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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
Fulham 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Table h.
Showing the number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the year 1895.
| Sanitary Areas. | Estimated population in the middle of 1895. | Notified Cases op Infectious Disease. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Typhus fever. | Enteric fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1000 persons living. | ||
| Fulham | 111150 | 2 | 339 | 386 | ... | 57 | 3 | 6 | 94 | ... | 887 | 8.o |
| London | 4,392346 | 979 | 19757 | 11223 | 14 | 3506 | 105 | 236 | 5660 | 29 | 41509 | 9.5 |
| West Districts. Paddington | 122756 | 10 | 417 | 238 | ... | 71 | ... | 8 | 103 | 1 | 848 | 6.9 |
| Kensington | 167671 | 9 | 532 | 380 | ... | 99 | 4 | 7 | 259 | ... | 1290 | 7.7 |
| Hammersmith | 108429 | 8 | 379 | 205 | ... | 57 | 5 | 2 | 88 | ... | 744 | 6.9 |
| Chelsea | 99930 | 4 | 575 | 307 | ... | 73 | 2 | 8 | 107 | ... | 1076 | 10.8 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 74037 | 4 | 303 | 96 | ... | 39 | 3 | 1 | 68 | ... | 514 | 7.0 |
| Westminster | 54003 | 6 | 179 | 105 | ... | 27 | ... | 2 | 30 | ... | 349 | 6.5 |
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