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London County Council 1908

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

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Table: Erysipelas.— Case-rates in sanitary areas.

Erysipelas.— Case-rates in sanitary areas.

Sanitary area.Notified Cases, 1908 (53 weeks).Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1898-1907.1908.
Paddington1051.00.7
Kensington1320.90.7
Hammersmith691.00.5
Fulham1270.90.7
Chelsea520.80.7
Westminster, City of810.70.5
St. Marylebone1261.41.0
Hampstead330.60.4
St. Pancras1581.10.7
Islington2360.90.7
Stoke Newington250.80.5
Hackney2381.31.0
Holborn461.30.8
Finsbury951.31.0
London, City of90.80.5
Shoreditch1271.41.1
Bethnal Green2461.91.8
Stepney4231.51.3
Poplar1911.21.1
Southwark2341.41.1
Bermondsey1681.41.3
Lambeth2250.90.7
Battersea1501.00.8
Wandsworth2091.00.7
Camberwell2331.10.8
Deptford1711.31.4
Greenwich1061.01.0
Lewisham910.60.6
Woolwich910.80.7
Port of London6
London4,2031.10.9

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The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1908-

Table: The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1908

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1908

Age-peiiod.All Ages.0-0-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and upwards.
Males1,8681667081879130233832024211655
Females2,3351797290137131317401410315178105
Persons4,203345142171224222619739730557294160

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• The table shows, so far as the figures relating to notified cases of this disease can be trusted in this
connection, that the number of females attacked largely exceeds the number of males attacked, and
this is true, even when allowance is made for the excess of females in the total population.
Puerperal Fever.
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The deaths in the Administrative County of London during the year 1908 (53 weeks) attributed to
puerperal fever1 numbered 137, as compared with 152 in 1907 (52 weeks).
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered from this cause since the year
1890 have been as follows-

Table: Puerperal Fever.—Cases notified and deaths.

Puerperal Fever.—Cases notified and deaths.

Year.Notified cases.Deaths.2
1891221222
1892337313
1893397352
1894253210
1895236208
1896277225
1897264215
1898247184
1899326209
1900237169
1901253184
1902311201
1903233170
1904273198
1905292183
1906298187
1907254152
1908228137

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1 Including deaths from puerperal septicaemia and puerperal pyaemia. 2 See footnote (1),page 37.