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London County Council 1904

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

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Table: The following table from the Annual Summary of the Registrar-General shows the diminution or excess in the year 1904 under certain of the more important heading, in the list of causes of death, as compared with the corrected annual average of the preceding 10 years—

The following table from the Annual Summary of the Registrar-General shows the diminution or excess in the year 1904 under certain of the more important heading, in the list of causes of death, as compared with the corrected annual average of the preceding 10 years—

Cause of death.Diminution in 1904.Excess in 1904.
Smallpox154-
Measles330-
Scarlet fever293-
Typhus3-
Influenza480-
Whooping cough488-
Diphtheria1,183-
Pyrexia (origin uncertain)2-
Enteric fever332-
Diarrhoea-1,194
Pneumonia-415
Phtliisis and other tuberculous diseases (including scrofula) ..907-
Cancer-408
Premature birth23-
Diseases of nervous system )1,537-
Diseases of circulatory system
Diseases of respiratory system2,449-
Diseases of urinary system-139
Childbirth and puerperal septic diseases78-
Accident582-1
Homicide11-
Suicide-22
All other causes1,230-
Net diminution or excess7,904-

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Comparison can be made of certain causes of death in sanitary areas by reference to the following
table. The death-rates shown in the table are fully corrected for deaths in institutions (see footnote
(1), page 7). In the case of phthisis and of "cancer" (inclusive of carcinoma, sarcoma, 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 on pages 42 and 47.

Table: Death-rates "per100,000living from all causes, and from various causes, in each of the various sanitaryareas, 1904 (366days).

Death-rates "per100,000living from all causes, and from various causes, in each of the various sanitaryareas, 1904 (366days).

Sanitary area.MeaslesRheumatic fever.Cancer.Tabes mesentericTubercular meningitis.Phthisis.Other tuber-CBlar and scrofulous diseases.Pneumonia.Other respiratory diseaseAll other causes.All cause
Paddington29410941812212881528391,377
Kensington3971022017140161231588141,435
Hammersmith922101920136131461299271,574
Fulham447851327142141321199621,545
Chelsea3551221216176221612188921,659
W estminster, City of1110102518149191121387801,344
St. Marylebone395110813166171371889531,635
Hampstead21898121884996815951,022
St. Pancras548971719189201641531,0311,753
Islington537961122156161321529021,546
Stoke Newington13610310191702397958101,346
Hackney345842020140261261339091,497
Holborn779941018276191632179361,819
Finsbury608831731247272042851,1862,148
London, City of-91411317153171452179581,669
Shoreditch708782337221371552031,2232,054
Bethnal-green685872130217241842171,0781,931
Stepney Poplar Southwark579761136213202001991,1241,945
546711419174221552111,1351,860
9210851732241222273021,0802,008
Bermondsey1049732222214322231891,1202,007
Lambeth5491031622144201301459441,587
Battersea3312951113142171091428821,455
Wandsworth425991016111121111028371,345
Camberwell419881222134201141668901,496
Deptford Greenwich68794823145211291649661,625
397861110135221141129051,440
Lewisham186857159015961057671,204
Woolwich249831115168201101098941,442
London497921322163191421599471,613

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1 For purposes of comparison deaths from infective endocarditis are included under this heading.