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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Town. | 1904.8. | 1900. | Town. | 1904.8. | 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.11 1 | 0.081 | West Ham | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Liverpool | 0.26 | 0.28 | Bradford | 011 | 0.07 |
| Manchester | 0.15 | 0.26 | Newcastle.on.Tyne | 0.07 | 0.11 |
| Birmingham | 0.12 | 0.19 | Hull | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Leeds | 0.09 | 0.02 | Nottingham | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Sheffield | 0.24 | 0.09 | Salford | 0.25 | 0.34 |
| Bristol | 0.08 | 0.03 | Leicester | 0.13 | 0.09 |
The following tabic shows that in the year 1909 the London scarlet fever death.rate was higher
than that of Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Rome, and in the quinquennium 1904.8 was exceeded by
the death.rates of Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Berlin and New York.
| Town. | 1904.8. | 1909. | Town. | 1904.8. | 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.111 | 0.08 1 | St. Petersburg | 0.56 | 0.48 |
| Paris | 0.06 | 006 | Berlin | 0.16 | 0.30 |
| Brussels | 0.05 | 0.07 | Vienna | 0.10 | 0.17 |
| Amsterdam | 0.05 | 0.03 | Rome | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Copenhagen | 0.05 | 0.17 | New York | 0.20 | 0.17 |
| Stockholm | 0.15 | 0.17 |
The following table shows the scarlet fever cases, deaths, case.rates, and death.rates for the year
1909 and the case.rates and death.rates for the period 1904.8 in the several sanitary districts of the
County:—
| Sanitary area. | Notified cases, 1909 (52 weeks). | Case.rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, 1909 (52 weeks). | Death.rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904.8. | 1909. | 1904.8. | 1909. | |||
| Paddington | 630 | 3.50 | 4.16 | 14 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| Kensington | 420 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 9 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Hammersmith | 389 | 3.39 | 3.10 | 11 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| Fulham | 511 | 3.71 | 2.90 | 10 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Chelsea | 307 | 2.68 | 4.09 | 6 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Westminster, City of | 590 | 2.60 | 3.50 | 18 | 0.07 | 0.11 |
| St. Marylebone | 458 | 2.82 | 3.64 | 8 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Hampstead | 259 | 2.97 | 2.76 | 4 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| St. Pancras | 771 | 3.74 | 3.26 | 17 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| Islington | 1,285 | 3.68 | 3.67 | 26 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| Stoke Newington | 110 | 3.45 | 2.03 | 3 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Hackney | 784 | 5.23 | 3.31 | 10 | 0.12 | 0.04 |
| Holborn | 97 | 2.67 | 1.81 | 3 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Finsbury | 240 | 4.45 | 2.53 | 11 | 0.17 | 0.12 |
| London, City of | 38 | 3.51 | 2.09 | — | 0.09 | — |
| Shoreditch | 340 | 5.58 | 2'97 | 9 | 0.20 | 0.08 |
| Bethnal Green | 566 | 673 | 4.32 | 25 | 0.23 | 0.19 |
| Stepney | 1,038 | 6.36 | 3.33 | 26 | 0.17 | 0.08 |
| Poplar | 731 | 5.46 | 4.26 | 23 | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| Southwark | 590 | 5.50 | 2.80 | 14 | 014 | 0.07 |
| Bermondsey | 459 | 6.00 | 3.61 | 15 | 0.19 | 0.12 |
| Lambeth | 1,171 | 3.70 | 3.62 | 27 | o.10 | 0.08 |
| Battersea | 733 | 4.88 | 3.95 | 8 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| Wandsworth | 997 | 4.31 | 3.36 | 14 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Camberwell | 1,022 | 4.34 | 3.62 | 17 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Deptford | 374 | 5.45 | 316 | 12 | o.io | 0.10 |
| Greenwich | 390 | 4.06 | 3.52 | 9 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Lewisham | 927 | 3.60 | 5.78 | 15 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Woolwich | 1,027 | 4.90 | 7.72 | 19 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| Port of London | ||||||
| London ...... | 17,254 | 4.27 | 3.58 | 383 | 0.ll | 0.08 |
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1 See footnote (2) page 6.