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 borough. | Notified Cases, 1912 (52 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living | |
---|---|---|---|
1907-11. | 1912. | ||
London, City of | 14 | 0.61 | 0.75 |
Shoreditch | 148 | 1.24 | 1.34 |
Bethnal Green | 192 | 1.67 | 1.50 |
Stepney | 342 | 1.59 | 1.24 |
Poplar | 198 | 1.18 | 1.23 |
Southwark | 265 | 1.31 | 1.40 |
Bermondsey | 164 | 1.16 | 1.31 |
Lambeth | 223 | 0.72 | 0.75 |
Battersea | 133 | 0.96 | 0.80 |
Wandsworth | 207 | 0.67 | 0.64 |
Camberwell | 216 | 0.92 | 0.83 |
Deptford | 191 | 1.49 | 1.75 |
Greenwich | 98 | 1.07 | 1.02 |
Lewisham | 103 | 0.58 | 0.63 |
Woolwich | 90 | 0.79 | 0.74 |
Port of London | - | ||
Erysipelas
cases by age
and sex,
London,
1912.
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1912-
Sex. | Under 1 year. | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and upwards | All Ages. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 56 | 110 | 74 | 71 | 86 | 68 | 217 | 359 | 358 | 241 | 145 | 57 | 1,842 |
Females | 52 | 95 | 94 | 69 | 137 | 135 | 273 | 367 | 435 | 310 | 206 | 83 | 2,256 |
The table shows that the number of females exceeds the number of males attacked, and it should
be noted that the attack rate among females is higher, 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 1912 (52 weeks) attributed
to puerperal fever(b) numbered 159, as compared with 142 in 1911 (52 weeks) and 161 in 1910 (52 weeks).
Puerperal
fever cases
and deaths,
London,
1891-1912.
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.(c) |
---|---|---|
1891 | 221 | 222 |
1892 | 337 | 313 |
1893 | 397 | 352 |
1894 | 253 | 210 |
1895 | 236 | 208 |
1896 | 277 | 225 |
1897 | 264 | 215 |
1898 | 247 | 184 |
1899 | 326 | 209 |
1900 | 237 | 169 |
1901 | 253 | 184 |
1902 | 311 | 201 |
1903 | 233 | 170 |
1904 | 273 | 198 |
1905 | 292 | 183 |
1906 | 298 | 187 |
1907 | 254 | 152 |
1908 | 228 | 137 |
1909 | 287 | 180 |
1910 | 292 | 161 |
1911 | 302 | 142a |
1912 | 380 | 159a |
(a) See footnote (c) page 4. (b) Including deaths from puerperal septicæmia and puerperal pyæmia.
(c) See footnote (b) page 33.