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London County Council 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Enteric Fever.
The number of cases of enteric fever notified in the Administrative County of London during
1908 (53 weeks) was 1,357, compared with 1,394 in the year 1907 (52 weeks). The deaths from
this disease numbered 225 in 1903 (53 weeks), compared with 194 in 1907 (52 weeks).
The case-rates and death-rates per 1,000 persons living and the case-mortality per cent, in 1908 and preceding periods were as follows :—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Case-mortality per cent. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871-80 | 0.24 | _2 | |||
| 1881-90 | 0.19 | _ 2 | _2 | ||
| 1891-1900 .. | 0.141 | 0.8 | 17.4 | ||
| 1901 | 0.111 | 0.7 | 156 | ||
| 1902 | 0.121 | 0.7 | 15.8 | ||
| 1903 | 0.081 | 0.5 | 15.7 | ||
| 1904 | 0.061 | 0.4 | 151 | ||
| 1905 | 0.051 | 0.3 | 151 | ||
| 1906 | 0.061 | 0.3 | 16.3 | ||
| 1907 | 0.041 | 0.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 1908 | 0.051 | 0.3 | |||
The death-rate in each year since 18G8 in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1869-1908
13 shown on diagram XVII.
The notified cases in each week of 1908 may be compared with the average weekly notifications
of the period 1890-1908 on reference to diagram XVIII.
The monthly case-rate and case-mortality in each of the years 1891-1908 in relation to the mean
of the whole period is shown in diagram XIX.
The following table shows the enteric fever cases, deaths, case-rates and dealh-rates for the year 1908, the case-rates for the decennium 1898-1907, and the death-rates for the period 1903-7 in the several sanitary districts—
| Sanitary area. | Notified cases, 1908 (53 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, 1908 (53 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898-1907. | 1908. | 1903-7. | 1908. | |||
| Paddington | 31 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Kensington | 42 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Hammersmith | 31 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Fulham | 39 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Chelsea | 17 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| Westminster, City of | 41 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| St. Marylebone | 34 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Hampstead | 25 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| S. Pancras | 61 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 10 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Islington | 97 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Stoke Newington | 11 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Hackney | 66 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| Holborn | 25 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Finsbury | 49 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.09 | 0.12 |
| London, City of | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | - | 0.05 | - |
| Shoreditch | 105 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 11 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Bethnal Green | 83 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 13 | 0.07 | 0.10 |
| Stepney | 98 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| Poplar | 61 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Southwark | 48 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Bermondsey | 58 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| Lambeth | 66 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Battersea | 41 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Wandsworth | 61 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Camberwell | 36 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Deptford | 28 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8 | 004 | 0.07 |
| Greenwich | 35 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 9 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
| Lewisham | 34 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Woolwich | 20 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Port of London | 7 | |||||
1 See footnote (1), page 8. 2 The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act came into force in 1889.