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London County Council 1901

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

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Death.rates1 per 100,000 living, from all causes and from various causes in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs,1901 (365 days).

Metropolitan Boroughs.Measles.Rheumatic fever.Cancer.Tabes mesenterica.Tubercular meningitis.Phthisis.Other tubercular diseases.Pneumonia.Other respiratory diseases.All other causes.All causes.
Paddington56103122311016971778851,434
Kensington4261121119137101001779061,520
Hammersmith3812841627140161011941,0851,713
Fulham275881420137201361739651,585
Chelsea148911123168121312401,0031,701
Westminster, City of3310831016187131182209171,607
St. Marylebone751048221822312U2179741,662
Hampstead14961324941366846861,081
St. Pannras2911881425184141531791,1321,829
Islington484911618152171161799701,611
Stoke Newine'ton181292122913414821587581,309
...... . o Hackney45880252414827981489791,582
Holborn3731001525277121572791,0941,999
Finsbury494781830223221852811,2332,123
London, City of4151281145210151732181,1801,999
Shoreditch639813236215301802911,2632,200
Bethnal . green6812861728216211832541,1462,031
Stepney557732427210311882391,2372,091
Poplar527732825180191422581,2242,008
Son th wark7911862424248281992451,1962,140
Bermondsey Lambeth60 408 1167 9927 21312217616633 21237 139226 1931,208 1,0132,073 1,725
Battersea788811520147261451789451,643
Wandsworth281089152011516951128511,351
Camberwell588971818146181091781,0031,653
Deptford Greenwich468811725119191111891,0321,647
576701921116221031359761,525
Lewisham2599513129014761108661,310
Woolwich19771141417521841299321,466
London438881823165201331931,0261,717

Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the administrative county of London from the principal epidemic
diseases, viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhus, enteric and ill.defined fevers
and diarrhoea, during 1901 (52 weeks) was 10,107, giving an annual death rate of 2.22 per
1.000 livinc.

The death rates in each year since 1890 have been as follows—

Year.Death rate from principal epidemic diseases.
18912.271
18922.801
18933.041
18942.651
18952.621
18963.111
18972.581
18982.801
18992.491
19002.231
19012.221
The death rates in each year since 1890 have been as follows—
Year.Death rate from principal epidemic diseases.
18912.271
18922.801
18933.041
18942.651
18952.621
18963.111
18972.581
18982.801
18992.491
19002.231
19012.221

It will be seen from the following table that London, in the period 1891.1900 had a
lower death rate from these diseases than any of the undermentioned towns, except Leeds, Bristol,
Nottingham, Bradford and Newcastle, and 'in 1901 a lower death rate than any, except Bristol
and Bradford.

Principal epidemic diseases—Death rates per 1,000 living.

Towns.1891.1900.1901.Towns.1891.1900.1901.
London2. 7122.252Nottingham2.562.86
Manchester3.383.43Bradford2.221.86
Liverpool3.323.66Hull3.023.24
Birmingham2.893.16Salford4.304.28
Leeds2.713.14West Ham3.314.11
Sheffield3.334.10Leicester3.202.58
Bristol1.961.67Newcastle2 322150
Principal epidemic diseases—Death rates per 1,000 living.
Towns.1891.1900.1901.Towns.1891.1900.1901.
London2. 7122.252Nottingham2.562.86
Manchester3.383.43Bradford2.221.86
Liverpool3.323.66Hull3.023.24
Birmingham2.893.16Salford4.304.28
Leeds2.713.14West Ham3.314.11
Sheffield3.334.10Leicester3.202.58
Bristol1.961.67Newcastle2 322150

1 See footnote (1), page 9. 1 See footnote (2), page 9.