[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 42

London County Council 1909

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

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It will be seen from the foregoing table that in the period 1904-8 the diphtheria death-rate was
highest in Poplar (0.28) and lowest in Hampstead (0.06); in the year 1909 Fulham (0.23) had the highest
death-rate, and Stoke Newington (0.04) the lowest, exclusive of the City of London, where no death
occurred. The diphtheria death-rates in each of the four quarters of the year 1909 were as follows :
first quarter, 0.19; second quarter, 0.11 ; third quarter, 0.09 ; and fourth qaarter, 0.11 per 1,000
persons living.
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 1891-1909 inclusive, i.e., the case-rates of each area are shown
in relation to the London case-rate of the same year, the London rate being taken as 100 —

Table: Diphtheria.1Sanitary areas.— Comparative case-rates (London taken as 100).

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Diphtheria.1Sanitary areas.— Comparative case-rates (London taken as 100).

Sanitary area.	Comparative case-rate (London case-rate taken as 100).
Sanitary area.	1891.	1892.	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.	1897.	1898.	1S99.	1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905. j	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909.
Paddington	104	77	73	117	74	66	91	98	68	44	89	65	59	63	50	71	61	60	88
Kensington	78	60	68	63	86	70	67	49	51	74	52	43	59	63	50	59	78	78	70
Hammersmith	195	164	87	72	77	67	49	58	58	85	74	70	82	106	143	135	100	99	111
Fulham	61	58	78	126	139	99	109	145	135	178	174	126	118	125	129	147	200	140	132
Chelsea	138	110	83	107	143	184	107	79	61	74	56	78	76	50	50	129	117	113	94
Westminster, City of	58	91	57	53	61	53	59	67	50	59	52	70	59	50	50	71	44	66	96
StMarylebone	70	81	88	78	64	66	53	64	47	59	74	78	100	56	71	65	56	56	65
Hampstead	105	96	73	53	61	84	47	65	48	74	70	52	59	44	57	65	67	41	36
St. Pancras	89	95	103	83	90	64	76	78	79	93	148	152	129	94	86	71	83	78	98
Islington	152	119	86	103	70	106	73	60	68	70	100	113	82	63	71	76	78	91	89
Stoke Newington	83	113	97	77	70	70	52	59	34	111	104	83	47	75	107	53	122	72	37
Hackney	131	147	135	108	93	89	122	152	106	107	167	139	141	156	121	100	128	99	80
Holborn	52	89	79	61	66	61	104	102	46	70	104	87	53	50	57	71	67	55	63
Fnsbury	118	82	130	81	86	112	170	163	93	74	107	100	76	94	100	118	89	106	127
London, City of	59	130	60	49	51	74	71	60	68	89	96	161	65	106	50	47	78	90	76
Shoreditch	124	89	131	95	80	97	103	80	103	111	104	83	76	100	114	71	106	109	117
BethnalGreen	154	230	181	168	143	114	144	100	89	115	133	104	112	206	164	112	122	127	101
Stepney	106	132	112	123	157	150	128	93	89	107	104	113	106	169	150	118	133	127	135
Poplar	191	148	214	159	179	133	141	105	83	141	137	117	147	250	207	88	117	110	90
Southwark	71	72	116	113	86	106	102	151	207	141	100	113	100	87	107	112	HI	77	88
Bermondsey	68	60	84	126	80	99	97	90	177	133	93	91	76	94	93	153	139	118	112
Lambeth	88	97	91	83	88	74	83	103	121	104	63	70	65	69	100	76	56	65	84
Battersea	144	123	132	122	97	81	125	178	116	70	59	74	106	81	79	88	111	120	112
Wandsworth	74	83	84	79	60	51	100	114	99	74	74	135	124	100	93	118	128	123	90
Camberwell	69	65	67	112	140	180	154	102	156	130	122	113	82	63	64	76	83	85	96
Deptford	72	68	86	153	225	113	141	132	121	111	144	104	241	106	93	153	150	106	119
Greenwich	60	43	84	85	137	189	82	105	122	89	74	78	124	94	100	229	133	123	106
Lewisham	48	74	82	70	57	122	85	127	170	126	85	130	118	56	79	106	111	180	175
Woolwich	32	68	66	66	81	96	91	86	100	115	67	91	88	81	157	176	122	168	145
London	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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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 1909. 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 males of 3— and females of 4—
years of age; the greatest incidence of death was upon males and females of one year of age. The
fatality was greatest among males and females under two years of age
1 See footnote (!) page 6.

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Table: Diphtheria.1Sanitary areas.— Comparative case-rates (London taken as 100).

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