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London County Council 1899

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

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Puerperal fever.

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

Act,1899.

Sanitary district.No. of cases notified per 1,000 living.
1891.1892.18931894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Paddington0.030.050.130.070.070.080.060.050.05
Kensington0.030.080.050.050.040.050.090.060.06
Hammersmith0.050.060.180.050.020.080.080.030.11
Fulham0.100.100.180.090.050.080.120.060.10
Chelsea0.030.070.070.070.080.050.050.030.11
Westminster0.050.040.060.010.020.040.030.030.02
St. Marylebone0.010.040.070.070.050.020.040.070.04
Hampstead0.070.110.070.070.050.080.030.010.06
St. Pancras0.030.110.100.050.080.090.060.070.05
Islington0.100.150.120.070.070.090.080.060.09
*Stoke Newington-0.03-0.040.020.040.060.060.15
Hackney0.080.070.090.070.060.030.050.060.09
Holborn0.030.060.06-0.030.040.030.050.03
Finsbury0.020.040.030.040.050.050.040.040.06
City of London-0.03-0.030.06-0.07--
Shoreditch0.030.090.080.040.020.020.020.060.08
Bethnal-green0.100.110.140.060.050.090.050.020.15
Stepney0.020.130.090.060.020.040.060.060.07
Poplar0.040.070.060.050.050.040.070.030.08
Southwark0.040.050.050.030.060.060.080.080.05
Bermondsey0.020.050.070.020.040.080.040.050.04
Lambeth0.040.060.090.060.050.070.090.050.09
Battersea0.180.100.120.080.060.060.040.060.08
Wandsworth0.060.080.120.120.040.060.050.100.06
Camberwell0.030.060.090.060.060.060.050.040.07
Deptford0.090.070.140.120.130.150.080.060.07
Greenwich0.030.040.120.050.060.060.020.080.09
Lewisham0.040.030.100.090.090.090.020.040.07
Woolwich0.080.090.080.040.080.060.050.090.08
London0.050.080.090.060.050.060.060.050.07

In this table 0.00 indicates that the cases were too few to give a rate of 0.005; when no case occurred—is inserted.

Erysipelas.

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

Act,1899.

Sanitary district.No. of cases notified per 1,000 living.
1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
Paddington1.140.991.961.000.841.011.091.011.18
Kensington0.981.101.621.091.531.611.401.061.22
Hammersmith0.681.221.830.940.861.140.870.871.00
Fulham0.841.111.541.090.890.851.120.971.37
Chelsea1.842.082.281.651.151.090.920.970.70
Westminster0.730.961.170.690.710.910.910.690.93
St. Marylebone1.201.712.681.851.661.731.811.291.45
Hampstead0.660.771.090.910.690.700.520.520.65
St. Pancras1.591.812.771.971.731.451.611.321.28
Islington1.061.652.151.241.001.150.920.811.02
*Stoke Newington0.420.761.070.680.900.910.670.690.79
Hackney1.011.632.281.281.371.431.261.371.36
Holborn1.482.672.762.001.772.102.101.711.54
Finsbury1.592.423.621.811.592.181.691.161.27
City of London0.661.392.151.230.731.060.860.650.75
Shoreditch1.132.052.581.611.502.391.861.431.67
Bethnal-grsen1.182.613.312.032.412.492.972.522.54
Stepney1.022.052.751.431.581.771.471.631.43
Poplar1.782.043.382.151.651.831.541.331.35
Southwark1.071.832.361.381.111.541.331.261.49
Bermondsey2.001.932.221.661.231.891.291.461.26
Lambeth0.931.462.051.061.271.171.070.931.08
Battersea1.441.862.761.881.531.501.251.101.19
Wandsworth1.131.672.251.421.231.401.241.171.16
Camberwell0.921.171.801.331.251.231.160.890.98
Deptford1.031.711.871.301.301.461.391.211.55
Greenwich1.571.852.291.621.081.141.411.181.30
Lewisham0.551.151.951.200.910.830.880.630.85
Woolwich0.630.981.460.960.930.950.840.850.86
London1.131.632.261.401.291.431.301.151.23

*See footnote (*), page 2.