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London County Council 1903

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

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Table: Cause of death.Diminution in 1903.Excess in 1903.

Cause of death.

Diminution in 1903.

Excess in 1903.

Diarrhœa710—
Pneumonia504—
Phthisis and other tuberculous diseases (including scrofula)1,322—
Cancer—603
Premature birth174—
Diseases of nervous system12,286—
Diseases of circulatory system
Diseases of respiratory system4,199—
Diseases of urinary system—47
Childbirth and puerperal septic diseases101—
Accident547—
Homicide10—
Suicide—86
All other causes1,840—
Net diminution or excess14,821—

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Comparison can be made of certain causes of death in metropolitan boroughs by reference to
the following table. The death rates shown in the table are fully corrected for deaths in institutions
(see footnote ('), page 7), and in the case of phthisis and cancer, " factors for correction for
differences in age and sex constitution," have been calculated, and these factors and the corrected
death-rates are shown ou pages 40 and 42.

Table: Death-rates per100,000living from all causes, and from various causes, in each of the metropolitanboroughs,1903 (365days).

Death-rates per100,000living from all causes, and from various causes, in each of the metropolitan

boroughs,1903 (365days).

Metropolitan Boroughs.Measles.Rheumatic fever.Carcinoma. *Sarcoma. *Cancer. *Tabes mesenterica.Tubercular meningitis.Phthisis.Other tubercular diseases.Pneumonia.Other respiratory diseases.All other causes.Allcauses.
Paddington27468737717105141101258011,322
Kensington17752649121612471321468231,391
Hammersmith225467342330147111241268351,410
Fulham405457281520139141201208471,400
Chelsea19955466512150151431439071,528
Westminster, City of27641656614167161101197921,360
St. Marylebone285631161824189261371799161,647
Hampstead957784122572776766021,000
St. Pancras836637381420182201581129131,616
Islington377517501222141161121318461,432
Stoke Newington46134410566211272383907431,262
Hackney51650436172912826103948481,392
Holborn2934816361426292211692139401,807
Finsbury694506351327223171752281,1632,010
London, City of124451 245820163161102008731,508
Shoreditch883406392738231251391781,1271,941
Bethnal-green658523321832212241821901,0131,831
Stepney577476251326214291941531,0311,802
Poplar9610474321932173211431961,0541,827
Southwark412617302932239272101529831,813
Bermondsey4111583252242172461981681,0551,841
Lambeth438597361729138231221239101,515
Battersea617417371219132171281218411,423
Wandsworth42952645818931879847841,238
Camberwell319425401720122181101258261,365
Deplford58754532915138171041319341,504
Greenwich29238731121811319106958531,323
Lewisham268541023528831076847071,114
Woolwich217402351218145211051108371,353
London447526381424155201311338921,516
Death-rates per 100,000 living from all causes, and from various causes, in each of the metropolitanboroughs, 1903 (365 days).
Metropolitan Boroughs.Measles.Rheumatic fever.Carcinoma. *Sarcoma. *Cancer. *Tabes mesenterica.Tubercular meningitis.Phthisis.Other tubercular diseases.Pneumonia.Other respiratory diseases.All other causes.Allcauses.
Paddington27468737717105141101258011,322
Kensington17752649121612471321468231,391
Hammersmith225467342330147111241268351,410
Fulham405457281520139141201208471,400
Chelsea19955466512150151431439071,528
Westminster, City of27641656614167161101197921,360
St. Marylebone285631161824189261371799161,647
Hampstead957784122572776766021,000
St. Pancras836637381420182201581129131,616
Islington377517501222141161121318461,432
Stoke Newington46134410566211272383907431,262
Hackney51650436172912826103948481,392
Holborn2934816361426292211692139401,807
Finsbury694506351327223171752281,1632,010
London, City of124451 245820163161102008731,508
Shoreditch883406392738231251391781,1271,941
Bethnal-green658523321832212241821901,0131,831
Stepney577476251326214291941531,0311,802
Poplar9610474321932173211431961,0541,827
Southwark412617302932239272101529831,813
Bermondsey4111583252242172461981681,0551,841
Lambeth438597361729138231221239101,515
Battersea617417371219132171281218411,423
Wandsworth42952645818931879847841,238
Camberwell319425401720122181101258261,365
Deplford58754532915138171041319341,504
Greenwich29238731121811319106958531,323
Lewisham268541023528831076847071,114
Woolwich217402351218145211051108371,353
London447526381424155201311338921,516

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Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the administrative county of London from the principal epidemic
diseases, viz.—Smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping-cough, typnus, enteric
and ill-defined fevers and diarrhœa, during 1903 (52 weeks) was 8,088, giving an annual deathrate
of 1.75 per 1,000 living.
1 For purposes of comparison deaths from infective endocarditis are included under this heading.
* For the purposes of the tables on pages 41 and 42 "Cancer" includes the deaths from carcinoma and sarcoma which are here
separately distinguished.