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London County Council 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The death rate in each year since 1858 in relation to the mean death rate of the period
1859-1901 will be seen on reference to diagram VI., and the monthly case rate and case mortality
in each of the years 1891-1901 in relation to the mean of the whole period is shown in diagram
VIII. This diagram shows slight increase of prevalence and slight increase in the case mortality of
the disease in 1901 compared with the preceding year, but both prevalence and case mortality
are markedly below those of the years 1892 and 1893.
It will be seen from the following table that in the period 1891-1900 the London scarlet
fever death rate was lower than that of any of the undermentioned towns, except Birmingham,
Leeds, Bristol, Hull, West Ham and Newcastle, and in 1901 was lower than that of any except
Bristol, Nottingham, Bradford, Hull, West Ham and Leicester—
| Towns. | 1891-1900. | 1901. | Towns. | 1891-1900. | 1901. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.19 | 0.13 | Nottingham | 0.21 | 0.05 |
| Manchester | 0.23 | 0.23 | Bradford | 0.26 | 0.13 |
| Liverpool | 0.29 | 0.27 | Hull | 0.17 | 0.07 |
| Birmingham | 0.17 | 0.30 | Salford | 0.36 | 0.48 |
| Leeds | 0.17 | 0.19 | West Ham | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| Sheffield | 0.21 | 0.15 | Leicester | 0.22 | 0.03 |
| Bristol | 0.12 | 0.11 | Newcastle | 0.13 | 0.20 |
ihe tollowing table shows that the .London scarlet lever death rate, in the period 18911900,
was lower than that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns, except Paris, Brussels,
Amsterdam and Borne, and in 1901 was lower than that of any, except Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam,
Conenliajren and Home—
| Paris | 0.06 | 0.04 | Berlin | 0.26 | 0.26 |
| Brussels | 0.04 | 0.03 | Vienna | 0.20 | 0.22 |
| Amsterdam | 0.03 | 0.01 | Rome | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Copenhagen | 0.21 | 0.08 | New York | 0.27 | 0.33 |
| Stockholm | 0.37 | 0.21 |
The following table shows the death rate from scarlet fever in 1901 and the case rates ii 1901 and the deceunium 1891-1901 in the several metropolitan boroughs—
| Metropolitan Borough. | Cases, 1901. | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths, 1901. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. 1901. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-1900. | 1901. | ||||
| Paddington | 505 | 39 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.08 |
| Kensington. | 475 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 15 | 0.09 |
| Hammersmith | 346 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 14 | 0.12 |
| Fulham | 600 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 20 | 0.14 |
| Chelsea | 190 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.07 |
| Westminster, City of | 478 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 11 | 0.06 |
| St. Marylebone | 397 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 18 | 0.14 |
| Hampstead | 218 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.05 |
| St. Pancras | 991 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 33 | 0.14 |
| Islington | 1,290 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 30 | 0.09 |
| Stoke Newington | 172 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4 | 0.08 |
| Hackney | 933 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 26 | 0.12 |
| Holborn | 259 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3 | 0.05 |
| Finsbury | 502 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 18 | 0.18 |
| London, City of | 110 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4 | 0.15 |
| Shoreditch | 556 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 20 | 0.17 |
| Bethnal-green | 841 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 44 | 0.34 |
| Stepney | 1,177 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 42 | 0.14 |
| Poplar | 560 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 14 | 0.08 |
| Southwark | 1,301 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 54 | 0.26 |
| Bermondsey | 932 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 44 | 0.34 |
| Lambeth | 1,037 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 38 | 0.13 |
| Battersea | 602 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 10 | 0.06 |
| Wandsworth | 689 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 17 | 0.07 |
| Camberwell | 1,472 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 47 | 0.18 |
| Deptford | 549 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 17 | 0.15 |
| Greenwich | 419 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.05 |
| Lewisham | 465 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 11 | 0.09 |
| Woolwich | 310 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.04 |
| Port of London | 5 | — | — | - | - |
| London | 18,381 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 584 | 0.132 |
' See footnote ('), page 9.
* See footnote ('), page 9.