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London County Council 1899

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

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Table: The case rate of each district in 1891-8 and in 1899, and the death rates in 1889-98 and in 1899 are shown in the following table-

The case rate of each district in 1891-8 and in 1899, and the death rates in 1889-98 and in 1899 are shown in the following table-

Sanitary district.Cases, 1899.Case-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths, 1899.Death-rate per 1,000 living.
1891-8.1899.1889-98.1899.
Paddington2052.11.629.44.23
Kensington2581.71.543.38.25
Hammersmith1912.21.825.49.23
Fulham5282.84.159.51.45
Chelsea2382.92.526.53.27
St. George, Hanover-square911.41.112.27.15
Westminster1011.81.910.40.19
St. James371.71.73.25.14
Marylebone1961.81.436.35.26
Hampstead1161.81.415.29.19
Pancras5782.22.4111.47.46
Islington7102.42.0126.45.36
Stoke Newington302.90.96.50.17
Hackney7073.289.40
St. Giles311.40.85.33.13
St. Martin-in-the-Fields171.31.41.36.08
Strand371.61.67.33.30
Holborn622..82.16.50.20
Clerkenwell1973.33.028.56.42
St. Luke1032.82.510.49.25
London, City of571.72.07.33.25
Shoreditch3722.63.165.57.54
Bethnal-green3453.92.75976.46
Whitechapel2023.12.527.60.33
St. George-in-the-East1043.72.112.77.25
Limehouse1323.02.334.65.58
Mile-end Old-town3733.23.365.65.58
Poplar4244.12.577.60.45
St. Saviour, Southwark1243.05.117.49.70
St. George, Southwark4472.67.463.491.04
Newington7282.75.9104.49.84
St. Olave312.12.89.34.81
Bermondsey5432.46.388.511.03
Rotherhithe1602.33.932.48.78
Lambeth1,1182.33.6158.45.51
Battersea6093.23.562.56.36
Wandsworth6182.13.068.37.33
Camberwell1,2413.04.7160.52.61
Greenwich6843.13.873.52.40
Lewisham5092.14.568.32.60
Woolwich1301.33.121.33.51
Lee1351.13.414.32.35
Plumstead1822.916.54.25
Port of London10-----
London13,7112.63.01,946.481.431

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To enable the variations in diphtheria prevalence and mortality in the several sanitary
districts of London to be better appreciated the following tables (A) and (B) have been prepared.
Table (A) shows (1) the diphtheria case rates per 10,000 living in the several sanitary districts
of London for each of the years 1892-9 inclusive, and (2) the comparative case rates of each
district in these years, i.e., the case rates of each district in each year shown in relation to the
London case rate of the game year, the London case rate being taken as 100. Table (B) shows,
similarly, the comparative death rates of the several sanitary districts for each of the years
1887-99, inclusive, the London death rate for each year being taken as 100—

Table: (A) Diphtheria—Case rates per10,000living and comparative case rates (London rate taken as100)in sanitarydistricts in each of the years1892-9.

(A) Diphtheria—Case rates per10,000living and comparative case rates (London rate taken as100)in sanitary

districts in each of the years1892-9.

Sanitary district.Case-rates per 10,000 living.Comparative case-rates (London case-rates taken s 100).
1892.1893.18941895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899
Paddington142432191926201670751237361877753
Kensington11221722211913155569658568635050
Hammersmith322718202115151816084697768505860
Fulham1124313630323841557511913897107146137
Chelsea2124253250322825105759612316110710883
St. George, Hanover-16161412151514118050544648505437
square Westminster261513202021241913047507765709263

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1 See footnote ('1), page 3.