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London County Council 1908

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

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To enable the variations in diphtheria prevalence in the several sanitary areas to be more clearly appreciated, the following table has been prepared. This table shows the comparative case-rates of each area in each of the years 1891-1908 inclusive, i.e.,the case-rates of each area are shown in relation to the London case-rate of the same year, the London rates being taken as 100 —

Sanitary area.Comparative case-rate (London case-rate taken as 100).
1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.19 08.
Paddington10477731177466919868448965596350716160
Kensington786068638670674951745243596350597878
Hammersmith195164877277674958588574708210614313510099
Fulham61587812613999109145135178174126118125129147200140
Chelsea138110831071431841077961745678765050129117113
Westminster, City of589157536153596750595270595050714466
StMarylebone7081887864665364475974781005671655656
Hampstead1059673536184476548747052594457656741
St. Pancras8995103839064767879931481521299486718378
Islington152119861037010673606870100113826371767891
Stoke New- ington83113977770705259341111048347751075312272
Hackney131147135108938912215210610716713914115612110012899
Holborn528979616661104102467010487535057716755
Finsbury1188213081861121701639374107100769410011889106
Cityof London591306049517471606889961616510650477890
Shoreditch1248913195809710380103111104837610011471106109
BethnalGreen15423018116814311414410089115133104112206164112122127
Stepney1061321121231571501289389107104113106169150118133127
Poplar1911482141591791331411058314113711714725020788117110
Southwark7172116113861061021512071411001131008710711211177
Bermondsey686084126809997901771339391769493153139118
Lambeth8897918388748310312110463706569100765665
Battersea1441231321229781125178116705974106817988111120
Wandsworth74838479605110011499747413512410093118128123
Camberwell696567112140180154102156130122113826364768385
Deptford72688615322511314113212111114410424110693153150106
Greenwich604384851371898210512289747812494100229133123
Lewisham487482705712285127170126851301185679106111180
Woolwich326866668196918610011567918881157176122168
London100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100

Diphtheria—Age and sex distribution.
The following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case-rates, death-rates and fatality of
diphtheria at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1908. At "all ages" the
incidence of attack was, as in preceding years, greater on females than on males, while the incidence
of death and the fatality were higher among the latter. In the age-groups adopted for the purposes
of this table the greatest incidence of attack was upon both males and females of three years of age;
the greatest incidence of death was upon males of one and females of three years of age. The fatality
was greatest among males and females under one year of age:—

Diphtheria1—1908.

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 Ages3,7113659.8161164,2913638.516714
0—1303224.6220541093431.218658
l—3166921.86041322465522.4470105
2—3796116.17161153255216.061799
3—4305111.9834994466514.6855125
4—4084611.380991428276.385354
5—1,291866.7545361,5361077.064345
10—374133.51686515142.72266
15—13132.3581192210771
20—9311.140019031.6681
25—9111.123021710.5460
35—52-175723.5171
45—9111.140198
55 & upwards7114.3301119.140

1 See footnote (l), page 30.