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London County Council 1909

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

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Year.Notified cases.Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths.1Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
19004,7621.061820.04
19014,6041.021710.04
19025,5361.191830.04
19034,3720.951830.04
19044,9431.082320.05
19054,9721.062260.05
19065,0191.072450.05
19074,4970.951890.04
19084,2030.861600.03
19094,1920.871800.04

Table: The number of cases of erysipelas notified and the case-rate for the year 1909, together with the case-rate for the period 1904-8, in the several sanitary areas are shown in the following table:— Erysipelas.—Case-rates in sanitary areas.

The number of cases of erysipelas notified and the case-rate for the year 1909, together with the case-rate for the period 1904-8, in the several sanitary areas are shown in the following table:— Erysipelas.—Case-rates in sanitary areas.

Sanitary area.Notified Cases, 1909 (52 weeks).Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1904-1908.1909.
Paddington1060.840.70
Kensington1350.780.74
Hammersmith760.860.61
Fulham1150.830.65
Chelsea400.750.53
Westminster, City of1020.640.61
St. Marylebone1341.171.07
Hampstead300.540.32
St. Pancras1550.900.65
Islington2200.750.63
Stoke Newington270.690.50
Hackney2711.221.14
Holborn410.910.76
Finsbury1321.151.39
London, City of100.810.55
Shoreditch1441.261.26
Bethnal Green1641.781.25
Stepney4871.491.56
Poplar1771.171.03
Southwark2241.351.06
Bermondsey1421.321.12
Lambeth1910.800.59
Battersea1560.910.84
Wandsworth1930.890.65
Camberwell2341.080.83
Deptford1811.341.53
Greenwich950.900.86
Lewisham1050.630.65
Woolwich1010.720.76
Port of London4
London4,1921.000.87

Table: The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1909—

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1909—

Age-period.All Ages.0-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and upwards.
Males1,8551787578707922833136124515456
Females2,337183819112814827440042231721479
Persons4,192361156169198227502731783562368135

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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 exceeds the number of males attacked, and
this is true, even when allowance is made for the excess of females in the total population.
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1 See footnote (2), page 45.
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