[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 46

London County Council 1899

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

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Table: The following table is of interest as showing the rapidity with which influenza may increase from small to epidemic proportions, and the fact that the mortality from the disease has usually attained its maximum in the late autumn or winter months.Influenza-Deaths1 registered in London in four-weekly periods,1890-99.

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The following table is of interest as showing the rapidity with which influenza may increase from small to epidemic proportions, and the fact that the mortality from the disease has usually attained its maximum in the late autumn or winter months.

Influenza-Deaths1 registered in London in four-weekly periods,1890-99.

Number of weeks.	1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.
Weeks 1-4	303	9	1,308	52	272	59	37	40	244	66
„ 5-8	167	7	637	96	96	164	58	55	368	259
„ 9-12	75	8	119	162	69	1,343	61	94	193	430
„ 13-16	39	29	42	180	56	257	50	121	140	302
„ 17-20	13	770	33	125	32	106	50	96	61	121
„ 21-24	5	1,044	22	72	27	35	33	54	51	82
„ 25-28	6	242	15	49	19	28	17	26	25	42
„ 29-32	6	51	7	23	17	14	15	18	27	27
„ 33-36	3	32	9	23	20	17	10	13	10	11
„ 37-40	6	13	6	18	14	15	12	19	17	19
„ 41-44	5	15	20	28	29	22	27	29	46	55
„ 45-48	13	35	18	152	41	47	56	35	49	61
„ 49-52*	6	81	28	546	58	49	56	71	52	342

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* The deaths occurring in the 53rd week of the years 1890 and 1896 are excluded from these figures.
Phthisis.
The deaths from phthisis in the Administrative County of London during 1899 (52 weeks)
numbered 8,291.

Table: The death rates of this disease per 1,000 living in the Registration County of London in successive periods have been as follows—Phthisis.

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The death rates of this disease per 1,000 living in the Registration County of London in successive periods have been as follows—

Phthisis.

1851-60	2.86	1894	1.74
1861-70	2.84	1895	1.83
1871-80	2.51	1896	1.73
1881-90	2.09	1897	1.77
1891	2.02	1898	1.77
1892	1.89	1899	1.881
1893	1.91

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The Registrar-General, in the annual summaries relating to London and other large
towns, since the year 1893, has distributed the deaths from phthisis, occurring in public institutions
belonging to London, to the sanitary districts to which they belong, and it is therefore
possible to compare the phthisis death rates of the various sanitary districts.

Table: The death rates (!) in the several groups of districts since 1893 have been as follows—

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The death rates (!) in the several groups of districts since 1893 have been as follows—

	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1899.
Central group	2.58	2.65	2.53	2.69	2.66	2.75
East „	2.00	2.05	1.89	2.03	2.06	2.19
South „	1.54	1.70	1.60	1.62	1.66	1.74
North ,.	1.60	1.63	1.58	1.55	1.54	1.64
West „	1.55	1.55	1.54	1.53	1.52	1.65

Table: The following table shows the number of deaths and the death rate per 1,000 living in 1899 (52 weeks) in the several sanitary districts of London—

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The following table shows the number of deaths and the death rate per 1,000 living in 1899 (52 weeks) in the several sanitary districts of London—

Sanitary district.	Deaths, 1899.	Death rate per 1,000 living.	Sanitary district.	Deaths, 1899.	Death rate per 1,000 living.
Paddington	148	1.15	Bethnal-green	303	2.36
Kensington	231	1.34	Whitechapel	194	2.39
Hammersmith	187	1.72	St. George-in-the-East	121	2.50
Fulham	238	1.83	Limehouse	135	2.30
Chelsea	173	1.79	Mile-end Old-town	205	1.82
St. George, Hanover-sq.	110	1.36	Poplar	364	2.14
Westminster	172	3.31	St. Saviour, Southwark	83	3.44
St. James	46	2.11	St. George, Southwark	213	3.53
Marylebone	277	1.98	Newington	325	2.62
Hampstead	67	0.84	St. Olave	28	2.53
Pancras	489	2.01	Bermondsey	183	2.14
Islington	552	1.59	Rotherhithe	75	1.83
Stoke Newington	31	0.88	Lambeth	537	1.75
Hackney	332	1.50	Battersea	277	1.59
St. Giles	116	3.13	Wandsworth	253	1.21
St. Martin-in-the-Fields	22	1.82	Camberwell	404	1.53
Strand	62	2.70	Greenwich	281	1.54
Holbora	91	3.08	Lewisham	120	1.07
Clerkenwell	153	2.32	Woolwich	102	2.46
St. Luke	144	3.53	Lee	40	1.00
London, City of	61	2.19	Plumstead	93	1.46
Shoreditch	253	2.10	London	8,291	1.822

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1 See footnote (2), page 3.
2See footnote (2), page 3.

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Table: The death rates of this disease per 1,000 living in the Registration County of London in successive periods have been as follows—Phthisis.

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Table: The death rates (!) in the several groups of districts since 1893 have been as follows—

Table: The following table shows the number of deaths and the death rate per 1,000 living in 1899 (52 weeks) in the several sanitary districts of London—

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