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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.
Diphtheria
death rates
ill large
English
towns.

Table: of all except that of Sheffield, Nottingham and Leicester, and in 1911 was exceeded by the rates of all except Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bristol, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham and Leicester.

of all except that of Sheffield, Nottingham and Leicester, and in 1911 was exceeded by the rates of all except Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bristol, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham and Leicester.

Town.1903-10.1911.Town.1906-10.1911.
London0.14 a0.14aBradford0.160.17
Greater London0.15014Hull0.270.08
Liverpool0.160.16Newcastle-on-Tyne0.190.14
Manchester0.170.12Nottingham0.130.12
Birmingham0.180.12Stoke-on-Trent0.290.38
Sheffield0.110.10Portsmouth0.270.31
Leeds0.150.34Salford0.390.23
Bristol0.170.11Leicester0.070.09
West Ham0.210.17

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Diptheria
death rates
in foreign
towns.

Table: The following table shows that in the quinquennium 1908-10 the London death-rate from diphtheria and croup exceeded that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns except Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, and New York; in 1911 the London rate was exceeded by that of St. Petersburg, Berlin and New York.

The following table shows that in the quinquennium 1908-10 the London death-rate from diphtheria and croup exceeded that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns except Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, and New York; in 1911 the London rate was exceeded by that of St. Petersburg, Berlin and New York.

Town.1906-10.1911.Town.1906-10.1911.
London0.15a0.14aStockholm0.160.13
Paris0.080.09St. Petersburg0.550.23
Brussels0.090.09Berlin0.270.42
Amsterdam0.080.07Vienna0.170.11
Copenhagen0.080.10New York0.390.26

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Diphtheria
cases, deaths
and deathrates
in
London
boroughs.

Table: The following table shows the diphtheria 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 diphtheria 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).Uusse-rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths, 1911 (52 weeks).Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1903-10.1911.1906-10.1911.
Paddington1691.121.19110.100.08
Kensington2191.141.28180.120.10
Hammersmith1961.761.61280.170.23
Fulham3.132.662.04270.210.18
Chelsea831.871.2650.150.08
Westminster, City of1451.090.91140.090.09
St. Marylebone1351.021.1550.100.04
Hampstead1510.881.77170.070.20
St. Pancras4221.351.94370.110.17
Islington5941.421.82510.110.16
Stoke Newington791.221.5630.060.06
Hackney3141.591.41200.130.09
Holborn851.011.7430.110.06
Finsbury1771.822.03170.200.19
London, City of231.051.1810.080.05
Shoreditch1751.571.58240.150.22
Bethnal Green2011.831.57210.160.16
Stepney5172.091.86320.210.11
Poplar2841.591.74440.180.27
Southwark2931.661.53300.170.16
Bermondsey2542.052.03130.170.10
Lambeth4041.201.36430.150.14
Battersea2231.791.33200.130.12
Wandsworth5131.681.64330.120.11
Camberwell3521.381.35250.140.10
Deptford1652.101.51150.150.14
Greenwich3182.533.32160.170.17
Lewisham3432.162.13280.160.17
Woolwich2372.441.96110.150.09
Port of London1
London7,3851.631.646120.140.14

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(a) See footnote (c), page 2,