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London County Council 1903

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

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The following table is of interest as showing the rapidity with which influenza may
increase from small to epidemic proportions, and the fact that the mortality from the disease
has usually attained its maximum in the late autumn or winter months—

Table: Influenza—Deaths1 registered in London in four.weekly periods,1890.1903.

Influenza—Deaths1 registered in London in four.weekly periods,1890.1903.

Number of weeks.1890.1891.1892.18931894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.
1—430391,30852272593740244661,0165777141
5—816776379696164585536825929875224103
9—12758119162691,343619419343013013429889
13—1639294218056257501211403021721028954
17—20137703312532106509661121105815846
21—2451,044227227353354518257303537
25—286242154919281726254216212025
29—326517231714151827271218718
33—363329232017101310111111166
37—4061361814151219171915121317
41—44515202829222729465517233513
45—4813351815241475635496155446544
49—52 268128546584956715234246569951

Table: Phthisis.The deaths from phthisis in the administrative county of London during 1903 (52 weeks) numbered 7,124.The Death-rates from this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been aa follows—

Phthisis.

The deaths from phthisis in the administrative county of London during 1903 (52 weeks) numbered 7,124.

The Death-rates from this disease per 1,000 living in successive periods have been aa follows—

1851-602.8618961.73l
1861-702.8418971.781
1871-802.51118981.79l
1881-902.09118991.901
18912.02119001.791
18921.89l19011.711
18931.91119021.641
18941.74119031.601
18951.83l

Table: The Registrar.General, in the annual summaries relating to London and other large towns, since the year 1893, has distributed the deaths from phthisis occurring in publio institutions belonging to London to the sanitary districts to which they belong, and it is therefore possible to compare the phthisis Death-rates of the various sanitary districts—

The Registrar.General, in the annual summaries relating to London and other large towns, since the year 1893, has distributed the deaths from phthisis occurring in publio institutions belonging to London to the sanitary districts to which they belong, and it is therefore possible to compare the phthisis Death-rates of the various sanitary districts—

Metropolitan borough.Deaths, 1903.Death-rate per 1,000 living, 1903.Metropolitan borough.Deaths, 1903.Death-rate per 1,000 living, 1903.
Paddington1551.06Shoreditch2722.32
Kensington2231.25Bethnal-green2722.10
Hammersmith1701.47Stepney6332.10
Fulham2041.38Poplar2941.74
Chelsea1161.57Southwark4962.40
Westminster, City of3011.69Bermondsey2251.74
St. Marylebone2401.83Lambeth4301.40
Hampstead630.74Battersea2231.29
St. Pancras4281.82Wandsworth2370.95
Islington4721.40Camberwell3231.22
Stoke Newington641.23Deptford1521.35
Hackney2831.27Greenwich1111.12
Holborn1813.14Lewisham1140.84
Finsbury2272.28Woolwich1761.45
London, City of391.59London7,1241.553

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The following table shows the crude phthisis Death-rate and the phthisis Death-rate
corrected for differences in age and sex constitution of the various metropolitan boroughs. The
" factors for correction," also shown in the table, have been calculated by applying the population
of each of the metropolitan boroughs to the Death-rates at each age and for each sex obtaining
for London in the five years 1897.1901—
1 See footnote (2) page 7.
2 The deaths occurring in the 53rd week of the years 1890, 1896 and 1902 are excluded from these figures.
2See footnote (1) page 7.