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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 number of cases of erysipelas notified and the case-rate for the year 1904, together with the case-rate in the decennium 1894-1903, in the several sanitary areas are shown in the following table-

The number of cases of erysipelas notified and the case-rate for the year 1904, together with the case-rate in the decennium 1894-1903, in the several sanitary areas are shown in the following table-

Sanitary area.Cases 1904Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1894-1903.1904.
Paddington1171.00.8
Kensington1411.20.8
Hammersmith1231.01.1
Fulham1301.00.9
Chelsea450.90.6
Westminster, City of1260.80.7
St. Marylebone1871.61.4
Hampstead560.70.6
St. Pancras2581.41.1
Islington2801.00.8
Stoke Newington53 .0.81.0
Hackney2661.31.2
Holborn761.81.3
Finsbury1061.61.1
London, City of210.90.9
Shoreditch1771.61.5
Bethnal Green2242.21.7
Stepney4671.51.5
Poplar2041.41.2
Southwark2981.41.4
Bermondsey1861.41.4
Lambeth2481.00.8
Battersea1601.30.9
Wandsworth2701.11.1
Camberwell3281.11.2
Deptford1511.31.3
Greenwich861.20.8
Lewisham830.80.6
Woolwich750.80.6
Port of London1--
London4.9431.21.1

Table: The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1904—

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1904—

Ago.All ages.0-5-10-l520-25-35-45-55-65-75 and upwards.
Males2,163182988911112530442538226413251
Females2,780202123131180187384445497332198101
Persons4,943384221220291312688870879596330152

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The table shows, so far as the figures relating to notified cases of this disease can be trusted in this
connection, that the incidence of this disease is greatest upon the later ages of life and that the number
of female3 attacked exceeds the number of males attacked.
Puerperal Fever.
The deaths in the Administrative County of London in the year 1904 (52 weeks) attributed to
puerperal fever 1 numbered 198.
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered from this cause since the year
1890 have been as follows—

Table: Puerperal fever.

Puerperal fever.

Year.Notified cases.Deaths.2
1891221222
1892337313
1893397352
1894253210
1895236208
1896277225
1897264215
1898247184
1899326209
1900237169
1901253184
1902311201
1903233170
1904273198

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1 Including deaths from puerperal septicseinia and puerperal pyaemia. 2 See footnote (2), page 7.