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London County Council 1911

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

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14
Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.
The figures for the period 1905-10 show that in each successive trimester of the first year of
life the difference in the mortality obtaining for the several groups of districts becomes generally more
pronounced. The figures for 1911, although not so consistent, are in general agreement with those
for the period 1905-10.
Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the Administrative County of London from the principal epidemic
diseases, viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping-cough, and enteric fever during
1911 (52 weeks) was 4,545, giving an annual death-rate of 1.01 per 1.000 persons living.

Table: The death-rates in successive periods, including typhus and pyrexia, have been as follows :—

The death-rates in successive periods, including typhus and pyrexia, have been as follows :—

Period.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.Period.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1841-18503.741902l.69a
1851-18603.6919031.14a
1861-18703.9519041.14a
1871-18802.8719051.00a
1881-18902.2619061.02a
1891-19001.90a1907l.15a
1901-19101.14a19080.87 a
1909l.04a
19011.37a19100.93a
19111.01 ab

Table: It will be seen from the following table that in the quinquennium 1906-10, London had a lower death-rate from the above diseases than any of the undermentioned English towns, except Leeds, Bristol, Bradford, Nottingham, and Leicester, and in 1911 had a lower death-rate than any except Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Nottingham, Salford, Portsmouth, and Leicester.

It will be seen from the following table that in the quinquennium 1906-10, London had a lower death-rate from the above diseases than any of the undermentioned English towns, except Leeds, Bristol, Bradford, Nottingham, and Leicester, and in 1911 had a lower death-rate than any except Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Nottingham, Salford, Portsmouth, and Leicester.

Town.1906-10.1911. (b)Town.1906-10.1911. (b)
London0.99a1.01 a• Bradford0.800.72
Greater London0.920.93Hull1.041.08
Liverpool1.521.11Newcastle-on-Tyne1.071.18
Manchester1.380.92Nottingham0.910.78
Birmingham1.261.06Stoke-on-Trent1.441.46
Sheffield1.232.11Portsmouth1.020.80
Leeds0.971.00Salford1.820.98
Bristol0.711.05Leicester0.880.67
West Ham1.461.30

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Epidemic
diseases in
large
English
towns.

Table: The following table shows that the London death-rate from six of these principal epidemic diseases viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria (including croup), whooping-cough and enteric fever was, in the quinquennium 1906-10, higher than the death-rate of all the under-mentioned foreign towns, except St. Petersburg and New York, and in 1911 was higher than that of all except St, Petersburg :—

The following table shows that the London death-rate from six of these principal epidemic diseases viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria (including croup), whooping-cough and enteric fever was, in the quinquennium 1906-10, higher than the death-rate of all the under-mentioned foreign towns, except St. Petersburg and New York, and in 1911 was higher than that of all except St, Petersburg :—

Town.1906-10.1911.Town.1906-10.1911.
Londonl.00al.01aSt. Petersburg3.071.81
Paris0.540.63Berlin0.830.95
Brussels0.520.36Vienna0.750.43
Amsterdam0.720.66New York1.010.73
Copenhagen0.650.74
Stockholm0.640.32

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Epidemic
diseases in
foreign
towns.
(a) See footnote (c), page 2. (b) Excluding Typhus and Pyrexia.