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London County Council 1905

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

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48
Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
The deaths attributed to influenza in 1905 numbered 689, compared with 709 in the year 1904.
The deaths from bronchitis in 1905 numbered 6,049, compared with 6,373 in 1904. In 1905 there were
6,965 deaths from pneumonia, an increase of 356 oyer the number occurring' from the same cause in
the year 1904.

Table: The deaths from the deseases since 1889 have been as follows:-

The deaths from the deseases since 1889 have been as follows:-

Year.Deaths1 from Influenza.Deaths' from Bronchitis.Deaths' from Pneumonia.
189065212,448fi,224
18912,33613,1366,915
18922,26411,1836,164
18931,52610,4137,198
18947507,8165,321
18952,15610,6335,989
18964967,5585,537
18976717,4085,053
18981,2837,7795,440
18991,8179,1956,666
19001,9508,6997,189
19016647,3176,121
19021,0737,9016,788
19036445,2405,826
19047096,3736,609
19056896,0496,965

Table: The distribution of deaths from influenza throughout the year for each of the years 1890 to 1905 is shown in the following table c— Influenza—Deaths registered in London in four-weekly periods, 1890-1905.

The distribution of deaths from influenza throughout the year for each of the years 1890 to 1905 is shown in the following table c— Influenza—Deaths registered in London in four-weekly periods, 1890-1905.

Number of weeks.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
1—430391,30852272593740244661,01657771416794
5—81677637969616458553682592987522410362119
9—12758119162691,34361941934301301342988974119
13—16392942180562575012114030217210289546275
17—201377033125321065096611211058158464056
21—2451,0442272273533545182573035372138
25—2862421549192817262542162120251716
29—32651723171415182727121871854
33—363329232017101310111111166911
37—40613618141512191719151213172422
41—445152028292227294655172335139239
45—48133518152414756354961554465449844
49—52=6812854658495671523424656995113852

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The deaths occurring in the 53rd -week of the years 1890, 1896 and 1902 aro excluded from these figures.

Table: Phthisis. The deaths from phthisis in the Administrative County of London during 1905 (52 weeks) numbered 6,622, as compared with 7,526 in the year 1904. The death-rates from this disease in successive periods have been as follows :—

Phthisis. The deaths from phthisis in the Administrative County of London during 1905 (52 weeks) numbered 6,622, as compared with 7,526 in the year 1904. The death-rates from this disease in successive periods have been as follows :—

Period.Death rate per 1,000 persons living.Period.Death rate per 1,000 persons living.
1851-602.8619011.661
1861-702.8419021.60
1871-802.5119031.55
1881-902.0919041.62
1891-19001.8419051.42

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The following table shows the crude phthisis death-rate corrected for differences in the age and
sex constitution of the various sanitary districts. The factors for correction, also shown in the table,
have been calculated by applying the population at each age and for each sex of each of the London
sanitary districts to the death-rates at each age and for each sex obtaining for London in the five years
1897-1901
1. See footnote (2). page 9.
2. See footnote (1), page 9.