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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.

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Metropolitan borough.Notified Cases, 1911 (52 weeks).Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1906-10.1911,
London, City of140.620.72
Shoreditch1601.211.44
Bethnal Green2181.661.94
Stepney4881.521.75
Poplar2051.181.27
Southwark3161.311.65
Bermondsey1521.221.21
Lambeth2460.740.83
Battersea1620.960.97
Wandsworth2040.730.65
Camberwell2540.960.97
Deptford1801.451.65
Greenwich1331.001.40
Lewisham1050.580.65
Woolwich810.810.67
Port of London6
London4,8450.961.07

Table: The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1911—

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1911—

Sex.Under 1 year.1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75 and upwards.All Ages.
Males72114829610685283380383279174582,112
Females..689879117158159364532490354218962,733
J Persons1402121612132642446479128736333921544,845

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The table shows, so far as the figures relating to notified cases of this disease can be trusted in
this connection, that the number of females attacked exceeds the number of males attacked, and
this is true, even when allowance is made for the excess of females in the total population.
Puerperal Fever.
The deaths(a) in the Administrative County of London during the year 1911 (52 weeks) attributed
to puerperal fever(b) numbered 142, as compared with 161 in 1910 (52 weeks) and 180 in 1909 (52 weeks).

Table: The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered from this cause since the year 1890 have been as follows—

The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered from this cause since the year 1890 have been as follows—

Year.Notified cases.Deaths, (a)
1891221222
1892337313
1893397352
1894253210
1895236208
1896277225
1897264215
1898247184
1899326209
1900237169
1901253184
1902311201
1903233170
1904273198
1905292183
1906298187
1907254152
1908228137
1909287180
1910292161
1911302142c

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(a) See footnote (b) page 29.
(b) Including deaths from puerperal septicaemia and puerperal pyaemia
(c) See footnote (c) page 2