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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Enteric Fever—Case-rates and death-rates in sanitary areas.
| Sanitary area. | Notified cases, 1907 (52 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, 1907 (52 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-1906. | 1907. | 1902-6. | 1907. | |||
| Paddington | 34 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Kensington | 40 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Hammersmith | 40 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Fulham | 58 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Chelsea | 21 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Westminster, City of | 51 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| St. Marylebone | 31 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| Hampstead | 21 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Sr. Pancras | 55 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 4 | 0-08 | 0.02 |
| Islington | 95 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Stoke Newington | 15 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Hackney | 108 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 21 | 0.12 | 0.09 |
| Holborn | 14 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Finsbury | 23 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
| London, City of | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| Shoreditch | 36 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| Bethnal Green | 55 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Stepney | 120 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 21 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| Poplar | 81 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 11 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Southwark | 80 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 11 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Bermondsey | 45 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Lambeth | 54 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Battersea | 44 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Wandsworth | 69 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Camberwell | 82 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Deptford | 34 | 0.6 | 0-3 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Greenwich | 18 | 0.7 | 0-2 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Lewisham | 32 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Woolwich | 27 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Port of London | 2 | - | - | |||
| London | 1,394 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 194 | 0 071 | 0.041 |
It will be seen from the foregoing table that among the several sanitary areas in the period 1902-6
the enteric fever death-rate was highest in Hackney (0.12), and lowest in Chelsea (0.04) and Lewisham
(0.04); in the year 1907 the City of London (0.10) had the highest enteric fever death-rate and Lewisham
(0.01) the lowest. The death-rates from enteric fever in London, in each of the four quarters of the
year 1907, were as follows : first quarter, 0.05 ; second quarter, 0.03 ; third quarter, 0.03 ; and fourth
quarter, 0.06, per 1,000 persons living.
Enteric Fever.—Age and sex distribution.
The following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case-rates, death-rates and fatality of enteric
fever at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1907. The case-rate, death-rate,
and fatality were at "all ages" higher among males than among females. In the age groups adopted
for the purposes of this table the greatest incidence of attack was upon males aged 20-25 and upon
females aged 10-15; the greatest incidence of death was upon males aged 20-55 and upon females aged
25-35. The fatality was greatest among both males and females aged 45-55.
Enteric Fever2—1907.
| Age-period. | Males. | | Females. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified Cases. | Deaths. | Case- mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | Notified Cases. | Deaths. | Case- mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | |||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| All Ages | 714 | 119 | 16.7 | 32 | 5 | 680 | 90 | 13.2 | 27 | 4 |
| 0— | - | 3 | - | 6 | ||||||
| 1— | 1 | - | ||||||||
| 2— | 6 | 9.7 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 17.1 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 3— | 8 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4— | 16 | 24 | ||||||||
| 5— | 78 | 5 | 6.4 | 34 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 6.0 | 36 | 2 |
| 10 | 73 | 2 | 2.7 | 33 | 1 | 87 | 5 | 5.7 | 39 | 2 |
| 15 | 90 | 14 | 15.6 | 41 | 6 | 87 | 13 | 14.9 | 36 | 5 |
| 20— | 112 | 18 | 16.1 | 49 | 8 | 97 | 9 | 9.3 | 35 | 3 |
| 25— | 170 | 31 | 18.2 | 44 | 8 | 168 | 28 | 16.7 | 37 | 6 |
| 35— | 105 | A. 24 | 22.9 | 36 | 8 | 78 | 15 | 19.2 | 24 | 5 |
| 45— | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 21.4 | mm 12 | 3 |
| 55 & upwards | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 18.7 | JL 6 | 1 |
1 bee footnote (1), page 8.
2 See footnote (1), page 32.