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London County Council 1904

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

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Table I.

Common Lodging Houses.

Death-rates per 1,000 males living at five age periods from certain causes in London (1903) and in licensed common lodging houses 1903 and 1904.

Cause of Death.Age 25 to 35.Age 36 to 45.Age 45 to 55.Age 55 to 65.Age 65 and upwards.
London, 1903.C.L.H 1903.C.L.H. 1904.London, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.London, 1903.C L H 1903.C. L. H 1901.London, 1SW3.C.L H. 1903.C.L.H 1904.London, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.
Phthisis2.346.896.864.0112.4915.134.9220.2721.164.0316.2916.512.5111.4911.50
Other tubercular diseases0.170.210.210.180180180.220.220.670.210.76-0.151.23-
Alcoholism (includ. ing cirrhosis of the liver)0.161.040.620.621.271.981.091.781.801.283.793.071.155.115.75
Urinary diseases0.191.260.830.551.091.621.313.571123.094.173.467.1714.0513.79
Violence0.610.63-0.890.721.261.341.780.671.671.890.772.575.111.15
Cancer0.170.21-0.610.720.182.372.231.575.047.204.998.1.221.7217.24
Circulatory diseases0.511.461.871.472.353.963.344.165.628.267.589.6021.0024.2736.78
Nervous diseases0.21-0.420.50-1.080.881.781.1.21.422.273.463.765.118.05
Bronchitis0.070.210.420.251.002.520.682.013.822.9711.3611.9011.9830.6648.28
Pneumonia0.491.261.040.921.812.341.602.014.272.706.446.144.8512.7713.79
Other causes1.062.070.211.430.901.032.312.452.704.234 553.4621.0412.7736.78
Total (all causes)5.9915.2412.4811.4322.6231.3319.9842.5644.5034.9066.3063.3584.30144.30193.10

Table II.

Common Lodging Houses.

Table showing the number of deaths of males at five age periods from certain causes per 1,000 deaths from all causes in London (1903) and licensed common lodging houses 1903 and 1904.

Cases of deathAge 25 to 35Age 35 to 45Age 45 to 55Age 55 to 65Age 65 and upward
London, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.Loddon, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.London, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.London, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.London, 1903.C.L.H. 1903.C.L.H. 1904.
Phthisis390452550351552483246477475115246261308060
Other tubercular diseases291417168611515611-29-
Alcoholism (including cirrhosis of the liver)276850545663504241375748143530
Urinary di eases328267484852668425896354859771
Violence10241-78324067421548291231356
Cancer2814-533261195235144109799615089
Circulatory and heart disease8696150128104126167105126237114152249168190
Nervous diseases36-3344-34444225413455443542
Bronchitis12143322488134478685171188142213250
Pneumonia818283818075804796779797588971
All other causes1771371712540341165761121696424989191
Total (all causes)1,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,0001,000

Seamen's Lodging Houses.
Under the provisions of Section 214 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Council has made bylaws
for the regulation of houses accommodating seamen.

laws for the regulation of houses accommodating seamen. These by.laws came into force on the 1st October, 1901, At the end of 1903, there were 133 houses on the register ; in 1904 houses were added to and removed from the register, leaving 90, which were situated in the following metropolitan boroughs:—

Metropolitan Borough.Houses.Lodgers.
Poplar30434
Stepney591,125
Woolwich126
Total901,585