Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the Middle of 1901. | 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. |
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LONDON | ||||||||||||
Paddington | 144,154 | 21 | 506 | 340 | - | 92 | 13 | 141 | - | 1,113 | 7.7 | |
Kensington | 176,787 | 15 | 476 | 251 | 2 | 99 | 8 | 10 | 171 | - | 1,032 | 5.9 |
Hammersmith | 112,619 | 45 | 346 | 226 | - | 77 | 2 | 3 | 116 | - | 815 | 7.3 |
Fulham | 138,426 | 16 | 600 | 644 | — | 133 | 1 | 7 | 132 | 1 | 1,534 | 11.1 |
Chelsea | 73,879 | 5 | 190 | 107 | - | 41 | - | 4 | 47 | - | 394 | 5.3 |
City of Westminster | 182,502 | 100 | 478 | 255 | — | 105 | 2 | 6 | 117 | - | 1,063 | 5.8 |
St. Marylebone | 133,060 | 79 | 397 | 259 | — | 82 | - | 4 | 183 | - | 1,004 | 7.6 |
Hampstead | 82,287 | 7 | 219 | 153 | — | 50 | 1 | 5 | 48 | - | 483 | 5.9 |
St. Pancras | 235,297 | 256 | 991 | 942 | — | 186 | 2 | 13 | 253 | - | 2,643 | 11.3 |
Islington | 335,325 | 62 | 1,291 | 913 | 2 | 281 | 4 | 33 | 286 | - | 2,872 | 8.6 |
Stoke Newington | 51,328 | 19 | 172 | 144 | 26 | — | 4 | 41 | - | 406 | 7.9 | |
Hackney | 219,780 | 41 | 933 | 978 | 1 | 192 | 1 | 16 | 327 | 1 | 2,490 | 11.4 |
Holborn | 59,205 | 216 | 258 | 167 | 1 | 39 | - | 2 | 89 | - | 772 | 13.1 |
Finsbury | 101,263 | 93 | 502 | 297 | — | 68 | 1 | 5 | 135 | - | 1,101 | 10.9 |
City of London | 26,627 | 8 | 110 | 67 | 21 | - | 1 | 13 | - | 220 | 8.3 | |
Shoreditch | 118,554 | 18 | 557 | 326 | - | 97 | 10 | 6 | 142 | - | 1,156 | 9.8 |
Bethnal Green | 129,700 | 32 | 841 | 463 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 8 | 211 | - | 1,666 | 12.9 |
Stepney | 298,884 | 161 | 1,177 | 845 | 2 | 267 | — | 16 | 372 | - | 2,840 | 9.5 |
Poplar | 168,887 | 71 | 561 | 619 | — | 173 | — | 6 | 187 | - | 1,617 | 9.6 |
Southwark | 206,219 | 89 | 1,301 | 558 | - | 135 | - | 5 | 242 | - | 2,330 | 11.3 |
Bermondsey | 130,348 | 107 | 932 | 330 | 1 | 150 | 5 | 155 | - | 1,680 | 12.9 | |
Lambeth | 302,460 | 51 | 1,039 | 527 | - | 144 | 6 | 14 | 239 | 1 | 2,021 | 6.7 |
Battersea | 169,364 | 53 | 602 | 267 | - | 91 | — | 8 | 126 | - | 1,147 | 6.8 |
Wandsworth | 233,943 | 32 | 689 | 478 | - | 99 | 1 | 14 | 225 | - | 1,538 | 6.6 |
Camberwell | 259,897 | 54 | 1,474 | 867 | - | 155 | 1 | 19 | 228 | - | 2,798 | 10.8 |
Deptford | 110,732 | 4 | 549 | 427 | 9 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 111 | - | 1,167 | |
Greenwich | 96,188 | 11 | 419 | 188 | — | 68 | — | 6 | 110 | - | 802 | 8.4 |
Lewisham | 128,423 | 12 | 465 | 299 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 933 | 7.3 | |
Woolwich | 117,619 | 23 | 310 | 217 | 69 | 1 | 8 | 70 | - | 698 | 6.0 | |
Port of London | — | 1 | 5 | - | — | 23 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 34 | — |