Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Diptheria.
Sanitary areas.- Comparative case-rates (London taken as 100).
Sanitary area. | Comparative case-rate (London case-rate taken as 100). | ||||||||||||||||
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1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | |
Paddington | 104 | 77 | 73 | 117 | 74 | 66 | 91 | 98 | 68 | 44 | 89 | 65 | 59 | 63 | 50 | 71 | 61 |
Kensington | 78 | 60 | 68 | 63 | 86 | 70 | 67 | 49 | 51 | 74 | 52 | 43 | 59 | 63 | 50 | 59 | 78 |
Hammersmith | 195 | 164 | 87 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 49 | 58 | 58 | 85 | 74 | 70 | 82 | 106 | 143 | 135 | ??? |
Fulham | 61 | 58 | 78 | 126 | 139 | 99 | 109 | 145 | 135 | 178 | 174 | 126 | 118 | 125 | 129 | 147 | 200 |
Chelsea | 138 | 110 | 83 | 107 | 143 | 184 | 107 | 79 | 61 | 74 | 56 | 78 | 76 | 50 | 50 | 129 | 117 |
Westminster, City of | 58 | 91 | 57 | 53 | 61 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 50 | 59 | 52 | 70 | 59 | 50 | 50 | 71 | 44 |
StMarylebone | 70 | 81 | 88 | 78 | 64 | 66 | 53 | 64 | 47 | 59 | 74 | 78 | 100 | 56 | 71 | 65 | 56 |
Hampstead | 105 | 96 | 73 | 53 | 61 | 84 | 47 | 65 | 48 | 74 | 70 | 52 | 59 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 67 |
St. Pancras | 89 | 95 | 103 | 83 | 90 | 64 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 93 | 148 | 152 | 129 | 94 | 86 | 71 | 83 |
Islington | 152 | 119 | 86 | 103 | 70 | 106 | 73 | 60 | 68 | 70 | 100 | 113 | 82 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 78 |
Stoke New ington | 83 | 113 | 97 | 77 | 70 | 70 | 52 | 59 | 34 | 111 | 104 | 83 | 47 | 75 | 107 | 53 | 122 |
Hackney | 131 | 147 | 135 | 108 | 93 | 89 | 122 | 152 | 106 | 107 | 167 | 139 | 141 | 156 | 121 | 100 | 128 |
Holborn | 52 | 89 | 79 | 61 | 66 | 61 | 104 | 102 | 46 | 70 | 104 | 87 | 53 | 50 | 57 | 71 | 67 |
Finsbury | 118 | 82 | 130 | 81 | 86 | 112 | 170 | 163 | 93 | 74 | 107 | 100 | 76 | 94 | 100 | 118 | 89 |
CityofLondon | 59 | 130 | 60 | 49 | 51 | 74 | 71 | 60 | 68 | 89 | 96 | 161 | 65 | 106 | 50 | 47 | 78 |
Shoreditch | 124 | 89 | 131 | 95 | 80 | 97 | 103 | 80 | 103 | 111 | 104 | 83 | 76 | 100 | 114 | 71 | 106 |
BethnalGreen | 154 | 230 | 181 | 168 | 143 | 114 | 144 | 100 | 89 | 115 | 133 | 104 | 112 | 206 | 164 | 112 | 122 |
Stepney | 106 | 132 | 112 | 123 | 157 | 150 | 128 | 93 | 89 | 107 | 104 | 113 | 106 | 169 | 150 | 118 | 133 |
Poplar | 191 | 148 | 214 | 159 | 179 | 133 | 141 | 105 | 83 | 141 | 137 | 117 | 147 | 250 | 207 | 88 | 117 |
Southwark | 71 | 72 | 116 | 113 | 86 | 106 | 102 | 151 | 207 | 141 | 100 | 113 | 100 | 87 | 107 | 112 | 111 |
Bermondsey | 68 | 60 | 84 | 126 | 80 | 99 | 97 | 90 | 177 | 133 | 93 | 91 | 76 | 94 | 93 | 153 | 139 |
Lambeth | 88 | 97 | 91 | 83 | 88 | 74 | 83 | 103 | 121 | 104 | 63 | 70 | 65 | 69 | 100 | 76 | 56 |
Battersea | 144 | 123 | 132 | 122 | 97 | 81 | 125 | 178 | 116 | 70 | 59 | 74 | 106 | 81 | 79 | 88 | 111 |
Wandsworth | 74 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 60 | 51 | 100 | 114 | 99 | 74 | 74 | 135 | 124 | 100 | 93 | 118 | 128 |
Camberwell | 69 | 65 | 67 | 112 | 140 | 180 | 154 | 102 | 156 | 130 | 122 | 113 | 82 | 63 | 64 | 76 | 83 |
Deptford | 72 | 68 | 86 | 153 | 225 | 113 | 141 | 132 | 121 | 111 | 144 | 104 | 241 | 106 | 93 | 153 | 150 |
Greenwich | 60 | 43 | 84 | 85 | 137 | 189 | 82 | 105 | 122 | 89 | 74 | 78 | 124 | 94 | 100 | 229 | 133 |
Lewisham | 48 | 74 | 82 | 70 | 57 | 122 | 85 | 127 | 170 | 126 | 85 | 130 | 118 | 56 | 79 | 106 | 111 |
Woolwich | 32 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 81 | 96 | 91 | 86 | 100 | 115 | 67 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 157 | 176 | 122 |
London | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Diphtheria—Age and sex distribution.
The following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case-rates, death-rates and fatality of
diphtheria at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1907. At "all-ages" the
incidence of attack was, as in preceding years, greater on females than on males, while the incidence
of death and the fatality were higher among the latter. In the age-groups adopted for the purposes
of this table the greatest incidence of attack was upon both males and females of four years of age;
the greatest incidence of death was upon males of one and females of two years of age. The fatality
was greatest among males of under one and females of one year of age:—
The fatality was greatest among males of under one females of one year of age:-
Diphtheria'-1907
Age-period. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||
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Notified Cases. | Deaths. | Case mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | Notified Cases. | Deaths. | Case mortality percent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | |||
Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
All Ages | 4,007 | 393 | 9.8 | 178 | 17 | 4,764 | 407 | 8.5 | 190 | 16 |
0— | 122 | 31 | 25.4 | 211 | 54 | 93 | 21 | 22.6 | 162 | 37 |
1— | 353 | 83 | 23.5 | 691 | 162 | 292 | 69 | 23.6 | 571 | 135 |
2— | 362 | 68 | 18.8 | 701 | 132 | 396 | 73 | 18.4 | 770 | 142 |
3— | 498 | 62 | 12.4 | 990 | 123 | 468 | 69 | 14.7 | 919 | 136 |
4— | 488 | 52 | 10.7 | 991 | ??? | 515 | 43 | 8.3 | 1,051 | 88 |
5— | 1,351 | 85 | 6.3 | 585 | 37 | 1,674 | 107 | 6.4 | 718 | 46 |
10— | 399 | 3 | 0.8 | 183 | 1 | 552 | 6 | 1.1 | 248 | 3 |
15— | 156 | 3 | 1.9 | 71 | 1 | 225 | 4 | 1.8 | 92 | 2 |
20— | 106 | 1 | 0.9 | 46 | 0 | 178 | 2 | 1.1 | 65 | 1 |
25— | 113 | 2 | 1.8 | 29 | 1 | 247 | 5 | 2.0 | 54 | 1 |
35— | 40 | 1 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 3.8 | 24 | 1 |
45— | 10 | — | — | 5 | — | 30 | 2 | 6.7 | 13 | 1 |
55 & upwards | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 18.7 | 6 | 1 |
1 See footnote (l), page 32.