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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

Paddington 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the fourth quarter of Year1893to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health under provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the fourth quarter of Year1893to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health under provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

Names of Places.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Typhus.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera (English).Totals.Population in 1891.
Paddington292129526...1687...456117,83
Battersea747023058228174...951150,45
Bermondsey...1567621......263...31884,68
Bcthnal Green654719362...23134...947129,13
Camberwell768726042...11016631,176235,31
Chelsea151809325...1287...40396,27???
Clerkenwell...2218724...1...91142565,88???
Fulham322812421...1651...43391,640???
Greenwich2161320866...49132...1,053165,41???
Hackney2847361145...24198...1,549229,531
Hammersmith...2036922...2649...35197,237
Hampstead11484318...2227...24168,425
Holborn2763618.........28...16033,248
Islington11857313105132226211,575319,433
Kensington7229813559...43116...687166,308
Lambeth675525641...181220511,294275,202
Lewisham...1907814......379...36465,112
Limehouse132375937...1...62...40957,599
Mile End93179454......4105...583107,565
Newington440615620......395...684115,663
Plumstead71966620...1639...33595,699
Poplar ...60521281121...163182...1,184166,697
Rotherhithe1116277...3221...17739,074
Shoreditch234214926113131...655124,009
St. George-in-the East21885124...1...44...31045,546
St. George, Hanover Square41903225......131...28378,362
St. George, Southwark11605011...1150...27459,712