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London County Council 1911

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

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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1911.

Table: The following table shows the measles mortality under five years of age in five groups of districts, arranged in order of "social condition."(a) The figures show that there is marked parallelism between measles mortality and "social condition" :—

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The following table shows the measles mortality under five years of age in five groups of districts, arranged in order of "social condition."(a) The figures show that there is marked parallelism between measles mortality and "social condition" :—

Number of group of boroughs in " order of social condition."	Measles death-rate at ages 0-5 per 1,000 living
	1901-10.	1911
(a))	(b)	(c)
I.	1.61	1.31
II.	3.13	5.39
III.	3.56	4.00
IV.	4.28	5.41
V.	5.14	7.15

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Measles
mortality in
relation to
"social
condition"
1901-10 and
1911.

Table: If the London measles death-rate be compared with the death-rates of the following large English towns, it will be seen that in the quinquennium 1906-10, the London death-rate was exceeded by the death-rates of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, West Ham, Stoke on-Trent, and Salford and in the year 1911 exceeded that of all except Birmingham, Sheffield and West Ham.

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If the London measles death-rate be compared with the death-rates of the following large English towns, it will be seen that in the quinquennium 1906-10, the London death-rate was exceeded by the death-rates of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, West Ham, Stoke on-Trent, and Salford and in the year 1911 exceeded that of all except Birmingham, Sheffield and West Ham.

Town.	1906-10.	1911.	Town.	1906-10.	1911.
London	0.421b	0.57b	Bradford	0.29	0.04
Greater London	0.36	0.51	Hull	0.37	0.36
Liverpool	0.55	0.42	Newcastle-on-Tyne	0.40	0.47
Manchester	0.54	0.47	Nottingham	0.34	0.37
Birmingham	0.44	0.57	Stoke-on-Trent	0.51	0.40
Sheffield	0.50	1.74	Portsmouth	0.33	0.12
Leeds	0.36	0.18	Salford	0.64	0.42
Bristol	0.22	0.46	Leicester	0.39	0.31
West Ham	0.58	0.79

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Measles
death-rates
in large
English
towns.

Table: The following table shows that the London measles death-rate, in the quinquennium 1906-10, and in the year 1911 was higher than that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns except St. Petersburg

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The following table shows that the London measles death-rate, in the quinquennium 1906-10, and in the year 1911 was higher than that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns except St. Petersburg

Town.	1900-10.	1911.	Town.	1906-10.	1911.
London	0.42b	0.57b	Stockholm	0.13	0.01
Paris	0.20	0.28	St. Petersburg	0.94	0.64
Brussels	0.16	0.11	Berlin	0.18	0.09
Amsterdam	0.32	0.29	Vienna	0.33	0.16
Copenhagen	0.15	0.09	New York	0.21	0.13

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Measles
death-rates
in foreign
towns.
Medical officers of health derive their information as to the occurrence of cases of measles mainly
from the teachers of elementary schools. The majority of the annual reports show the number of
cases of this disease concerning which the medical officers of health received intimation.

Table: In the latter district, however, the analysis does not cover all the reported cas3s, but only those coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health during the period of compulsory notification in this borough from May 6th to the 2nd December, 1911.

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In the latter district, however, the analysis does not cover all the reported cas3s, but only those coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health during the period of compulsory notification in this borough from May 6th to the 2nd December, 1911.

Metropolitan borough.	0—	1—	2—	3—	4 —	6—	13—	13—
Paddington	82	141	146	139	176	529	16	52
Stepney	207	384	290	330	281	180	147

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(a) See footnote (a) page 13.
(b) See footnote (c) page 2.
(c) See footnote (b) page 11.

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Table: The following table shows the measles mortality under five years of age in five groups of districts, arranged in order of "social condition."(a) The figures show that there is marked parallelism between measles mortality and "social condition" :—

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Table: The following table shows that the London measles death-rate, in the quinquennium 1906-10, and in the year 1911 was higher than that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns except St. Petersburg

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Table: In the latter district, however, the analysis does not cover all the reported cas3s, but only those coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health during the period of compulsory notification in this borough from May 6th to the 2nd December, 1911.

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