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London County Council 1900

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

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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 1891-1900 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 same 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 1887-1900, inclusive, the London death-rate for each year being taken as 100—

(A)Diphtheria—Case-rates per10,000living and comparative case-rates (London rate taken as100)in sanitary districts in each of the years1891-1900.

Sanitary district.Case-rates per 10,000 living.Comparative case-rates (London case-rates taken as 100).
1891.1892.1893.1891.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
Padding ton151424321919262016121007075123736187775344
Kensington1211221722211913151980556965856863505070
Hammersmith293227182021151518231931608469776850586085
Fulham911243136303238414860557511913897107146137178
Chelsea2021242532503228251913310575961231611071088370
St. George, Hanover square1116161412151514111273805054464850543744
Westminster9261513202021241920601304750776570926374
St. James912191818162319171860605969695277735767
Marylebone1116292116201617141673809181626553654759
Hampstead16192313162614171420107957250628447654774
Pancras13193422232022212425879510685886573818093
Islington23232827183322162019153115881046910673626770
Stoke Newing-ton Hackney1928401618231616938127140125626974536230141
282427364032291089287120154107107
St. Giles61620111615151181740806342624850422763
St. Martin - in -the-Fields41819121412116141127905946543937234741
Strand5133213171517211619336510050654857815370
Holborn101930221923534921226795948573741771887081
Clerkenwell20204625223753403019133100144968511917715410070
St. Luke151137162332454725201005511662881031501818374
London, City of Shoreditch9251912132321162024601255946507470626789
191742252130312131301278513196819710381103111
Bethnal-green Whitechapel2345584337354326273115322518116514211314310090115
2335282437443823253315317588921421421278883122
St. George - in -the-East Limehouse20295346464440232124133145166177177142133887089
1316423433463323233187801311311271481108877115
Mile - end Old -town Poplar112433324449402633267312010312316915813310011096
2929684146414228253819314521215817713214010883141
St. Savionr, Southwark141633342632424751499380103131100103140181170181
St. George, Southwark12133231173132417437806510011965100107158247137
Newington915412823332738593760751281088810690146197137
St. Olave9132522193725142813606578857311983549348
Bermondsey111127321430333163437355841235497110119210159
Rotherhithe9122737363021103929606084142138977038130107
Lambeth1319302223232527362987959485887483104120107
Battersea22244231252537473519147120131119968112318111770
Wandsworth111626201616293030207380817762529711510074
Camberwell10132129365546274735676566112138177153104157130
Greenwich10112933514734313829675591127196152 113119127107
Lewisham7152317133623284527477572655011677108150100
Woolwich2461216243626312413201946627712010010389
Lee7152512121928413435477578464661 93158113130
Plumstead202534221829367796110736997133
London15203226263130 263027100100100100100100100100100100