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London County Council 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary area. | Deaths, 190 (52 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902-6. | 1907. | ||
| Paddington | 52 | 0.21 | 0.35 |
| Kensington | 81 | 0.24 | 0.45 |
| Hammersmith | 33 | 0.29 | 0.27 |
| Fulham | 75 | 0.37 | 0.45 |
| Chelsea | 25 | 0.29 | 0.33 |
| Westminster, City of | 25 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| St. Marylebone | 44 | 0.20 | 0.35 |
| Hampstead | 12 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| St. Pancras | 78 | 0.37 | 0.33 |
| Islington | 124 | 0.34 | 0.36 |
| Stoke Newington | 19 | 0.28 | 0.36 |
| Hackney | 68 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
| Holborn | 28 | 0.28 | 0.51 |
| Finsbury | 52 | 0.49 | 0.54 |
| London, City of | 7 | 0.18 | 0.35 |
| Shoreditch | 101 | 0.57 | 0.88 |
| Bethnal Green | 60 | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| Stepney | 102 | 0.44 | 0.33 |
| Poplar | 82 | 0.46 | 0.48 |
| Southwark | 103 | 0.42 | 0.49 |
| Bermondsey | 55 | 0.4l | 0.43 |
| Lambeth | 111 | 0.33 | 0.35 |
| Battersea | 68 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
| Wandsworth | 112 | 0.26 | 0.40 |
| Camberwell | 118 | 0.32 | 0.43 |
| Deptford | 37 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| Greenwich | 26 | 0.33 | 0.24 |
| Lewisham | 51 | 0.23 | 0.34 |
| Woolwich | 37 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table that both in the period 1902-6 and the year 1907 the
highest whooping-cough death-rate obtained in Shoreditch (0.57 and 0.88 respectively), and the lowest
in Hampstead (0.12 and 0.13 respectively). The whooping-cough death-rates in each of the four
quarters of the year 1907 were as follows: first quarter, 0.45; second quarter, 0.57; third quarter, 0.31;
and fourth quarter, 0.18 per 1,000 persons living.
As in the case of measles some of the annual reports show the number of cases of whooping cough
which became known to the medical officers of health in 1907, and the following figures are thus supplied:—
| No. of cases. | No. of cases. | • 0 0 | No. of cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 589 | Islington | 831 | Bermondsey | 408 |
| Kensington | 597 | Hackney | 678 | Lambeth | 887 |
| Hammersmith | 337 | Finsbury | 211 | Wandsworth | 930 |
| Chelsea | 142 | Shoreditch | 368 | Woolwich | 598 |
| Westminster | 323 |
Typhus.
There were no deaths from typhus registered in the Administrative County of London during
the year 1907.
1 See footnote (1), page 8.
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