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London County Council 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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If these cases and deaths are considered in relation to the total population and total births the following rates are obtained:—
| Year. | Case rate per 1,000 living. | Case rate per 1,000 births. | Death rate per 1,000 living. | Death rate per 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | .05 | 1.64 | .05+ | 1.65 |
| 1892 | .08 | 2.56 | .07+ | 2.37 |
| 1893 | .09 | 3.00 | .08+ | 2.64 |
| 1894 | .06 | 1.94 | .05+ | 1.60 |
It will thus be seen that the rates for 1894 from this disease are lower than the corresponding
rate3 for 1892 and 1893 whether the rates per 1,000 living or per 1,000 births are considered. The
rise of the case and death rates in 1891-3 and the fall in 1894 corresponds with the behaviour of the
case and death rates from erysipelas.
Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
The number of deaths attributed to influenza in 1894 was slightly in excess of the corrected
annual average of the preceding ten years. The deaths attributed to bronchitis and pneumonia were
below the average.
The deaths from these diseases in Registration London since 1889 were as follows:—
| Year. | Influenza. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Corrected annual average for preceding ten yearn. | Deaths. | Corrected annual average for preceding ten years. | Deaths. | Corrected annual average for preceding ten years. | |
| 1890 | 652 | 70 | 12,448 | 11,342-8 | 6,224 | 4,9250 |
| 1891 | 2,336 | 74-0 | 13,136 | 10,887-3 | 6,915 | 4,883-0 |
| 1892 | 2,264 | 318-7 | 11,183 | 11,2300 | 6,164 | 5,171-9 |
| 1893 | 1,526 | 556-2 | 10,413 | 11,2500 | 7,198 | 5,341-6 |
| 1894 | 750+ | 715-5 | 7,816+ | 11,292-3 | 5,321+ | 5,632-5 |
The number of deaths from influenza has therefore notably decreased in 1894. In that year
there has also been decrease in the number of deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia.
The deaths from influenza registered in 1894 and the death rate per 1,000 living in the several sanitary districts of London are shown in the following table—
Influenza.
| Sanitary district. | Deaths, 1894. | Death rate per 1,000 living, 1894. | Sanitary district. | Deaths, 1894. | Death rate per 1,000 living, 1894. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 30 | .25 | Bethnal-green | 13 | .10 |
| Kensington | 33 | .20 | Whitechapel | 13 | .17 |
| Hammersmith | 11 | .10 | St. George-in-the-East | 11 | .24 |
| Fulham | 14 | .13 | Limehouse | 3 | .05 |
| Chelsea | 29 | .29 | Mile-end Old-town | 17 | .16 |
| St. George, Hanover-square | 18 | .24 | Poplar | 16 | .09 |
| Westminster | 11 | .20 | St. Saviour, Southwark | — | — |
| St. James | 1 | .04 | St. George, Southwark | 7 | .12 |
| Marylcbone | 31 | .22 | Newington | 12 | .10 |
| Hampstead | 21 | .28 | St. Olave | 3 | .23 |
| Pancras | 42 | .18 | Bermondsey | 9 | .11 |
| Islington | 51 | .15 | Rotherhithe | 6 | .15 |
| Stoke Newington | 7 | .20 | Lambeth | 47 | .17 |
| Hackney | 37 | .17 | Battersea | 32 | .20 |
| St. Giles | 23 | .60 | Wandsworth | 37 | .21 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 3 | .22 | Camber well | 40 | .16 |
| Strand | 1 | .04 | Greenwich | 27 | .16 |
| Holborn | 6 | .18 | Lewisham (excluding Penge) | 22 | .22 |
| Clerkenwell | 15 | .23 | Woolwich | 5 | .12 |
| St. Luke | 3 | .07 | Lee | 9 | .24 |
| London, City of | 4 | .11 | Plumstead | 8 | .14 |
| Shoreditch | 14 | .11 | London | 742 | .17* |
* See footnote (†), page 7.
† See footnote (*), page 8.
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