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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The death-rate per 1,000 persons living was 0.12 in London, and 0.085 in Westminster.
| Scarlet Fever, 1905. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knigbtsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 22 | |||||
| 2nd quarter | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | |||||
| 3rd quarter | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 18 | |||||
| 4th quarter | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 23 | |||||
| Total cases | 6 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 56 | 29 | 87 | |||||
| Deaths | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Attack rate per 10,000 population | 10.7 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 21.9 | 28.5 | |||||
| Mortality per cent, of cases | — | — | — | — | 7.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever, 1905. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Totals for City. | ||||
| 1st quarter | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 91 | ||||
| 2nd quarter | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 73 | ||||
| 3rd quarter | 5 | 23 | — | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 94 | ||||
| 4th quarter | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 112 | ||||
| Total cases | 35 | 40 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 370 | ||||
| Deaths | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 15 | ||||
| Attack rate per 10,000 population | 31.8 | 57.1 | 13.3 | 28.7 | 20.0 | 6.2 | 21.0 | |||||
| Mortality per cent. of cases | — | 5.0 | — | 7.2 | 20.0 | — | — | 4.05 | ||||
Diphtheria.—One hundred and eighteen cases of diphtheria were
notified in 1905, equal to a rate of 6.7 per 10,000 inhabitants (10.3 in
1903, 15.4 in 1902, and 16.0 in the previous ten years); the rate for all
London was 12.0, also a decreasing one. There were 5 deaths, equal
to a mortality of only 4.2 per 100 cases. The London rate was 8.6 per
100 cases (see below). Before the introduction of antitoxin, the average
death-rate was 22 in every 100 cases.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 34 | 19 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 253 |
| 1902 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 285 |
| 1903 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 186 |
| 1904 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 145 |
| 1905 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 118 |