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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | Cases, 1901. | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths, 1901. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. 1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-1900. | 1901. | ||||
| 0.1 | _ | _ | |||
| 0.1 | 1 | ||||
| 0.0 | |||||
| 0.1 | |||||
| 1 | 0.01 | ||||
| 0.0 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 0.1 | |||||
| 0.1 | |||||
| 0.06 | |||||
| 0.8 | 0.11 | ||||
| 0.1 | |||||
| 0.0 | |||||
| 0.0 | 1 | ||||
| 0.0 | — | — | |||
| 1 | |||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | |
In this table where — is inserted no death occurred.
The central group of districts had the highest mortality from smallpox during the year
1901, viz., 1.21 per 1,000 living, and the southern group the lowest (0 03). Among the metropolitan
boroughs Holborn had the highest death rate (0'51), no deaths from this disease being
registered in Lewisham and Paddington. During the first quarter of the year no deaths from
this disease were registered in London; during the second quarter of the year the deaths were
too few to give a death rate of 0.005 per 1,000 living; during the third quarter of the year the
death rate was 0 03 per 1,000 living, and during the fourth quarter the death rate rose to 0.17.
The number of cases of smallpox notified in each week of the year 1901 in London will
be seen on reference to the following table—
| Week ended | No. of cases notified. | Week ended | No. of cases notified. | Week ended | No. of cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | ||||
| — | — | ||||
| ,, 8 | — | ||||
| — | |||||
| — | |||||
| — | |||||
| — | |||||
| — | |||||
| — | |||||
| — | „ 10 | ||||
| — | „ 17 | „ 14 | |||
| — | |||||
| — | |||||
| 1 |
The foregoing table includes every case of illness notified as "smallpox." The annual
report of the Statistical Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board states that of the total
number of cases originally certified in London as "smallpox" and removed to the wharves the
cases incorrectly diagnosed amounted to 13"3 per cent, of the total.
1 See foo jtnote (1) page 9.