Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Metropolitan Union. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. |
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Kensington | 13.5 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 15.4 |
Lambeth | 30.6 | 25.2 | 20.6 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 19.6 | 23.4 | 27.8 | 32.6 | 34.6 | 38.1 |
Lewisham | 27.8 | 22.6 | 20.7 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 21.4 | 26.3 | 29.4 | 33.9 | 38.1 |
London, City of | 25.4 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 22.0 | 33.2 |
Marylebone, St. | 18.0 | 20.9 | 17.7 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 16.2 |
Mile End Old Town | 68.9 | 69.9 | 68.0 | 66.1 | 58.8 | 59.8 | 47.3 | 47.1 | 48.4 | 52.3 | 53.9 | 51.8 | 51.1 | 53.4 |
Paddington | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 20.1 | 20.2 |
Pancras, St. | 36.7 | 36.1 | 32.9 | 32.8 | 26.2 | 25.3 | 23.1 | 22.1 | 26.0 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 36.8 | 41.9 | 45.6 |
Poplar | 63.6 | 50.1 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 44.2 | 46.9 | 45.4 | 45.3 | 49.3 | 53.9 | 55.1 | 53.3 | 57.6 | 56.5 |
Shoreditcb | 68.8 | 52.4 | 53.0 | 44.7 | 36.4 | 36.6 | 34.8 | 36.7 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 39.2 | 42.4 | 47.0 | 48.6 |
Southwark | 32.6 | 30.3 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 28.4 | 31.1 | 32.0 | 34.3 | 37.0 | 39.4 |
Stepney | 48.6 | 46.9 | 44.4 | 44.3 | 37.2 | 35.8 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 38.1 | 50.6 | 51.3 | 56.6 | 58.8 |
Strand | 25.2 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 14.2 | 24.9 | 21.4 | 26.3 | 28.7 |
Wandsworth | 32.2 | 25.1 | 23.0 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 22.8 | 28.2 | 30.1 | 34.5 | 34.0 |
Westminster | 17.4 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 17.2 | 16.5 |
Whitechapel | 11.8 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 18.8 | 19.9 |
Woolwich | 10.2 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 15.0 | 23.2 | 23.9 | 28.8 | 28.9 |
London | 34.4 | 28.7 | 26.8 | 25.2 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 22.7 | 25.8 | 28.8 | 30.7 | 34.1 | 36.6 |
The above table shows increase since 1905 in the proportion of children born who are remaining
unvaccinated.
Measles.
The following table shows the death-rate from measles of children at this age in successive periods:—
Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 children living at ages 0—5. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 children living at ages 0—5. |
---|---|---|---|
1851-1860 | 3.89 | 1904 | 4.49a |
1861-1870 | 4.18 | 1905 | 3.38a |
1871-1880 | 3.65 | 1906 | 3.83a |
1881-1890 | 4.74 | 1907 | 3.58a |
1891-1900 | 4.82a | 1908 | 3.00a |
1901-1910 | 3.92a | 1909 | 4.73a |
1910 | 4.00a | ||
1901 | 3.71a | 1911 | 5.18a |
1902 | 4.49a | 1912 | 3.68a |
1903 | 4.02a |
Measles
death-rates
in London.
Inasmuch as the birth-rate has not been constant during these periods and the proportion of
population in the early years of life has probably diminished in recent years, the death-rate of
children under five years of age has also been worked out.
Mortality
among
children at
ages 0-5.
The death rates from this disease per 1,000 persons living in 1912 and preceding period have
been as fallows:-
Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. |
---|---|---|---|
1841-1850 | 0.62 | 1903 | 0.45a |
1851-1860 | 0.53 | 1904 | 0.50a |
1861-1870 | 0.58 | 1905 | 0.38a |
1871-1880 | 0.51 | 1906 | 0.42a |
1881-1890 | 0.64 | 1907 | 0.40a |
1891-1900 | 0.58a | 1908 | 0.33a |
1901-1910 | 0.44a | 1909 | 0.51a |
1910 | 0.44a | ||
1901 | 0.43a | 1911 | 0.57a |
1902 | 0.51a | 1912 | 0.40a |
(a) See footnote (c) page 4.