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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]

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Table: ( B) TABLE (V.) OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the Sanitary District of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

( B) TABLE (V.) OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the Sanitary District of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster,

classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Localities.Population at All AgesRegistered Births.Ages.New Cases of Sickness in each locality.Number of such cases removed from home to hospitals.
Census 1891.Estimated to Middleof 1895.1234567891011Totals.1234567891011Totals.
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric (or Typhoid).Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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ST. MARGARET.
Westminster Hospital.........Under 5...11........................2...11........................2
5 upwards...1.........1...............2...............1...............1
Convent.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards...5...........................5...5...........................5
Rest of Parish.........Under 5...2213.....................136...1910........................29
5 upwards...52151...14......2...892...4610......8......1......65
Total21,43320,504322Under 5...2314.....................138...2011........................31
5 upwards...58151...15......2...899...5110......9......1......71
ST. JOHN.
Grosvenor Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards...............1...............1...............1...............1
Station Hospital.........Under 5........................................................................
5 upwards........................................................................
Rest of Parish.........Under 5...37311...1............474...2529......1............257
5 upwards66544......11......1...1714466342......9............6126
Total34,10633,550956Under 5...37311...1............474...2529......1............257
5 upwards66544......12......1...1714566342......10............6127

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"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.