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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

London County Council 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: * Scarlet fever, 1893.

* Scarlet fever, 1893.

Age period.Males.Females.
Cases.Deaths.Case mortality per cent.Rate per 100,000 living.Cases.Deaths.Case mortality per cent.Rate per 100,000 living.
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
All ages.17,7048004.58703919,1977894.184535
0—2814114.6510742843412.050661
1—72610514.51,47021365510816.51,314217
2—1,16113411.52,2472591,13513211.62,188254
3—1,5011318.72,9992621,4851137.62,899221
4—1,610955.93,3081951,6711116.63,419227
5—6,7272073.12,912907,4671782.43,19976
10—3,187371.21,511183,618561.51,68326
15—1,353261.9670131,270191.55668
20—53391.72695703142.02936
, 25—455132.91334669131.91703
35—128—0.051—17852.8642
45—3412.91914337.0222
55 and upwards.8112.55119315.881

Table: The following table shows the number of cases and deaths and the case and death rates of each district in 1893 and in the period 1885-92—

The following table shows the number of cases and deaths and the case and death rates of each district in 1893 and in the period 1885-92—

Cases.Case rate per 10,000.Deaths, 1893.Death rate per 10,000, 1893.Death rate, 1885-92.
Paddington77865332.71.3
Kensington94357523.11.5
Hammersmith66565363.5
Fulham70668333.22.0
Chelsea58960323.31.7
St. George, Hanover-square59178253.31.4
Westminster42077254.62.2
St. James113472.81.8
Marylebone91366684.91.5
Hampstead51671202.7.9
Pancras2,5891111002.31.7
Islington2,98991942.91.6
Hackney2,505104743.12.4
St. Giles23862143.61.5
St. Martin-in-the-Fields1027321.42.2
Strand14059198.01.3
Holborn31195123.72.5
Clerkenwell731112304.62.8
St. Luke36187286.83.4
London, City of2998482.21.6
Shoreditch1,00882393.23.1
Bethnal-green1,488115715.54.3
Whitechapel811108324.32.5
St. George-in-the-East485107143.14.0
Limehouse710125356.14.1
Mile-end Old-town1,179109403.73.8
Poplar1,8831121056.23.0
St. Saviour, Southwark21078186.73.2
St. George, Southwark59499427.04.0
Newington1,10194514.33.4
St. Olave1179164.73.2
Bermondsey57068303.63.4
Rotherhithe30276164.02.7
Lambeth2,24780692.52.4
Battersea1,49195402.51.7
Wandsworth1,29175533.1
Camberwell1,85476733.02.4
Greenwich1,46986714.21.7
Lewisham61963121.21.0
Woolwich25862163.8.8
Plumstead76581485.11.2
Port of London2————
London36,953861.58837†22†

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* III the preparation of this table, the question whether the person?, who were attacked and who died, belonged to London is disregarded,
the percentages being calculated on the number of cases notified in London, and the number of deaths occurring in London
and the institutions belonging to London. Inasmuch as the age of the patient is not in all cases recorded in the notification certificate,
it has been necessary to distribute such cases among the various ages proportionately.
† See footnote (f), page 6.