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London County Council 1893

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

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Table: The number of cases and the case rate of each sanitary district in London is shown in the following table— Erysipelas.

The number of cases and the case rate of each sanitary district in London is shown in the following table— Erysipelas.

Cases in 1893.Case rate per 10,000 in 1893.Cases in 1893.Case rate per 10,000 in 1893.
Paddington24020Whitechapel21629
Kensington27316St. George-in-the-East11225
Hammersmith18318Limehouse18633
Fulham15615Mile-end Old-town28226
Chelsea20621Poplar56634
St. George, Hanover-square8211St. Saviour, Southwark5420
Westminster8415St. George, Southwark14424
St. James3314Newington28424
Marylebone37927St. Olave3628
Hampstead7811Bermondsey18822
Pancras65628Rotherhithe8020
Islington70221Lambeth58121
Hackney49921Battersea43227
St. Giles9825Wandsworth38022
St. Martin-in-the-Fields96Camberwell43618
Strand229Greenwich35721
Holborn9529Lewisham18319
Clerkenwell22935Woolwich5012
St. Luke16841Plumstead13214
London, City of7621Port of London2—
Shoreditch31726London9.71222
Bethnal-green42633

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Puerperal Fever.
The deaths attributed to puerperal fever in London in 1893 numbered 352. The corrected
annual average of the preceding ten years being 297'9.

Table: The number of cases notified and the number of deaths attributed to diphtheria in London in each of the three last years was as follows—

The number of cases notified and the number of deaths attributed to diphtheria in London in each of the three last years was as follows—

Case rate perDeath rate per
Cases.1,000 living.Deaths.1,000 living.
1891221.05222.05
1892338■08313.07
1893400.09352.08

Table: The number of cases notified and the case rates of each sanitary district in 1893 were as follows— Puerperal fever.

The number of cases notified and the case rates of each sanitary district in 1893 were as follows— Puerperal fever.

Cases in 1893.Case rate per 10,000 in 1893.Cases in 1893.Case rate per 10,000 in 1893.
Paddington181.5Bethnal-green181.4
Kensington90.5Whitechapel91.2
Hammersmith181.8St. George-in-the-East51.1
Fulham181.7Limehouse61.1
Chelsea50.5Mile-end Old-town50.5
St. George, Hanover-square30.4Poplar100.6
Westminster50.9St. Saviour, Southwark10.4
St. James31.3St. George, Southwark Newington40.7
Marylebone100.160.5
Hampstead50.7St. Olave10.8
Pancras241.0Bermondsey50.6
Islington401.2Rotherhithe41.0
Hackney180.8Lambeth271.0
St. Giles20.5Battersea191.2
St. Martin-in-the-Fields——Wandsworth201.2
Strand——Camberwell230.9
Holborn20.6Greenwich221.3
Clerkenwell10.2Lewisham111.1
St. Luke20.5Woolwich10.2
London, City of——Plumstead101.1
Shoreditch100.8London4000.9

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lhe increase observed during these years is therefore also noticeable in the case of puerperal
fever.