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London County Council 1911

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Table: The following table shows that in the year 1911 the London scarlet fever death-rate was exceeded by the death -rate of all the undermentioned towns, except Paris and Amsterdam, and in the quin-Imiennium 1906-10 was exceeded by the death-rates of all except Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, andCopenhagen.

The following table shows that in the year 1911 the London scarlet fever death-rate was exceeded by the death -rate of all the undermentioned towns, except Paris and Amsterdam, and in the quin-Imiennium 1906-10 was exceeded by the death-rates of all except Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and

Copenhagen.

Town.1906-10.1911.Town.1906-10.1911.
^^m London0.10a0.04 aStockholm0.160.08
Paris0.060.04St. Petersburg0.550.31
Brussels0.070.05Berlin0.170.20
Amsterdam0.040.01Vienna0.130.08
Copenhagen0.100.15New York0.200.15

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Scarlet fever
death
rates in
foreign
towns.

Table: The following table shows the scarlet fever cases, deaths, case-rates, and death-rates for the year 1911 and the case-rates and death-rates for the period 1906-10 in the several sanitary districts.

The following table shows the scarlet fever cases, deaths, case-rates, and death-rates for the year 1911 and the case-rates and death-rates for the period 1906-10 in the several sanitary districts.

Metropolitan borough.Notified cases, 1911 (52 weeks).Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths, 1911 (52 weeks).Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1906-10.1911.1906-10.1911.
Paddinffton2273 .991.6030.090.02
Kensington2322.451.3520.040.01
Hammersmith2383.581.9650.090.04
Fulham_3823.752.4970.090.05
Chelsea1433.172.1710.070.02
Westminster. City of2522.891.5830.060.02
St. Marylebone3293.102.8070.100.06
Hampstead1293.271.51-0.05—
St. Pancras4433.612.04120.100.06
Islington8053.642.47210.080.06
Stoke Newington993.031.9630.080.06
Hackney6114.782.75110.100.05
Holborn1202.502.4530.060.06
Finsbury1793.842.0560.130.07
w London, Citv of232.961.1810.080 .05
Shoreditch2404.662.1660.160.05
Bethnal Green2435.801.9050.220.04
Stepney4675.791.6870.150.03
Poplar3765.262.32100.160.06
Southwark4804.602.5160.130.03
Bermondsey3025.432.4160.190.05
Lambeth7634.172.5780.100.03
Battersea3545.212.1240.100.02
Wandsworth8663.662.77100.060.03
Camberwell6334.062.4370.090.03
Deptford3755.113.4370.090.06
Greenwich3074.603.2130.090.03
Lewisham3494.302.1650.090.03
W oolwich5146.134.2430.100.02
Port of London2
London10,4834.222.321720.100.04

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Scarlet fever
cases, deaths
and death.
rates in
London
boroughs.
It will be seen that the scarlet fever death.rate was, in the period 1906.10, highest in Bethnal
Green (0.22), and lowest in Kensington (0.04); in the year 1911, Finsbury (0.07) had the highest
death.rate, and Kensington (0.01) the lowest, exclusive of Hampstead, where no death occurred.
The scarlet fever death.rates obtaining in London in the four quarters of the year 1911 were as follows:
first quarter, 0 04; second quarter, 0.04; third quarter, 0.04; and fourth quarter, 0.04 per 1,000
persons living.
1 he following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case.rates, death.rates, and fatality of
scarlet fever at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1911. It will be seen that
at ''all ages the case.rate was higher among females, while the death-rate and fatality were higher
among males. In the age-groups adopted for the purposes of this table, the greatest incidence of
Scarlet fever
—Age and sex
incidence.
(a) See footnote (c), page 2.