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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
London County Council 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| *Cases notified in 1892. | Cases—Rate per 10,000 in 1892. | Deaths in 1892. | Death rate per 10,000 in 1892. | Rate per 10,000 in 1885-91. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South— | |||||
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 43 | 16 | 6 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| St. George, Southwark | 76 | 13 | 26 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| Newington | 169 | 15 | 38 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| St. Olave | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Bermondsey | 96 | 11 | 20 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Rotherhithe | 48 | 12 | 11 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| Lambeth | 538 | 19 | 130 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| Battersea | 370 | 24 | 54 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Wandsworth | 262 | 16 | 65 | 4.0 | |
| Camberwell | 303 | 13 | 78 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Greenwich | 193 | 11 | 52 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Lewisham | 144 | 15 | 23 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Woolwich | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Plumstead | 135 | 15 | 44 | 4.8 | 2.1 |
| London | 8,368 | 20 | 1,859 | 4.4 | 2.9 |
* Including 566 cases of membranous croup.
Whooping Cough.
Whooping Cough. The deaths attributed to whooping cough in 1892 numbered 2,491. The death rates from this disease per 1,000 living during 1892 and previous periods have been as follows —
| 1851-60 | 0.88 | 1881-90 | 0.69 |
| 1861-70 | 0.88 | 1891 | 0.68 |
| 1871-80 | 0.81 | 1892 | 0.58 |
Diagram IX. shows the excess and defect of the mortality from this disease in relation to the mean mortality for the period 1841-92, and the accompanying chart (IX.) shows the relative incidence of the disease upon London sanitary districts during the period 1885-92.
| Deaths, 1892. | Death rate per 10,000, 1892. | Death rate per 10,000, 1885-91. | Deaths, 1892. | Death rate per 111.000, 1892. | Death rate per 10.000, 1885-91. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West— | East— | ||||||
| Kensington | 64 | 3.8 | 4.9 | Shoreditch | 105 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| Hammersmith | 54 | 5.4 | 6.8 | Bethnal-green | 128 | 9.9 | 9.1 |
| Fulham | 65 | 6.6 | Whitechapel | 43 | 5.8 | 5.1 | |
| Paddington | 29 | 2.4, | 4.7 | St. George-in-the-East | 24 | 53 | 7.6 |
| Chelsea | 39 | 4.0 | 7.3 | Limehouse | 72 | 12.6 | 9.8 |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 21 | 2.7 | 3.6 | Mile-end Old-town | 110 | 10.2 | 8.4 |
| Westminster | 20 | 3.6 | 6.5 | Poplar | 178 | 10.6 | 7.6 |
| St. James | 7 | 2.9 | 4.7 | ||||
| South— | |||||||
| North— | St. Saviour, Southwark | 14 | 5.2 | 7.2 | |||
| Marylebone | 37 | 2.6 | 5.1 | St. George, Southwark | 44 | 7.4 | 9.5 |
| Hampstead | 22 | 3.1 | 3.4 | Newington | 93 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| Pancras | 155 | 6.6 | 6.4 | St. Olave | 5 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| Islington | 161 | 5.0 | 6.8 | Bermondsey | 53 | 6.3 | 8.4 |
| Hackney | 122 | 5.2 | 5.6 | Rotherhithe | 22 | 5.6 | 7.3 |
| Lambeth | 135 | 4.9 | 6.7 | ||||
| Central— | Battersea | 101 | 6.5 | 6.7 | |||
| St. Giles ' | 11 | 2.8 | 5.7 | Wandsworth | 89 | 5.4 | |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 1 | 0.7 | 4.5 | Camberwell | 128 | 5.3 | 7.3 |
| Strand | 15 | 6.2 | 5.4 | Greenwich | 96 | 5.7 | 7.0 |
| Holborn | 15 | 4.6 | 7.5 | Lewisham | 69 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
| Clerkenwell | 45 | 6.9 | 7.6 | Woolwich | 17 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| St. Luke | 29 | 6.9 | 7.8 | Plumstead | 38 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
| London, City of | 15 | 4.1 | 3.2 | London | 2,491 | 5.8 | 6.7 |
Typhus Fever.
Twenty persons were certified to be suffering from typhus during the year 1892, and 11 deaths
were attributed to this cause.
The death rates from this disease per 1,000 living during 1892 and previous periods have been
as follows—
1871-80
1881-90
•05
•008
1891
1892
•003
•003
Diagram X. shows the deviations from the mean death rate from this disease in London during
the period 1869-92, the deaths from typhus being undistinguished from enteric and simple fevers
before 1869.