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London County Council 1903

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

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Table: Deaths under one year of age per1,000births.

Deaths under one year of age per1,000births.

Towns.1893-1902.1903.Towns.1893-1902.1903.
London15811311Bradford168148
Liverpool189159West Ham169146
Manchester188169Hull176162
Birmingham188159Nottingham185165
Leeds179153Salford202167
Sheffield186182Newcastle173165
Bristol144116Leicester187160

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London had, therefore, both in the period 1893-1902 and in 1903 a lower infant mortality
than any of these towns except Bristol.

Table: The following table shows the deaths under one year of age and the number of these deaths per 1,000 births in each of the metropolitan boroughs—

The following table shows the deaths under one year of age and the number of these deaths per 1,000 births in each of the metropolitan boroughs—

Metropolitan boroughs.Deaths under one year of age, 1903.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births, 1903.
Paddington392119
Kensington518145
Hammersmith422141
Fulham606127
Chelsea216142
Westminster372123
St. Marylebone38296
Hampstead12888
St. Pancras841133
Islington1,136126
Stoke Newington130119
Hackney736119
Holborn15595
Finsbury498135
London, City of46136
Shoreditch669171
Bethnal-green654141
Stepney1,569138
Poplar896154
Southwark993148
Bermondsey662158
Lambeth1,132125
Battersea666134
Wandsworth735109
Camberwell902123
Deptford452134
Greenwich345127
Lewisham32792
Woolwich398108
London16,9781302

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1 See footnote (2i, page 7.
2 See footnote ('), page 7.
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Table: Deaths from certain diseases and groups of diseases.The following table from the Annual Summary of the Registrar-General shows the diminution or excess in the year 1903 under certain of the more important headings in the list of causes of death, as compared with the corrected annual average of the preceding 10 years—

Deaths from certain diseases and groups of diseases.

The following table from the Annual Summary of the Registrar-General shows the diminution or excess in the year 1903 under certain of the more important headings in the list of causes of death, as compared with the corrected annual average of the preceding 10 years—

Cause of death.Diminution in 1903.Excess in 1903.
Smallpox186-
Measles494-
Scarlet fever422-
Typhus--
Influenza635-
Whooping cough434-
Diphtheria1,417-
Pyrexia (origin uncertain)4-
Enteric fever272-

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It will be seen from the foregoing table that the rate of infant mortality was highest in
Shoreditch (171) and lowest in Hampstead (88). The infant mortality in London during each
of the four quarters of the year 1903 was as follows—first quarter, 127 ; second quarter, 102;
third quarter, 139; and fourth quarter, 152 per 1,000 births.