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London County Council 1896

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

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Table: Smallpox—Death rate per 1,000 living.

Smallpox—Death rate per 1,000 living.

Towns.1886-95.1896.Towns.1886-95.1896.
London.01.002West Ham.05.02
Manchester.02—Bristol.04.02
Liverpool.02—Nottingham.01—
Birmingham.05—Bradford.07.00
Leeds.01.00Hull.02—
Sheffield.23—Salford.01—

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If the London smallpox death rate be compared with the rates of the following foreign cities
it will be seen that in the period 1886-95 the London rate was exceeded by all these cities except
Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Berlin and in 1896 by that of St. Petersburg only.

Table: Smallpox—Death rates per 1,000 living.

Smallpox—Death rates per 1,000 living.

Towns.1886-95.1896.Towns.1886-95.1896.
London.01.002St. Petersburg.13.15
Paris.07.00Berlin.00.00
Brussels.11.00Vienna.08.00
Amsterdam.00.00Rome.26.00
Copenhagen.00.00New York.03.00
Stockholm.00.00

Table: The cases notified in the administrative county were distributed throughout the year as follows—

The cases notified in the administrative county were distributed throughout the year as follows—

No. of week.Week endingNo. of cases notified.No. of week.Week endingNo. of cases notified.No. of week.WeekendingNo. of cases notified.
14 January5199 May23712 September3
211 „112016 „33819 „—
318 „122123 „43926 „1
425 „82230 „3403 October—
51 February14236 June64110 „1
68 „42413 „24217 „—
715 „92520 „254324 „—
822 „82627 „84431 „1
929 „1274 July12457 November_
107 March92811 „114614 „_
1114 „32918 „—4721 „_
1221 „63025 „44828 „_
1328 „4311 August4495 December1
144 April2328 „35012 „1
1511 „33315 „35119 „_
1618 „43422 „35226 „_
1725 „93529 „6532 January1
182 May4365 September1

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The following table shows the number of cases notified in successive periods of four weeks in
each of the several sanitary districts—
2 See footnote (2) page 8.