217271286150,458
Bermondsey7411...5931776172274784,688
Bethnal Green65571150724277152131187129,134
Camber well6655110011523321681235235,312
Chelsea1217...48216173161262096,272
Clerkenwell2315...65210121120263765,885
Fulham...1233552176978935691,640
Greenwich2560275711220151216101614165,417
Hackney...55612361542392213161471229,531
Hammersmith...2251444428466563397,237
Hampstead1137...36...810145533368,425
Holborn...88262243143123333,248
Islington17192186742696339332025819,433
Lambeth4863...1393631334256101673275,202
Lewisham (excludingPenge)2154...40...15443429872,272
Limehouse1166...69...106870338757,599
Marylebone .1372364...121391712764142,381
Mile End Old Town7228...1043121041302590107,565
Paddington...259165321801354649117,838
Plumstead1138142375452630488,539
Poplar45712186144244129661562166,697
Rotherhithe .19101...103...43288134839,074
Shoreditch2367...1101212121404857124,009
St. George in- the- East...79...43...48933124945,546
St. George, Hanover Sq.1135...26238141329278,362
St. George, Southwark.1218...191195370138259,712
St. Giles1107...281...2563122639,778
St. James, Westminster165...19...31915112324,993
St Luke, Middlesex...150...31...55954...29942,411
St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster...114...242...4965425855,760
St. Martin- in- the- Fields...2811122410...5814,574
St. Mary, Newington...286...44...10981145557115,663
St. Olave, Southwark...48...13...4712...8412,694
St. Pancras1620...21852029537381540234,437
St. Saviour, Southwark...69...13...53432215527,162
Strand...37...2012111318525,201
Wandsworth64471661917017710887156,931
Whitechapel110...39...1815557138174,462
Woolwich....80...11......827312940,818
City of London71...17...23225...14938,345
Port of London1......7......11...10
Grand Totals .114113982733721525055907476422126460

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* Four cases of chicken-pox; and one of small-pox, imported from Hampstead.
Thirty-nine cases of "relapsing fever" and 23 of " cholera," one of them in Kensington,
were notified.