London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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London County Council 1899

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

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Enteric fever.

Case-rates per1,000living in London sanitary districts as constituted by the London Government

Act,1899.

Sanitary district.Number of cases notified per 1,000 living.
1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Paddington0.510.400.540.570.580.440.370.590.77
Kensington0.560.360.570.510.580.550.670.620.66
Hammersmith0.450.460.670.530.550.480.430.571.06
Fulham0.600.420.580.360.530.460.440.570.84
Chelsea0.580.520.901.110.810.780.590.530.58
Westminster0.500.500.750.850.590.620.540.590.75
St. Marylebone0.45O.510.661.070.960.750.630.720.84
Hampstead0.530.700.490.670.850.750.420.600.56
St. Pancras0.930.500.710.840.640.820.920.911.01
Islington0.580.670.810.810.590.690.760.691.04
*Stoke Newington0.650.830.750.480.920.440.840.560.59
Hackney1.090.771.630.941.220.930.971.001.21
Holborn1.220.691.040.930.690.690.850.480.92
Finsbury0.910.530.920.730.810.970.980.531.17
City of London0.450.760.760.911.070.660.760.693.08
Shoreditch0.890.720.950.650.860.940.880.751.39
Bethnal-green1.160.791.071.130.950.980.820.791. 57
Stepney0.890.631.270.760.690.780.780.661.61
Poplar1.121.102.331.261.051.071.150.941.63
Southwark0.380.450.650.600.680.690.650.690.85
Bermondsey1.280.730.600.600.670.850.690.581.27
Lambeth0.500.420.560.890.740.540.610.540.71
Battersea0.620.460.820.850.820.650.550.550.93
Wandsworth0.420.520.690.740.740.540.500.610.61
Camberwell0.420.430.580.520.950.680.580.450.67
Deptford3.860.530.720.920.930.680.920.760.78
Greenwich2.400.890.580.900.630.500.581.310.96
Lewisham0.530.490.550.570.500.670.520.180.66
Woolwich0.380.430.580.432.550.580.430.520.54
London0.800.580.850.770.800.710.700.670.98

Other continued fevers.

Case-rates per1,000living in London sanitary dishicts as constituted by the London Government

Act,1899.

Sanitary district.No. of cases notified per 1,000 living.
1891.18921893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Paddington0.020.010.040.02-0.01-0.010.01
Kensington0.030.020.060.050.020.040.030.020.10
Hammersmith0.040.080.040.040.050.040.040.05-
Fulham0.02-0.050.010.030.040.040.010.01
Chelsea0.010.040.010.010.030.03o.oi0.010.04
Westminster0.040.040.030.050.020.030.030.010.01
St. Marylebone-0.040.020.040.03-0.010.010.01
Hampstead St. Pancras-0.010.040.010.040.030.03--
0.020.020.010.010.02o.oo0.030.01-
Islington0.030.020.020.020.030.020.00o.oo0.01
*Stoke Newington0.030.03----0.02--
Hackney0.080.040.030.040.030.030.020.010.02
Holborn0.040.01---0.01--0.03
Finsbury0.020.040.080.030.050.02-0.010.01
City of London-0.030.03-0.030.03--0.04
Shoreditch0.010.040.030.020.030.070.020.010.05
Bethnal-green0.060.020.030.050.020.03-0.02-
Stepney0.010.010.010.010.010.010.000.010.01
Poplar0.080.120.220.070.070.050.020.020.02
Southwark0.01-0.01o.oo0.00o.oo0.000.010.00
Bermondsey0.04-0.030.05-0.010.04-0.01
Lambeth0.130.120.210.170.070.050.040.03
Battersea0.110.050.060.030.030.01---
Wandsworth0.010.070.030.070.020.040.030.010.00
Camberwello.oo0.010.020.000.01-0.010.010.02
Deptford0.100.010.020.03-0.030.010.010.02
Greenwich0.430.010.04---0.010.02-
Lewisham---0.030.01---0.01
Woolwich0.030.010.050.020.020.060.010.010.01
London0.050.030.050.040.020.020.010.010.02

In this table 0.00 indicates that the cases were too lew to give a rate of 0.005; when no case occurred—is inserted.
*See footnote (*), page 2.