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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Age-period. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Case mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | Cases. | Deaths. | Case mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | |||
| Cases, | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| All ages. | 5,569 | 784 | 14.1 | 262 | 37 | 6,416 | 811 | 12.6 | 270 | 34 |
| 0— | 150 | 53 | 35.3 | 274 | 97 | 100 | 46 | 46.0 | 184 | 85 |
| 1— | 408 | 151 | 37.0 | 844 | 312 | 330 | 108 | 32.7 | 682 | 223 |
| 2— | 547 | 128 | 23.4 | 1,119 | 262 | 508 | 130 | 25.6 | 1,043 | 267 |
| 3— | 648 | 130 | 20.1 | 1,361 | 273 | 663 | 120 | 18.1 | 1,376 | 249 |
| 4— | 664 | 94 | 14.2 | 1,425 | 202 | 694 | 120 | 17.3 | 1,497 | 259 |
| 5— | 1,799 | 173 | 9.6 | 823 | 79 | 2,098 | 236 | 11.2 | 950 | 107 |
| 10— | 604 | 33 | 5.5 | 293 | 16 | 764 | 29 | 3.8 | 363 | 14 |
| 15— | 291 | 11 | 3.8 | 140 | 5 | 358 | 8 | 2.2 | 155 | 3 |
| 20- | 192 | 5 | 2.6 | 89 | 2 | 315 | 2 | 0.6 | 122 | 1 |
| 25— | 180 | 1 | 0.6 | 49 | 0 | 395 | 4 | 1.0 | 91 | 1 |
| 35— | 55 | 3 | 5.5 | 20 | 1 | 130 | 1 | 0.8 | 42 | 0 |
| 45— | 25 | 1 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 6.2 | 22 | 1 |
| 55 and upwards. | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 5 | 2 |
Whooping cough.
The deaths from whooping cough in the Administrative County of London in 1900
numbered 1,948, compared with 1,728 in 1899.
The death-rates from this disease in 1900 and preceding periods were as follows—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851-60 | 0.88 | 1894 | 0.491 |
| 1861-70 | 0.88 | 1895 | 0.341 |
| 1871-80 | 0.81 | 1896 | 0.65' |
| 1881-90 | 0.69 | 1897 | 0.421 |
| 1891 | 0.681 | 1898 | 0.481 |
| 1892 | 0.581 | 1899 | 0.38' |
| 1893 | 0.541 | 1900 | 0.431 |
The death-rate in each year in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1841-1900 is
shown in diagram XVI. The relation of whooping cough mortality to season will be seen on
reference to diagram V. (E.), page 15, showing the average weekly number of deaths from this
disease in the 60 years 1841-1900.
It will be seen from the following table that the London whooping cough death-rate
exceeded the death-rates of all the undermentioned towns except Manchester, Liverpool and
Salford in the period 1890-9, and in 1900 was lower than that of any except Leeds, Bristol,
Nottingham, Bradford and Hull.
| Towns. | 1890-9. | 1900. | Towns. | 1890-9. | 1900. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 0.46 | 0.17 | |||
| Manchester | 0.56 | 0.68 | Nottingham | 0.37 | 0.42 |
| Liverpool | 0.59 | 0.84 | Bradford | 0.38 | 0.09 |
| Birmingham | 0.51 | 0.58 | Hull | 0.38 | 0.31 |
| Leeds | 0.40 | 0.38 | Salford | 0.71 | 0.84 |
| Sheffield | 0.0 | 0.55 | West Ham | 0.51 | 0.59 |
*See footnote (*), page 25.
1 See footnote (1) page 5.
2 See footnote (2), page 5.