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London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan borough. | Notified Cases, 1910 (52 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905-9. | 1910. | ||
| London, City of | 16 | 0.68 | 0.79 |
| Shoreditch | 130 | 1.22 | 1.16 |
| Bethnal Green | 174 | 1.70 | 1.36 |
| Stepney | 381 | 1.60 | 1.36 |
| Poplar | 209 | 1.17 | 1.28 |
| Southwark | 244 | 1.35 | 1.27 |
| Bermondsey | 130 | 1.26 | 1.03 |
| Lambeth | 193 | 0.80 | 0.65 |
| Battersea | 170 | 0.97 | 1.01 |
| Wandsworth | 182 | 0.80 | 0.60 |
| Camberwell | 219 | 1.05 | 0.84 |
| Deptford | 144 | 1.46 | 1.32 |
| Greenwich | 89 | 1.01 | 0.93 |
| Lewisham | 61 | 0.65 | 0.39 |
| Woolwich | 90 | 0.80 | 0.74 |
| Port of London | 3 | ||
| London | 3,982 | 1.00 | 0.88 |
The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the notified cases of erysipelas in 1910—
| Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | O- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 1,721 | 134 | 80 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 204 | 329 | 342 | 227 | 130 | 63 |
| Females | 2,261 | 146 | 65 | 101 | 125 | 123 | 289 | 403 | 409 | 310 | 194 | 96 |
| Persons | 3,982 | 280 | 145 | 163 | 197 | 201 | 493 1 | 732 | 751 | 537 | 324 | 159 |
The table shows, so far as the figures relating to notified cases of this disease can be trusted in this
connection, that the number of females attacked exceeds the number of males attacked, and
this is true, even when allowance is made for the excess of females in the total population.
Puerperal Fever.
The deaths(a) in the Administrative County of London during the year 1910 (52 weeks) attributed
to nuemeral fever(b) numbered 161. as comnared with 180 in 1909 (52 weeks).
The number of cases notified and the number of deaths registered from this cause since the year
1890 have been as follows—
| Year. | Notified cases. | Deaths, (a) 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 221 | 222 |
| 1892 | 337 | 313 |
| 1893 | 397 | 352 |
| 1894 | 253 | 210 |
| 1895 | 236 | | 208 |
| 1896 | 277 | 225 |
| 1897 | 264 | 215 |
| 1898 | 247 | 184 |
| 1899 | 326 | 209 |
| 1900 | 237 | 169 |
| 1901 | 253 | 184 |
| 1902 | 311 | 201 |
| 1903 | 233 | 170 |
| 1904 | 273 | 198 |
| 1905 | 292 | 183 |
| 1906 | 298 | 187 |
| 1907 | 254 | 152 |
| 1908 | 228 | 137 |
| 1909 | 287 | 180 |
| 1910 | 292 | 161 |
| (a) See footnote'_(6) page 41. (b) Including deaths from puerperal septicaemia and puerperal pyaemia. | ||