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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE C.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population in the middle of 1904 | Small.pox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Typhus fever. | Enteric fever. | Other continued fevers. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. | Cholera. | Total. | Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Districts. | ||||||||||||
| Fulham | 152,482 | — | 294 | 302 | - | 39 | - | 8 | 131 | - | 774 | 5.1 |
| Paddington | 146,975 | 4 | 363 | 143 | - | 48 | - | 10 | 117 | - | 685 | 4.7 |
| Kensington | 179,236 | 3 | 267 | 187 | - | 47 | 3 | 11 | 141 | - | 659 | 3.7 |
| Hammersmith | 117,412 | — | 285 | 204 | - | 39 | 1 | 12 | 123 | - | 664 | 5.7 |
| Chelsea | 74,329 | - | 108 | 61 | - | 13 | — | 7 | 45 | - | 234 | 3.2 |
| City of Westminster | 177,321 | 6 | 313 | 145 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 126 | - | 649 | 3.7 |
| North Districts. | ||||||||||||
| (St. Marylebone | 130,337 | 8 | 295 | 118 | - | 50 | — | 3 | 187 | - | 661 | 5.l |
| Hainpstead | 86,(564 | 1 | 169 | 58 | - | 27 | 1 | 6 | 56 | - | 318 | 3.7 |
| St. Pancras | 235,936 | 7 | 848 | 349 | - | 136 | — | 10 | 258 | - | 1,608 | 6.8 |
| Islington | 341,044 | 18 | 1,150 | 347 | 1 | 128 | — | 24 | 280 | - | 1,948 | 5.7 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,445 | 8 | 154 | 61 | - | 14 | 3 | 53 | - | 293 | 5.6 | |
| Hackney | 226,266 | 13 | 858 | 571 | - | 185 | 3 | 23 | 266 | - | 1,919 | 8.5 |
| Central Districts. | ||||||||||||
| Holborn | 57,161 | 6 | 98 | 46 | - | 41 | - | 7 | 76 | _ | 274 | 4.8 |
| Finsbury | 98,958 | 15 | 330 | 146 | - | 46 | - | 5 | 106 | - | 648 | 6.6 |
| City of London | 23,482 | 2 | 32 | 40 | - | 14 | — | — | 21 | - | 109 | 4.7 |
| East Districts. | ||||||||||||
| Shoreditch. | 117,033 | 14 | 343 | 188 | - | 48 | 1 | 5 | 178 | - | 777 | 6.7 |
| Bethnal Green. | 130,207 | 126 | 661 | 425 | - | 58 | 4 | 12 | 224 | - | 1,510 | 11.6 |
| Stepney | 303.741 | 90 | 1,258 | 821 | 1 | 198 | — | 15 | 470 | - | 2,853 | 9.4 |
| Poplar | 169,905 | 42 | 547 | 670 | - | 93 | —— | 15 | 204 | - | 1,571 | 9.3 |
| South Districts. | ||||||||||||
| Southwark | 207.937 | 28 | 415 | 281 | - | 92 | _ | 12 | 298 | - | 1,126 | 5.4 |
| Bermondsey | 129.397 | 19 | 454 | 193 | - | 73 | 1 | 5 | 186 | - | 931 | 7.2 |
| Lambeth | 310,359 | 28 | 658 | 326 | - | 100 | 4 | 16 | 248 | - | 1,380 | 4.5 |
| Battel.sea | 175,465 | 7 | 385 | 227 | - | 63 | 2 | 7 | 161 | - | 852 | 4.9 |
| Wandsworth | 257,448 | 6 | 772 | 404 | - | 71 | 3 | 14 | 270 | - | 1,540 | 6.0 |
| Camberwell | 268,381 | 19 | 956 | 270 | - | 78 | 1 | 13 | 327 | - | 1,664 | 6.2 |
| Deptford | 113,509 | 11 | 405 | 196 | - | 30 | — | 10 | 151 | - | 803 | 7.1 |
| Greenwich | 101,651 | 1 | 213 | 152 | - | 49 | — | 2 | 86 | - | 603 | 5.0 |
| Lewishatm | 140,401 | — | 337 | 130 | - | 29 | — | 8 | 83 | - | 587 | 4.2 |
| Woolwich | 123,4 16 | 8 | 468 | 161 | - | 27 | 1 | 5 | 75 | - | 745 | 61 |
| Port of London | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | 9 | - | — | 1 | - | 12 | | — |
| County of London . | 4,648,950 | 491 | 13,437 | 7,222 | 3 | 1,896 | 27 | 273 | 4.948 | - | 28,297 | 6.1 |