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London County Council 1907

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

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Scarlet Fever—Death-rates per1,000persons living.

Town.1897-1906.1907.Town.1897-1906.1907.
London0.1110.141St. Petersburg0.530.59
Paris0.040.12Berlin0.210.09
Brussels0.030.07Vienna0.120.12
Amsterdam0.030.06Rome0.010.00
Copenhagen0.090.02New York0.200.19
Stockholm0.150.07

The following table shows the scarlet fever cases, deaths, case-rates, and death-rates for the year
1907, the case-rates for the decennium 1897-1906, and the death-rates for the period 1902-6 in the several
sanitary districts of the County:—

Scarlet Fever—Case-rates and death-rates in sanitary areas.

Sanitary area.Notified cases, 1907 (52 weeks).Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths, 1907 (52 weeks).Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1897-1906.1907.1902-1906.1907.
Paddington5773.03.9130.070.09
Kensington5322.42.990.080.05
Hammersmith5813.34.8100.080.08
Fulham6684.44.0140.090.08
Chelsea2192.92.920.090.03
Westminster, City of4182.52.4120.070.07
St. Marylebone4352.73.4190.110.15
Hampstead3202.83.550.060.06
St. Pancras8483.93.6260.130.11
Islington1,2163.93.5220.100.06
Stoke Newington2523.54.7100.050.19
Hackney1,8084.47.8430.090.19
Holborn1573.22.920.070.04
Finsbury5054.45.2170.160.18
London, City of972.94.810.100.05
Shoreditch8773.97.6280.130.24
Bethnal Green1,2884.79.9430.150.33
Stepney3,1284.210.2830.120.27
Poplar1,2853.87.5440.120.26
Southwark1,2754.56.1350.140.17
Bermondsey1,0215.28.0360.170.28
Lambeth1,4783.44.7400.090.13
Battersea9774.65.4190.100.10
Wandsworth1,3213.84.7240.080.09
Camberwell1,5714.45.737 .0.090.13
Deptford7774.96.7140.130.12
Greenwich6613.76.2100.080.09
Lewisham6043.54.0120.080.08
Woolwich1,0274.48.0140.070.11
Port of London2
London25,9253.95.56440.100.141

The above table shows that the increased prevalence of the disease manifested in London as
a whole occurred in every district, except Fulham, Westminster, St. Pancras, Islington and Holborn.
The most notable increases were in Hackney, Shoreditch, Bethnal-green, Stepney, Poplar and
Woolwich.
It will also be seen from the foregoing table that the scarlet fever death-rate was, in the period
1902-6, highest in Bermondsey (0.17) and lowest in Hampstead (0.06); in the year 1907, Bethnalgreen
(0.33) had the highest death-rate, and Chelsea (0.03) the lowest. The scarlet fever death-rates
obtaining in London in the four quarters of the year 1907, were as follows: first quarter, 0.09; second
quarter, 0.12; third quarter, 0.14; and fourth quarter, 0.19 per 1,000 persons living.
Scarlet Fever—Age and sex distribution.
The following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case-rates, death-rates, and fatality of
scarlet fever at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1907. It will be seen that
at all-ages the case-rate was higher among females than among males, while the death-rate and fatality
were higher among the latter. In the age groups adopted for the purposes of this table the greatest
18560 1 See footnote (1), page 8.
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