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London County Council 1910

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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in relation to the London case-rate of the same year, the London rate being taken as 100.

Table: The figures for the years 1901-9 differ from those given in previous reports owing to the revision of the population estimates on the basis of the results of the 1911 census.

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The figures for the years 1901-9 differ from those given in previous reports owing to the revision of the population estimates on the basis of the results of the 1911 census.

Metropolitan borough.	Diphtheria.—Comparative case-rate (London case-rate taken as 100).
Metropolitan borough.	1891	1892	1893	1S94	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
Paddington	104	77	73	117	74	66	91	98	68	44	88	65	61	63	47	72	61	59	87	691
Kensington	78	60	68	63	86	70	67	49	51	74	53	45	60	67	52	57	74	78	69	741
Hammersmith	195	164	87	72	77	67	49	58	58	85	75	68	85	111	146	134	94	97	108	112
Fulham	61	58	78	126	139	99	109	145	135	178	175	130	122	132	139	156	212	152	145	139
Chelsea	138	110	83	107	143	184	107	79	61	74	54	77	80	54	51	130	118	117	98	102
Westminster, City of	58	91	57	53	61	53	59	67	50	59	52	67	61	52	48	69	44	64	93	76
St. Marylebone	70	81	88	78	64	66	53	64	47	59	73	76	103	58	72	63	53	55	63	88
Hampstead	105	96	73	53	61	84	47	65	48	74	70	50	61	43	55	67	69	43	38	49
St. Pancras	89	95	103	83	90	64	76	78	79	93	149	152	132	95	88	69	80	78	98	99
Islington	152	119	86	103	70	106	73	60	68	70	102	112	81	66	74	75	75	91	89	119
Stoke Newington	83	113	97	77	70	70	52	59	34	111	105	82	46	75	110	52	120	72	37	86
Hackney	131	147	135	108	93	89	122	152	106	107	167	139	145	0 ^ 163	122	99	127	99	81	70
Holborn	52	89	79	61	66	61	104	102	46	70	105	86	53	51	58	69	- w 62	54	62	74
Finsbury	118	82	130	81	86	112	170	163	93	74	110	101	77	94	103	118	86	105	125	139
London, City of	59	130	60	49	51	74	71	60	68	89	95	158	w w 63	102	A V V 47	A X v-/ 44	65	76	62	82
Shoreditch	124	89	131	95	80	97	103	80	103	111	103	84	77	101	110	71	101	105	112	96
Bethnal Green	154	230	181	168	143	114	144	100	89	115	133	105	110	206	165	110	116	122	97	117
Stepney	106	132	112	123	157	150	128	93	89	107	106	111	108	176	154	118	135	131	139	l18
Poplar	191	148	214	159	179	133	141	105	83	141	137	118	149	252	207	85	113	109	88	88
Southwark	71	72	116	113	86	106	102	151	207	141	101	111	102	88	106	114	110	78	89	121
Bermondsey	68	60	84	126	80	99	97	90	177	133	94	92	79	94	91	147	129	112	105	137
Lambeth	88	97	91	83	88	74	83	103	121	104	65	68	67	68	105	79	56	65	86	90
Battersea	144	123	132	122	97	81	125	178	116	70	59	74	109	85	80	92	110	123	116	111
Wandsworth	74	83	84	79	60	51	100	114	99	74	76	132	125	98	92	114	117	115	84	77
Camberwell	69	65	67	112	140	180	154	102	156	130	125	113	82	65	66	77	^{x x} • 80	86	97	86
Deptford	72	68	86	153	225	113	141	132	121	111	144	103	243	111	94	156	150	107	121	98
Greenwich	60	43	84	85	137	189	82	105	122	89	73	81	127	100	107	240	138	132	115	144
Lewisham	48	74	82	70	57	122	85	127	170	126	87	129	121	59	77	101	105	176	170	117
Woolwich	32	68	66	66	81	96	91	86	100	115	69	91	91	85	161	182	120	173	150	117
London	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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Diphtheria
Age and sex
incidence.
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 1910. At " all ages " the
fatality and the incidence of attack and of death was higher among males than among females. In
the age-groups adopted for the purposes of this table the greatest incidence of attack was upon males
and females aged 4—5 years ; the greatest incidence of death was upon males and females aged 1—2
years.

Table: The fatality was greatest among males aged 0—1, and females aged 1—2, if the obviously abnormal rate among females aged 55 and upwards, depending upon the smallness of the figures be disregarded.

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The fatality was greatest among males aged 0—1, and females aged 1—2, if the obviously abnormal rate among females aged 55 and upwards, depending upon the smallness of the figures be disregarded.

Age-period.	Males.					Females.
	Notified Cases. (a)	Deaths. (a)	Case mortality per cent.	Rates per 100,000 living.		Notified Cases. (a)	Deaths. (a)	Case mortality per cent.	Rates per 100,000 living.
	Notified Cases. (a)	Deaths. (a)	Case mortality per cent.	Cases.	Deaths.	Notified Cases. (a)	Deaths. (a)	Case mortality per cent.	Cases.	Deaths.
All Ages	2,592	220	8.5	122	10	2,902	227	7.8	121	9
0—	84	19	22.6	154	35	52	10	19.2	95	18
l—	230	41	17.8	476	85	192	49	25.5	394	100
2—	260	37	14.2	532	75	210	27	12.8	JL. 428	55
3—	311	28	9.0	653	59	304	31	10.2	627	64
4—	319	29	9.1	685	62	308	32	10.4	660	68
5—	839	55	6.5	384	25	1,010	64	6.3	454	29
10—	265	8	3.0	128	4	371	8	2.2	175	4
15—	97	-	—	47	-	130	2	1.5	56	1
20—	69	-	-	32	-	110	2	1.8	42	1
25—	66	1	1.5	18	0	141	—	—	32	—
35—	36	—	-	13	-	54	1	1.8	17	0
45—	9	1	11.1	5	1	17	—	—	8	—
55 & upwards	7	1	14.2	4	1	3	1	33.2	1	0

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(a) See footnote (a), page 35.

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Table: The figures for the years 1901-9 differ from those given in previous reports owing to the revision of the population estimates on the basis of the results of the 1911 census.

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Table: The fatality was greatest among males aged 0—1, and females aged 1—2, if the obviously abnormal rate among females aged 55 and upwards, depending upon the smallness of the figures be disregarded.

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