Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Towns. | 1886-95. | 1896. | Towns. | 1886-95. | 1896. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
London | .01 | .002 | West Ham | .05 | .02 |
Manchester | .02 | — | Bristol | .04 | .02 |
Liverpool | .02 | — | Nottingham | .01 | — |
Birmingham | .05 | — | Bradford | .07 | .00 |
Leeds | .01 | .00 | Hull | .02 | — |
Sheffield | .23 | — | Salford | .01 | — |
If the London smallpox death rate be compared with the rates of the following foreign cities
it will be seen that in the period 1886-95 the London rate was exceeded by all these cities except
Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Berlin and in 1896 by that of St. Petersburg only.
Towns. | 1886-95. | 1896. | Towns. | 1886-95. | 1896. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
London | .01 | .002 | St. Petersburg | .13 | .15 |
Paris | .07 | .00 | Berlin | .00 | .00 |
Brussels | .11 | .00 | Vienna | .08 | .00 |
Amsterdam | .00 | .00 | Rome | .26 | .00 |
Copenhagen | .00 | .00 | New York | .03 | .00 |
Stockholm | .00 | .00 |
The cases notified in the administrative county were distributed throughout the year as follows—
No. of week. | Week ending | No. of cases notified. | No. of week. | Week ending | No. of cases notified. | No. of week. | Weekending | No. of cases notified. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 January | 5 | 19 | 9 May | 2 | 37 | 12 September | 3 |
2 | 11 „ | 11 | 20 | 16 „ | 3 | 38 | 19 „ | — |
3 | 18 „ | 12 | 21 | 23 „ | 4 | 39 | 26 „ | 1 |
4 | 25 „ | 8 | 22 | 30 „ | 3 | 40 | 3 October | — |
5 | 1 February | 14 | 23 | 6 June | 6 | 41 | 10 „ | 1 |
6 | 8 „ | 4 | 24 | 13 „ | 2 | 42 | 17 „ | — |
7 | 15 „ | 9 | 25 | 20 „ | 25 | 43 | 24 „ | — |
8 | 22 „ | 8 | 26 | 27 „ | 8 | 44 | 31 „ | 1 |
9 | 29 „ | 1 | 27 | 4 July | 12 | 45 | 7 November | _ |
10 | 7 March | 9 | 28 | 11 „ | 11 | 46 | 14 „ | _ |
11 | 14 „ | 3 | 29 | 18 „ | — | 47 | 21 „ | _ |
12 | 21 „ | 6 | 30 | 25 „ | 4 | 48 | 28 „ | _ |
13 | 28 „ | 4 | 31 | 1 August | 4 | 49 | 5 December | 1 |
14 | 4 April | 2 | 32 | 8 „ | 3 | 50 | 12 „ | 1 |
15 | 11 „ | 3 | 33 | 15 „ | 3 | 51 | 19 „ | _ |
16 | 18 „ | 4 | 34 | 22 „ | 3 | 52 | 26 „ | _ |
17 | 25 „ | 9 | 35 | 29 „ | 6 | 53 | 2 January | 1 |
18 | 2 May | 4 | 36 | 5 September | 1 |
The following table shows the number of cases notified in successive periods of four weeks in
each of the several sanitary districts—
2 See footnote (2) page 8.