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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified in 1892, under the provisions of the Public Health (L ondon ) Act , 1891.
| 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. | Cholera. | Totals. | Enumerated Population (un revised) 1891. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 3 | 727 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 15 | 172 | 184 | 13 | 5 | 1182 | 166,308 |
| Battersea | 4 | 1131 | 70 | 7 | 17 | 353 | 286 | 15 | ... | 1883 | 150,458 | |
| Bermondsey | 2 | 645 | 1 | 43 | ... | 7 | 89 | 170 | 5 | 1 | 963 | 84,688 |
| Bethnal Green | 36 | 932 | ... | 102 | 3 | 44 | 532 | 336 | 14 | ... | 1999 | 129,134 |
| Camber well | 16 | 1549 | ... | 103 | 2 | 32 | 281 | 280 | 15 | ... | 2278 | 235,312 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 533 | ... | 51 | 3 | 36 | 167 | 180 | 6 | 1 | 981 | 96,272 |
| Clerkenwell | 3 | 379 | ... | 43 | 2 | 16 | 114 | 164 | 3 | ... | 724 | 65,885 |
| Fulham | 2 | 527 | ... | 41 | ... | 15 | 94 | 107 | 10 | ... | 796 | 91,640 |
| Greenwich | 11 | 1282 | 3 | 116 | 2 | 20 | 173 | 304 | 9 | ... | 1920 | 165,417 |
| Hackney | 27 | 1958 | 1 | 181 | 10 | 35 | 617 | 353 | 16 | ... | 3198 | 229,531 |
| Hammersmith | 2 | 459 | ... | 45 | 8 | 6 | 312 | 120 | 6 | ... | 958 | 97,237 |
| Hampstead | 1 | 322 | ... | 49 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 54 | 8 | ... | 567 | 68,425 |
| Holborn | 3 | 294 | ... | 24 | 1 | ... | 61 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 469 | 33,248 |
| Islington | 42 | 1726 | ... | 215 | 6 | 45 | 709, | 531 | 50 | 3 | 3327 | 319,433 |
| Lambeth | 24 | 1777 | 2 | 119 | 35 | 44 | 491 | 410 | 17 | 25 | 2944 | 275,202 |
| Lewisham | ... | 273 | ... | 40 | ... | 2 | 123 | 97 | 3 | ... | 538 | 72,272 |
| Limehouse | 7 | 511 | ... | 40 | ... | 12 | 80 | 100 | 17 | ... | 767 | 57,599 |
| Marylebone | 11 | 702 | 1 | 73 | 6 | 8 | 218 219 | 243 | 6 | 3 | 1271 | 142,381 |
| Mile End Old Town | 10 | 954 | ... | 79 | 1 | 9 | 235 | 13 | 1 | 1551 | 107,565 | |
| Paddington | 3 | 541 | ... | 47 | 1 | 4 | 168 | 115 | 7 | ... | 886 | 117,838 |
| Plumstead | 19 | 993 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 11 | 134 | 79 | 7 | ... | 1286 | 88,539 |
| Poplar | 5 | 1470 | ... | 183 | 20 | 48 | 436 | 340 | 12 | 3 | 2517 | 166,697 |
| Rotherhithe | ... | 167 | 2 | 49 | .. | 5 | 43 | 73 | 2 | .. | 341 | 39,074 |
| Shoreditch | 83 | 83,0 | 2 | 89 | 5 | 15 | 202 | 253 | 11 | ... | 1490 | 124,009 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 4 | 289 | ... | 21 | 3 | 6 | 126 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 533 | 45,546 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 1 | 335 | ... | 44 | 1 | ... | 122 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 564 | 78,362 |
| St. George, Southwark | 2 | 375 | ... | 28 | ... | 2 | 74 | 108 | 4 | ... | 593 | 59,712 |
| St. Giles | 7 | 176 | ... | 26 | ... | 3 | 60 | 105 | 1 | ... | 378 | 39,778 |
| St. James, Westminster | 4 | 69 | ... | 13 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 24,993 |
| St. Luke, Middlesex | 9 | 229 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 103 | 1 | ... | 406 | 42,411 |
| St. Margaret and St.John, Westminster | 2 | 295 | ... | 24 | 4 | 3 | 138 | 77 | 3 | ... | 546 | 55,760 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ... | 54 | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14 | ... | ... | 102 | 14,574 |
| St. Mary, Newington | ... | 955 | 1 | 58 | ... | 18 | 151 | 226 | 5 | ... | 1414 | 115,663 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 1 | 64 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 16 | 21 | ... | ... | 110 | 12,694 |
| St. Pancras | 34 | 1294 | ... | 118 | 4 | 30 | 408 | 426 | 26 | 5 | 2345 | 234,437 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | ... | 121 | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | 39 | 37 | 2 | ... | 207 | 27,162 |
| Strand | 7 | 111 | ... | 12 | ... | 4 | 28 | 22 | 1 | ... | 185 | 25,201 |
| Wandsworth | ... | 886 | ... | 85 | 11 | 22 | 239 | 271 | 13 | 1 | 1528 | 156,931 |
| Whitechapel | 23 | 539 | 1 | 42 | ... | 16 | 242 | 177 | 11 | ... | 1051 | 74,462 |
| Woolwich | 2 | 338 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 16 | 45 | 3 | ... | 421 | 40,818 |
| City of London | 5 | 284 | ... | 28 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 51 | 1 | ... | 463 | 38,345 |
| Port of London | 4 | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 23 | |
| Grand Totals | 423 | 27096 | 20 | 2465 | 147 | 565 | 7791 | 6934 | 347 | 54 | 45842 |
Seven cases of "relapsing fever," one of them in Kensington, were also notified.