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London County Council 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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adopted for the purposes of this table, the greatest incidence of attack, and also of death, was
upon males of three and upon females of four years of age. The fatality was greatest both among
males and females under one year of age.
| Age-period. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Case mortality per cent. | Rates per 1,000 living. | Cases. | Deaths. | Case mortality per cent. | Rates per 1,000 living. | |||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| All ages | 4,975 | 568 | 11.4 | 230 | 26 | 5,756 | 596 | 10.4 | 238 | 25 |
| 0— | 145 | 48 | 33.1 | 261 | 86 | 81 | 33 | 40.7 | 147 | 60 |
| 1— | 384 | 97 | 25.3 | 781 | 197 | 322 | 81 | 25.2 | 655 | 165 |
| 2— | 461 | 64 | 13.9 | 927 | 129 | 444 | 96 | 21.6 | 897 | 194 |
| 3- | 592 | 108 | 18.2 | 1,223 | 223 | 529 | 87 | 16.4 | 1,080 | 178 |
| 4— | 570 | 66 | 11.6 | 1,203 | 139 | 632 | 100 | 15.8 | 1,341 | 212 |
| 5— | 1,529 | 151 | 9.9 | 688 | 68 | 1,908 | 156 | 8.2 | 850 | 69 |
| 10— | 563 | 17 | 3.0 | 268 | 8 | 671 | 19 | 2.8 | 314 | 9 |
| 15— | 272 | 3 | 1.1 | 129 | 1 | 340 | 6 | 1.8 | 145 | 3 |
| 20- | 173 | 2 | 1.2 | 79 | 1 | 291 | 2 | 0.7 | ]11 | 1 |
| 25— | 201 | 2 | 1.0 | 54 | 1 | 335 | 6 | 1.8 | 76 | 1 |
| 35— | 51 | 4 | 7.8 | 18 | 1 | 143 | 5 | 3.5 | 46 | 2 |
| 45— | 21 | 3 | 14.3 | 11 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 4.9 | 19 | 1 |
| 55 and upwards | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 15.8 | 7 | 1 |
Whooping Cough.
The deaths from whooping cough in the administrative county of London in 1902
numbered 1,876, compared with 1,604 in 1901.
The death-rates from this disease in 1902 and preceding periods have been as follows—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | PerioJ. | Death-rate per 1,000 l living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1851-60 | 0.88 | 1895 | 0.341 |
| 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 | 0.381 |
| 1892 | 0.581 | 1900 | 0.431 |
| 1893 | 0.541 | 1901 | 0.351 |
| 1894 | 0.491 | 1902 | 0.401 |
The death-rate in each year in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1841-1901
is shown in diagram XV. .
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 1892-1901, while in 1902 it was lower than
that of any except Sheffield, Bristol, Nottingham, Bradford and Leicester.
| Towns. | 1892-1901. | 1902. | Towns. | 1892-1901. | 1902. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.472 | 0.402 | Nottingham | 0.37 | 0.15 |
| Manchester | 0.53 | 0.43 | __ Bradford | 0.35 | 0.12 |
| Liverpool | 0.52 | 0.57 | Hull | 0.39 | 0.44 |
| Birmingham | 0.50 | 0.50 | Salford | 0.65 | 0.52 |
| Leeds | 0.39 | 0.45 | West Ham | 0.50 | 0.41 |
| Sheffield | 0.46 | 0.17 | Leicester | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| Bristol | 0.43 | 0.32 | Newcastle | 0.40 | 0.45 |
| *See f00tL0te (*), page 51. 1 See footnote ('), page 12. Sec footnote ('), page 13. | |||||