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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
Westminster 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]
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(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Sanitary Districts of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,
classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | New Cases of Sickness in each locality. | number of such cases removed from home to hospitals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Totals. | |||||
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1898. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria, | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Totals | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric (or Typhoid). | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric (or Typhoid). | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ST. MARGARET. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Convent | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Rest of Parish | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 8 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 24 | 32 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 83 | 1 | 20 | 30 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 60 | ||||
| Total | 21,668 | 20,761 | 277 | Under 5 | ... | 8 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
| 5 upwards | 1 | 25 | 32 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 16 | 88 | 1 | 21 | 30 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 65 | ||||
| ST. JOHN. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grosvenor Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Station Hospital | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Rest of Parish | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 18 | 27 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 50 | ... | 16 | 24 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 44 |
| 5 upwards | ... | 45 | 56 | ... | ... | 29 | 1 | ... | l | ... | 34 | 166 | ... | 43 | 49 | ... | ... | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 121 | ||||
| Totals | 34,092 | 31,813 | 811 | Under 5 | ... | 18 | 27 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 50 | ... | 16 | 24 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 44 |
| 5 upwards | ... | 45 | 56 | ... | ... | 29 | 1 | ... | l | ... | 34 | 166 | ... | 43 | 49 | ... | ... | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 121 | ||||
"Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since October 31st, 1889. The Isolation Hospitals are the Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, and occasionally the London Fever Hospital and the London Small-Pox Hospital.