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London County Council 1894

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

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Sanitary District.Cases, 1894.Case rate per 1,000, 1894.Deaths, 1894.Death rates per 1,000.
1894.1885-93.
Strand15.67.30.20
Holborn29.97.22.18
Clerkenwell661.08.12.14
St. Luke15.43.07.15
London, City of31.9617.10
Shoreditch80.712.10.16
Bethnal-green1461.127.21.17
Whitechapel36.510.13.12
St. George-in-the-East621.3613.16
Limehouse45.88.14.21
Mile-end Old-town79.713.12.20
Poplar2121.231.18.20
St. Saviour, Southwark8.32.08.11
St. George, Southwark29.55.08.11
Newington86.714.12.13
St. Olave,6.5——.14
Bermondsey51.616.19.12
Rotherhithe25.62.05.20
Lambeth257.946.16.12
Battersea136.828.17.12
Wandsworth131.721.12
Camberwell127.522.09.12
Greenwich164.932.19.16
Lewisham61.616.16.10
Woolwich13.36.14.13
Lee24.63.08.7
tead23.46.10
Port of London13————
London3.375.8610.14+.14+

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DiarrhŒa.
The deaths in London attributed to diarrhoea and dysentery in the year 1894 numbered 1,77-4,
as compared with 3,445 in 1893.

Table: The death rates per 1,000 living in 1894, and previous periods, have been as follows—

The death rates per 1,000 living in 1894, and previous periods, have been as follows—

1851-601.0318910.58†
1861-701.0418920.60†
1871-800.9518930.80†
1881-900.7518940.40†

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The diarrhœal death rate of each year since 1840 in relation to the mean death rate of the
period 1841-94 is shown in diagram XVI. The mean temperature of the summer of each year in
relation to the mean of the period 1841-94 is also shown.

Table: The age distribution of the deaths from this disease registered in London (excluding Penge) in 1894 was as follows—*

The age distribution of the deaths from this disease registered in London (excluding Penge) in 1894 was as follows—*

Under 1 year.1-5.5-20.20-10.40-60.60-80.80 and upwards.
1,32726710143110328

Table: In the period 1884-93 the death rate from this disease was in London lower than in any of these towns except Bristol, and in 1894 lower than in any of these towns except Bristol and Bradford.

In the period 1884-93 the death rate from this disease was in London lower than in any of these towns except Bristol, and in 1894 lower than in any of these towns except Bristol and Bradford.

Ten years, 1884-93.1894.Ten years, 1884-93.1894.
London.73.42*West Ham.86.45
Manchester1.09.67Bristol.51.31
Liverpool1.101.00Bradford.88.30
Birmingham1.18.52Nottingham1.09.60
Leeds1.16.45Hull1.18.43
Sheffield1.18.56Salford1.51.68

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