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London County Council 1910

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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It will be seen from the foregoing table that in the period 1905-9 the highest whoopingcough
death-rate obtained in Shoreditch (0.60), and the lowest in Westminster (0.12); in the year 1910
Greenwich (0.59) had the highest death-rate and the City of London (0.10) the lowest. The
whooping-cough death-rates in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1910 were as follows:
first quarter, 0.52 ; second quarter, 0.40; third quarter, 0.17 ; and the fourth quarter, 0.12.

Table: The following table shows that when the London sanitary districts are grouped according to the social condition of the population, the incidence of whooping-cough mortality progressively increases from the highest to the lowest social group.

The following table shows that when the London sanitary districts are grouped according to the social condition of the population, the incidence of whooping-cough mortality progressively increases from the highest to the lowest social group.

Number of group of boroughs in order of "social condition." (a)Whooping-cough death rate (b) at ages 0-5 per 1,000 living, 1901-10.
I.2.33
II.2.74
III.2.80
IV.3.05
V.3.21
The following table shows that when the London sanitary districts are grouped according to the social condition of the population, the incidence of whooping-cough mortality progressively increases from the highest to the lowest social group.
[###]Number of group of boroughs in order of "social condition." (a)Whooping-cough death rate (b) at ages 0-5 per 1,000 living, 1901-10.
I.2.33
II.2.74
III.2.80
IV.3.05
V.3.21

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Whooping
cough
mortality
in relation
to "social
condition."
The annual Reports of medical officers of health make no mention of any special prevalences in
their districts, except that the medical officer of health of Greenwich, referring to the high death-rate
from whooping-cough in that district, anticipates that the measures which are adopted in respect of
cases of other infectious diseases will eventually have to be extended to cases of whooping-cough.
Information which medical officers of health obtain concerning the occurrence of attacks of whooping-cough
is derived, in the main, from school teachers.

Table: The number of cases reported, so far as stated in the annual reports, was as follows :—

The number of cases reported, so far as stated in the annual reports, was as follows :—

Metropolitan borough.Number of cases.Metropolitan borough.Number of cases.
Paddington518Finsbury208
Kensington365Shoreditch256
Hammersmith200Southwark475
Chelsea152Bermondsey300
Westminster, City of163Lambeth719
St. Marylebone278Battersea509
St. Pancras941cWandsworth919
Islington892Greenwich302
Hackney446Lewisham498
Holborn91Woolwich377
The number of cases reported, so far as stated in the annual reports, was as follows :—
[###]Metropolitan borough.Number of cases.Metropolitan borough.Number of cases.[###]
Paddington518Finsbury208
Kensington365Shoreditch256
Hammersmith200Southwark475
Chelsea152Bermondsey300
Westminster, City of163Lambeth719
St. Marylebone278Battersea509
St. Pancras941cWandsworth919
Islington892Greenwich302
Hackney446Lewisham498
Holborn91Woolwich377

Table: Typhus.There were no deaths from typhus registered in the Administrative County of London during the year 1910. The death-rates from this disease in successive periods have been as follows :—

Typhus.

There were no deaths from typhus registered in the Administrative County of London during the year 1910. The death-rates from this disease in successive periods have been as follows :—

Period.Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1871-1880.055
1881-1890.008
1891-1900.001b
1901-1910.000b
1901.001b
1902–
1903.001b
1904–
1905–
1906–
1907–
1908–
1909–
1910–

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In this table .000 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of .0005 ; where — is inserted
no death occurred.
(a) See footnote (a) page 24.
(b) See footnote (c) page 8.
(c) Patients, contacts and suspects.
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