Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Metropolitian Union. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. |
Hackney | 49.0 | 38.6 | 40.4 | 38.5 | 26.1 | 25.5 | 26.9 | 28.2 | 36.8 | 33.2 |
Hammersmith | 13.8 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 13.1 |
Hampstead | 15.4 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.3 |
Holborn | 43.8 | 31.8 | 28.5 | 27.6 | 23.2 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 24.5 | 26.7 |
Islington | 31.1 | 29.2 | 26.2 | 21.6 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 21.2 |
Kensington | 13.5 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
Lambeth | 30.6 | 25.2 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 19.6 | 23.4 |
Lewisham | 27.8 | 22.6 | 20.7 | 15.7 | 135 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 21.4 |
London, City of | 25.4 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 17.5 |
Marylebone, St. | 18.0 | 20.9 | 17.7 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 12.7 |
Mile End Old Town | 68.9 | 69.9 | 68.0 | 66.1 | 58.8 | 59.8 | 47.3 | 47.1 | 48.4 | 52.3 |
Paddington | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 15.5 |
Pancras, St. | 36.7 | 36.1 | 32.9 | 32.8 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 23.1 | 22.1 | 260 | 31.1 |
Poplar | 63.6 | 50.1 | 49.0 | 491 | 44.2 | 46.9 | 45.4 | 45.3 | 49.3 | 53.9 |
Shoreditch | 68.8 | 52.4 | 53.0 | 44.7 | 36.4 | 36.6 | 34.8 | 36.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Southwark | 32.6 | 30.3 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 28.4 | 31.1 |
Stepney | 48.6 | 46.9 | 44.4 | 44.3 | 37.2 | 35.8 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 38.1 |
Strand | 25.2 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 150 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 14.2 |
Wandsworth and Clapham | 32.2 | 25.1 | 23.0 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 22.8 |
Westminster | 17.4 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 10.1 |
Whitechapel | 11.8 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 14.1 |
Woolwich. | 10.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 15.0 |
London | 34.4 | 28.7 | 26.8 | 25.2 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 25.8 |
Measles.
The deaths from measles in the Administrative County of London during 1909 (52 weeks)
numbered 2,324, as compared with 1,524 in 1908 (53 weeks).
The death.rates from this disease per 1,000 persons living in 1909 and preceding periods haye been as follows:—
Period. | Death.rate per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death.rate per 1,000 persons living. |
---|---|---|---|
1841.50 | 0.62 | 1903 | 0.44 1 |
1851.60 | 0.53 | 1904 | 0.49 1 |
1861.70 | 0.58 | 1905 | 0.37 1 |
1871.80 | 0.51 | 1906 | 0.41 1 |
1881.90 | 0.64 | 1907 | 0.38 1 |
1891.190 | 0.58 1 | 1908 | 0.31 1 |
1901 | 0.431 | 1909 | 0.481 |
1902 | 0.511 |
Inasmuch as the birth.rate has not been constant during these periods and the proportion of
population in the early years of life has diminished in recent years, the death.rate of children under
five years of age deserves to be stated. The following table shows the death.rate from measles of
children at this age in successive periods:—
Period. | Death.rate per 1,000 children living at ages 0—5. | Period. | Death.rate per 1,000 children living at ages 0—5. |
---|---|---|---|
1851.60 | 3.89 | 1903 | 3.901 |
1861.70 | 4.18 | 1904 | 4.301 |
1871.80 | 3.65 | 1905 | 3.191 |
1881.90 | 4.74 | 1906 | 3.571 |
1891.1900 | 4.82 | 1907 | 3.29 1 |
1901 | 3.701 | 1908 | 2.711 |
1902 | 4.421 | 1909 | 4.18 1 |
1 See footnote (1) page 6.