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London County Council 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary area. | Notified cases, 1906 (52 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, 1906 (52 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896-1905. | 1906. | 1901-5. | 1906. | |||
| Paddington | 34 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Kensington | 39 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Hammersmith | 33 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| Fulham | 45 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 13 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Chelsea | 17 | 0.5 | 0.2 | – | 0.06 | – |
| Westminster, City of | 47 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| St. Marylebone | 48 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Hampstead | 21 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| St. Pancras | 95 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Islington | 146 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Stoke Newington | 10 | 0.5 | 0.2 | – | 0.07 | – |
| Hackney | 93 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
| Holborn | 15 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.11 | 0.02 |
| Finsbury | 45 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 14 | 0.10 | 0.14 |
| London, City of | 10 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Shoreditch | 37 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
| Bethnal Green | 55 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.09 | 0.11 |
| Stepney | 124 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 26 | 0.10 | 0.08 |
| Poplar | 86 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 11 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Southwark | 111 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Bermondsey | 41 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.11 | 0.03 |
| Lambeth | 90 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 22 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Battersea | 45 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| Wandsworth | 96 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Camberwell | 59 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Deptford | 41 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Greenwich | 43 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Lewisham | 25 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Woolwich | 41 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 9 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Port of London | 8 | – | – | – | ||
It will be seen from the foregoing table that among the several sanitary districts in the period
1901-5, the enteric fever death-rate was highest in Hackney (0.13); the lowest death-rate for this period
was 0.06, and this obtained in the districts of Kensington, Chelsea, Hampstead, the City of London,
Deptford and Lewisham. In the year 1906 Finsbury (0.14) had the highest enteric fever death-rate
and Chelsea and Stoke Newington, where no deaths were registered, the lowest. The death-rates from
enteric fever in London in each of the four quarters of the year were as follows:—first quarter, 0.04;
second quarter, 0.04; third quarter, 0.06; and fourth quarter, 0.09 per 1,000 persons living.
Enteric Fever.—Age and sex distribution.
The following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case-rates, death-rates and fatality of enteric
fever at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1900. The case-rate, the deathrate,
and the fatality were at "all ages" higher among males than among females. In the age groups
adopted for the purposes of this table the greatest incidence of attack was upon both males and females
aged 10-15; the greatest incidence of death was upon males aged 25-35 and upon females aged 10-15
and aged 35-45. The fatality was greatest among males of 55 and upwards and among females aged
35-45.
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1 See footnote (2), page 7.
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