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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

Westminster 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, The United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster]

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The places where the greatest number of cases of Measles
have occurred are Peabody-buildings, 68 (last year there were 80);
Tufton-street, 39 (last year 44); Cobourg-buildings, 27; Lillington-street,
25; Horseferry-road, 27; Vauxhall-bridge-road,
18; Rochester-buildings, 17; Romney-street, 17.
The greatest number of Scarlet Fever cases have occurred at
Carlisle-place, 63; Peabody-buildings, 34; Victoria-street, 11;
Little Dean's-yard, 10 ; Lillington-street, 10.
And of Diphtheria the greatest number of cases have occurred
in Tufton-street, 16; Romney-street, 11; Peabody-buildings, 9;
and Earl-street, 6.

Table: The following is a table of cases notified each month during the past year and also the deaths that occurred of the undermentioned diseases:—

The following is a table of cases notified each month during the past year and also the deaths that occurred of the undermentioned diseases:—

Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Small Pox.Membraneous Croup.
-CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
January82168...816...1...........................
February16956...115.....................1.........
March231158...514...1...1.........1.........
April1763039...218...31......1...............
May57429...216...........................1...
June4623212526.. .1...1.....................
July13134144612131......1...............
August2...24...2231012...........................
September3...30...17...4...3...1.....................
October5133...8...5...3.........1...............
November1...32...3171........................1...
December5...26...624...7.........1.........1...
790743012143197732423...4...2...3...

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Measles rose to the highest number in March, and since then
has been gradually decreasing; 74, however, out of 790 cases,
have proved fatal.
Scarlet Fever has been more or less prevalent all through the
year, especially since April, when there were 39 cases, but out
of the 301 cases that have occurred only 2 deaths are recorded
within the district, though 17 occurred in outlying institutions.