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88
District or Parish.
Total number of
death from
small pox in the
five years
1877-1881.
Averagenumber
of deaths from
smallpox in the
five yours
1877-1881.
Number of
deaths from
small-pox registered
in 1881.
The number of
deaths from
small-pox iu the
year 1881 above
the average.
Kensington
295
59
76
17
Fulham
225
45
46
1
Chelsea
128
26
31
5
St . George's, Hanover Square
102
20
29
9
Westminster
58
12
23
11
Marylebone
158
32
40
8
Hampstead
40
9
6
3
St. Pancras
324
65
72
7
Islington
432
86
136
50
Hackney
599
120
236
116
St. Giles
34
7
11
4
Strand
40
8
20
12
Holborn
169
34
60
26
London, City of
42
8
16
8
Shoreditch
287
57
180
123
Bethnal Green
323
65
122
57
Whitechapel
157
31
52
21
St. George's-in-the-East
134
27
41
14
Stepney
218
50
48
2
Mile-end Old Town
240
48
60
12
Poplar
482
96
97
1
St. Saviour's, Southwark
500
100
133
33
St. Olave, Southwark
302
60
116
56
Lambeth
457
91
108
17
Wandsworth
287
57
100
43
Camberwell
518
104
188
84
Greenwich
504
101
246
145
Lewisham
39
8
16
8
Woolwich
53
11
32
21
Whole Metropolis
7173
1437
2341
014
In the first quarter of the year the epidemic so far increased
in the metropolis that there were no vacant beds at any of the
Metropolitan Small-pox Hospitals. The epidemic continued
still further to increase in severity, and in the first week of May
you were obliged to use the cottage at the Fulham Union
Workhouse, for the isolation of seven cases of small pox. Between
this date and the 27th of April 16 more cases were taken
to this Union Hospital. Of the 23 cases treated at the Fulham
Union 4 died there, the others were removed before recovery to
the Metropolitan Asylum Small-pox Hospital by your Board.
On April the 27th, there were 7 cases of small-pox which required
immediate removal, and it was found that there was not a vacant
bed to be obtained in London. Under my directions an