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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

Clerkenwell 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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Table: TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Clerkenwell Metropolitan District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1899, in the Clerkenwell Metropolitan District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Sub Districts.Population at all Ages.Registeted Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1899.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranons Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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GOSWELL Sub-Registration District15,37516,069520Under 5..27111..1........3..24111..1..........
5 upwds...4430....16........16..4426....13........1
St. JAMES Sub-Registration District16,80315,777468..36192..2........2..35191..1..........
5 upwds...4942....40....4..18..4940....37........1
AMWELL Sub-Registration District34,03834.3561,062Un er 5..6637..............3..6636..............1
5 upwds...8562....331..2..26..8160....26........2
Totals66,21666,2022,050Under 5..129673..3........8..125662..2........1
5 upwds...178134....891..6..60..174126....76........4