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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.
The death-rate in each year since 1868 in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1869-
1911 is shown in diagram (Q).
No case of typhus fever occurred in 1911. A case notified as typhus was removed to hospital.
The patient resided in Hammersmith, and the case was subsequently diagnosed as one of miliary
tuberculosis. I
Enteric Fever.
The number of cases of enteric fever notified in the Administrative County of London during
1911 (52 weeks) was 1,022, compared with 1,284 in the year 1910 (52 weeks). The deaths from
this disease numbered 144 in 1911 (52 weeks), compared with 196 in 1910 (52 weeks).
Enteric fever
death-rates,
London
The case-rates and death-rates per 1,000 persons living and the case-mortality per cent, in 1910 and preceding periods were as follows:—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Case-mortality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1871-1880 | 0.24 | —a | —a |
| 1881-1890 | 0.19 | —a | |
| 1891-1900 | 0.146 | 0.8 | 17.4 |
| 1901-1910 | 0.06b | 0.4 | 15.3 |
| 1901 | 0.11b | 0.7 | 15.6 |
| 1902 | 0.12b | 0.7 | 15.8 |
| 1903 | 0.08b | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| 1904 | 0.06b | 0.4 | 15.1 |
| 1905 | 0.05b | 0.3 | 15.1 |
| 1906 | 0. 06b | 0.4 | 16 .3 |
| 1907 | 0.04b | 0.3 | 13.9 |
| 1908 | 0.05b | 0.3 | 16.6 |
| 1909 | 0.03b | 0.2 | 14.0 |
| 1910 | 0.04b | 0.3 | 15.3 |
| 1911 | 0.03b | 0.2 | 14.1 |
The death-rate in each year since 1868 in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1869-1911
is shown in diagram (R).
The notified cases in each week of 1911 may be compared with the average weekly notifications
of the period 1890-1911 on reference to diagram (S).
The monthly case-rate and case-mortality in each of the years 1891-1911 in relation to the
mean of the whole period is shown in diagram (T).
En 1 eric fever
cases, deaths
and deathrates
in
London
boroughs.
The following table shows the enteric 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—
| politan borough. | Notified cases, 1911 (52 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, 1911 (52 weeks). | Death-rate per l,000 persons living; | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-10. | 1911. | 1906-10. | 1911. | |||
| Paddington | 37 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Kensington | 23 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Hammersmith | 27 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 7 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Fulham | 38 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 8 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Chelsea | 7 | 0.24 | 0.11 | - | 0.03 | - |
| Westminster, City of | 30 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| St. Marylebone | 18 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Hampstead | 14 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| St. Pancras | 69 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 7 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Islington | 73 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 12 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Stoke Newington | 6 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Hackney | 46 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 8 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Holborn | 10 | 0.36 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Finsbury | 80 | 0.35 | 0.92 | 8 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| London, City of | 8 | 0.31 | 0.41 | - | 0.06 | - |
Continued on next pcge.
(a) The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act came into force in 1889. (b) See footnote (c), page 2.