[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 30

London County Council 1893

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

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less heavily, the greater incidence of disease on the female sex at ' all ages' depending solely on the
greater incidence at the other ages after four years—

Table: Diphtheria, 1893.

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Diphtheria, 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.	Case mortality per cent.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Case mortality per cent.	Cases.	Deaths.
All ages	6,165	1,629	26.4	303	80	7,529	1,642	21.8	332	72
0—	151	101	66.9	274	183	144	83	57.6	256	148
1—	453	298	65.8	917	603	351	236	67.2	704	474
2—	524	279	53.2	1,014	540	508	223	43.9	979	430
3—	608	279	45.9	1,215	558	607	275	45.3	1,185	537
4—	577	222	38.5	1,186	456	600	222	37.0	1,227	454
5—	1,634	342	20.9	707	148	1,922	465	24.2	823	199
10—	684	45	6.6	324	21	884	54	6.1	411	25
15—	459	13	2.8	227	6	665	22	3.3	296	10
20—	343	11	3.2	173	6	575	11	1.9	240	5
25—	468	13	2.8	137	4	762	22	2.9	194	6
35—	169	9	5.3	67	4	297	11	3.7	106	4
45—	63	9	14.3	36	5	142	5	3.5	71	3
55 and upwards	32	8	25.0	19	5	72	13	18.1	31	6

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Diagram XI. shows that a smaller proportion of the total cases notified in London were admitted
into the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1893 than in the preceding year, and that a
smaller proportion of the deaths occurred in these institutions.

Table: The following table shows for each of the London districts (a) the number ot cases and the case rate in 1893, (b) the number of deaths and the death-rate in 1893, (c) the death rate in the period 1885-92. Diphtheria in London, 1893.

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The following table shows for each of the London districts (a) the number ot cases and the case rate in 1893, (b) the number of deaths and the death-rate in 1893, (c) the death rate in the period 1885-92. Diphtheria in London, 1893.

	Cases notified in 1893.	Case rate per 10.000 in 1893.	Deaths in 1893.	Death rate per 10,000 in 1893.	Death rate per 10,000 in 1885-92.
Paddington	289	24	70	5.8	3.2
Kensington	373	22	83	5.0	2.9
Hammersmith	279	27	53	5.2	3.5
Fulham	251	24	64	6.1
Chelsea	236	24	52	5.3	3.0
St. George, Hanover.square	123	16	34	4.5	3.0
Westminster	83	15	14	2.6	3.9
St. James	46	19	14	5.9	1.4
Marylebone	401	29	94	6.7	1.8
Hampstead	166	23	38	5.2	2.3
Pancras	784	34	201	8.6	3.1
Islington	901	28	200	6.1	3.2
Hackney	965	40	206	8.6	3.4
St. Giles	78	20	22	5.7	3.4
St. Martin.in.the.Fields	27	19	8	5.7	2.7
Strand	76	32	22	9.3	2.3
Holborn	98	30	22	6.7	3.1
Clerkenwell	304	46	76	11.6	8.1
St. Luke	155	37	46	11.1	2.9
London, City of	68	19	11	3.1	2.8
Shoreditch	514	42	137	11.1	3.3
Bethnal.green	746	58	136	10.5	5.0
Whitechapel	208	28	61	8.1	4.3
St. George.in.the.East	240	53	62	13.7	4.7
Limehouse	240	42	61	10.7	3.8
Mile.end Old.town	352	33	80	7.4	3.4
Poplar	1,149	68	168	10.0	3.0
St. Saviour, Southwark	89	33	17	6.3	3.2
St. George, Southwark	189	32	45	7.5	2.8
Newington	478	41	93	7.9	2.9
St. Olave	32	25	7	5.4	2.5
Bermondsey	229	27	80	9.5	2.2
Rotherhithe	106	27	31	7.8	2.1
Lambeth	829	30	185	6.6	3.6
Battersea	660	42	167	10.6	2.6
Wandsworth	453	26	113	6.6	2.6
Camberwell	515	21	130	5.3	2.6
Greenwich	491	29	147	8.6	2.7
Lewisham	225	23	54	5.5	2.2
Woolwich	27	6	8	1.9	1.0
Plumstead	237	25	85	9.0	2.5
Port of London	—	—	—	—	—
London	13,712	32	3197	7.4†	31†

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Table: The following table shows for each of the London districts (a) the number ot cases and the case rate in 1893, (b) the number of deaths and the death-rate in 1893, (c) the death rate in the period 1885-92. Diphtheria in London, 1893.

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