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London County Council 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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of age, and the greatest incidence of death was upon males of two years of age and females of
three years of age. The fatality was greatest among males and females under one year of age.
| 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. | Death». | |||||||
| All ages. | 5,657 | 685 | 121 | 264 | 32 | 6,499 | 670 | 103 | 271 | 28 |
| 0— | 132 | 43 | 32.6 | 239 | 78 | 94 | 36 | 383 | 172 | 66 |
| 1— | 418 | 107 | 25.6 | 856 | 219 | 352 | 111 | 31.5 | 721 | 227 |
| 2_ | 566 | 126 | 22.3 | 1,147 | 255 | 464 | 101 | 21.8 | 944 | 206 |
| 3— | 612 | 96 | 15.7 | 1,274 | 200 | 646 | 111 | 17.2 | 1,328 | 228 |
| 4— | 693 | 106 | 15.3 | 1,474 | 225 | 688 | 69 | 10.0 | 1,470 | 147 |
| 5— | 1,757 | 166 | 9.4 | 796 | 75 | 2,075 | 202 | 9.7 | 931 | 91 |
| 10— | 616 | 25 | 4.1 | 296 | 12 | 804 | 24 | 3.0 | 379 | 11 |
| 15— | 324 | 8 | 2.5 | 155 | 4 | 394 | 1 | 0.3 | 169 | 0 |
| 20— | 200 | 2 | 10 | 92 | 1 | 336 | 1 | 0.3 | 129 | 0 |
| 25— | 213 | 4 | 1.9 | 57 | 1 | 439 | 4 | 0.9 | 100 | 1 |
| 35— | 96 | — | — | 34 | — | 131 | 4 | 31 | 42 | 1 |
| 45— | 18 | 1 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 5.5 | 25 | 1 |
| 55 and upwards. | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 14.3 | 8 | 1 |
Whooping Cough.
The deaths from whooping cough in the administrative county of London in 1901 numbered
1,604, compared with 1,948 in 1900.
lhe death rates from this disease in 1901 and preceding periods have been as follows—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851-60 | 0.88 | 1895 | 0.34' |
| 1861-70 | 0.88 | 1896 | 0.651 |
| 1871-80 | 0.81 | 1897 | 0.421 |
| 1881-90 | 0.69 | 1898 | 0.481 |
| 1891 | 0.681 | 1899 | 0.38' |
| 1892 | 0.581 | 1900 | 0.43l |
| 1893 | 0.541 | 1901 | 0.351 |
| 1894 | 0.491 |
The death rate in each year in relation to the mean death rate of the period 1841-1901
is shown in diagram XII.
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, Birmingham,
Salford and West Ham in the period 1891-1900, and in 1901 was lower than that of any
except Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Leicester.
| Towns. | 1891-1900. | 1901. | Towns. | 1891-1900. | 1901. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0 .502 | 0.35' | Nottngham | 0.39 | 0.42 |
| Manchester | 0.59 | 0.41 | Bradford | 0.37 | 0.45 |
| Liverpool | 0.59 | 0.24 | Hull | 0.37 | 0.41 |
| Birmingham | 0.52 | 0.42 | Salford | 0.71 | 0.41 |
| Leeds | 0.39 | 0.33 | West Ham | 0.53 | 0.41 |
| Sheffield | 0.49 | 0.34 | Leicester | 0.38 | 0.33 |
| Bristol | 0.40 | 0.59 | Newcastle | 0.49 | 0.50 |
The following table shows that the London whooping cough death rate exceeded the death
rates of all the undermentioned foreign towns in the period 1891-1900, and in the year 1901
exceeded the death rates of all except Copenhagen—
* See footnote (*) page 33.
1 See footnote ('), [ age 9.
* See footnote (*), page 9.