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London County Council 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered in the Registration County of London since 1890 have been as follows—
| Year. | Cases. | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths.1 | Death-rate per 1,000 living. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 4,764 | 1.13 | 214 | .05 |
| 1892 | 6,934 | 1.63 | 292 | .07 |
| 1893 | 9,700 | 2.26 | 424 | .10 |
| 1894 | 6,080 | 1.40 | 221 | .05 |
| 1895 | 5,660 | 1.30 | 179 | .04 |
| 1896 | 6.436 | 1.43 | 207 | .05 |
| 1897 | 5,794 | 1.31 | 184 | .04 |
| 1898 | 5,169 | 1.16 | 165 | .04 |
| 1899 | 5,606 | 1.25 | 213 | .05 |
| 1900 | 4,762 | 1.06 | 182 | .04 |
The number of cases notified and the case-rate of the year 1900, together with the mean case-rate of the period 1891-9 for each sanitary district of the Administrative County of London are shown in the following table—
| Sanitary district. | Cases, 1900. | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | Sanitary district. | Cases, 1900. | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-99. | 1900. | 1891-99. | 1900. | ||||
| Paddington | 123 | 11 | 1.0 | Whitechapel | 128 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Kensington | 160 | 1.3 | 0.9 | St. George-in-the-East | 85 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Hammersmith | 113 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Limehouse | 107 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Fulham | 153 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Mile-end Old-town | 176 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Chelsea | 71 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Poplar | 194 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| St. George, Hanover-sq. | 47 | 0.7 | 0.6 | St. Saviour, Southwark | 23 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Westminster | 53 | 1.1 | 1.0 | St. George, Southwark | 75 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| St. James | 16 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Newington | 134 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Marylebone | 200 | 1.7 | 1.5 | St. Olave | 9 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| Hampstead | 50 | 0.7 | 0.6 | Bermondsey | 60 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Pancras | 234 | 1.7 | 1.0 | Rotherhithe | 71 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Islington | 294 | 1.2 | 0.9 | Lambeth | 238 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Stoke Newington | 30 | 1.4 | 0.9 | Battersea | 164 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Hackney | 230 | 1.1 | Wandsworth. | 206 | 1.4 | 0.9 | |
| St. Giles | 51 | 2.0 | 1.5 | Camberwell | 216 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Greenwich | 239 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Strand | 9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | Lewisham | 78 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Holborn | 41 | 1.9 | 1.4 | Woolwich | 39 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Clerkenwell | 75 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Lee | 24 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| St. Luke | 58 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Plumstead | 73 | 11 | |
| London, City of | 21 | 1.1 | 0.8 | Port of London | 2 | — | |
| Shoreditch | 171 | 1.8 | 1.4 | London | 4,779 | 1.4 | 11 |
| Bethnal-green | 234 | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||||
Puerperal Fever.
The deaths in the Registration County of London in 1900 attributed to puerperal fever
numbered 169, the corrected annual average of the preceding ten years being 249.
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered in the Registration
County of London since the year 1890 have been as follows—
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths.1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 221 | 222 |
| 1892 | 337 | 313 |
| 1893 | 397 | 352 |
| 1894 | 253 | 210 |
| 1895 | 236 | 208 |
| 1896 | 277 | 225 |
| 1897 | 264 | 215 |
| 1898 | 247 | 184 |
| 1899 | 326 | 209 |
| 1900 | 237 | 169 |
6 See footnote (2) page 5.