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London County Council 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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14
Principal Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths in London from the principal zymotic diseases, viz.: smallpox, measles;
scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, fever, and diarrhoea, during 1894 was 11,513, giving a death
rate of 2.64 per 1,000 living, compared with 3.04 in 1893, 2.8 in 1892, and 2.3 in 1891.
In the period 1884-93 the London death rate from the principal zymotic diseases was lower
than that of the other English towns having a population of more than 200,000 except Birmingham,
Bristol, Bradford, Nottingham, and Hull; but in 1894 was higher than that of any except Liverpool,
West Ham, and Salford, thus—

Table: Death rates per 1,000 living.

Death rates per 1,000 living.

1884-93.1894.1884-93.1894.
London2.852.66*West Ham3.433.19
Manchester3.512.38Bristol2.102.04
Liverpool3.693.41Bradford2.451.76
Birmingham2.832.50Nottingham2.682.33
Leeds2.952.00Hull2.551.76
Sheffield3.422.27Salford4.443.25

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The death rate from the first six of these principal zymotic diseases, viz.: smallpox, measles,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough and fever, was in London, in 1884-93, higher than in
Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna, and lower than in Copenhagen, Stockholm,
St. Petersburg, Rome, and New York, thus—

Table: Death rates per 1,000 living.

Death rates per 1,000 living.

1884-93.1894.1884-93.1894.
London2.122.24*St. Petersburg3.063.49
Paris1.961.35Berlin1.881.50
Brussels1.17.95Vienna1.802.12
Amsterdam1.61.84Rome2.341.08
Copenhagen2.131.90New York2.532.16
Stockholm2.732.05

Table: The death rates from the principal zymotic diseases in the several sanitary districts of London in 1894 and the period 1885-93 is shown in the following table. It will be seen that the district of St. George-in-the-East had the highest mortality, and the district of Stoke Newington the lowest mortality in 1894.

The death rates from the principal zymotic diseases in the several sanitary districts of London in 1894 and the period 1885-93 is shown in the following table. It will be seen that the district of St. George-in-the-East had the highest mortality, and the district of Stoke Newington the lowest mortality in 1894.

Sanitary district.Deaths in 1894.Death rate pec 1,000 living.Sanitary district.Deaths in 1894.Death rate per 1,000 living.
1894.1885—93.1894.1885—93.
Paddington2892.382'03Shoreditch3502.853.75
Kensington3492.092.08Bethnal-green4573.533.78
Hammersmith2562.433.15Whitechapel2313.072.98
Fulham4253.84St. George-in-the-East2244.954.62
Chelsea2242.272.72Limehouse2144.294.22
St. George, Hanover. square1051.401.70Mile-end Old-town4394.073.34
Poplar5493.233.11
Westminster1081.992.57St. Saviour, Southwark873.273.27
St. James522.211.87St. George, Southwark2173.623.74
Marylebone3282.372.25Newington3272.773.15
Hampstead1041.381.32St. Olave362.782.89
Pancras5102.192.69Bermondsey2793.333.20
Islington8472.562.70Rotherhithe1343.333.15
Stoke Newington29.852.52Lambeth6762.402.66
Hackney5542.63Battersea4933.062.54
St. Giles782.052.62Wandsworth3171.77
St. Martin . in . the Fields271.961.98Camberwell6872.772.63
Greenwich5403.132.74
Strand622.682.49Lewisbam2001.991.62
Holborn812.502.92Woolwich1102.612.02
Clerkenwell1742.673.62Lee641.681.95
St. Luke872.123.78Plumstead1242.10
London, City of391.121.49London11,5132.642.75+

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* See footnote (*), page 8.
† See footnote (†), page 7,