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London County Council 1909

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

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It will be seen from the following table that in the quinquennium 1904-8 the London whoopingcough
death-rate was exceeded by that of all except Bristol, Bradford, Nottingham and Leicester, but
in the year 1909, was only exceeded by that of Liverpool and West Ham:—

Table: Whooping-cough—Death-rates per 1,000 persons living.

Whooping-cough—Death-rates per 1,000 persons living.

Town.1904-1908.1909.Town.1904-1908.1909.
London0.3010.261West Ham0.390.58
Liverpool0.430.30Bradford0.220.15
Manchester0.390.19Newcastle-on-Tyne0.420.26
Birmingham0.490.26Hull0.320.18
Leeds0.330.17Nottingham0.300.22
Sheffield0.350.11Salford0.420.19
Bristol0.280.14Leicester0.260.21

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The following table shows that the London whooping-cough death-rate was, in the quinquennium
1904-8, higher than that of any of the undermentioned foreign towns except Copenhagen, and in the
year 1909, higher than that of all except Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and St. Petersburg.

Table: Whooping-cough—Death-rates per 1,000 persons living.

Whooping-cough—Death-rates per 1,000 persons living.

Town.1904-1908.1909.Town.1904-1908.1909.
London0.3010.261St. Petersburg0.230.27
Paris0.100.08Berlin0.200.18
Brussels0.100.05Vienna0.080.08
Amsterdam0.240.29Rome0.080.13
Copenhagen0.350.27New York0.080.09
Stockholm0.150.15

Table: The following table shows the whooping-cough deaths and death-rates for the year 1909 and the death-rates for the period 1904-8 in the several metropolitan sanitary districts:—

The following table shows the whooping-cough deaths and death-rates for the year 1909 and the death-rates for the period 1904-8 in the several metropolitan sanitary districts:—

Sanitary area.Deaths, 1909 (52 weeks).Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1904-8.1909.
Paddington360.190.24
Kensington400.210.22
Hammersmith470.270.37
Fulham490.350.28
Chelsea130.290.17
Westminster, City of190.120.11
St. Marylebone250.170.20
Hampstead180.100.19
St. Pancras300.320.13
Islington860.260.25
Stoke Newington140.240.26
Hackney510.230.22
Holborn150.260.28
Finsbury510.390.54
London, City of40.200.22
Shoreditch720.580.63
Bethnal Green400.420.31
Stepney690.390.22
Poplar840.430.49
Southwark570.390.27
Bermondsey550.360.43
Lambeth850.270.26
Battersea630.330.34
Wandsworth690.260.23
Camberwell520.300.18
Deptford470.330.40
Greenwich200.320.18
Lewisham200.230.12
Woolwich150.260.11
London12460.300.26

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See footnote (2), page 6.