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London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1910,
logical
diagnosis
The following table shows the number of instances in which material was sent to the medical officers of health with a view to examination for tubercle bacilli, and the number of instances in which the result was positive:—
| Metropolitan borough. | No. of specimens examined. | No. found to be tuberculous. | . Metropolitan borough. t | No. of specimens examined. | No. found to be tuberculous. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 54 | 7 | Shoreditch | 7 | 3 |
| Kensington | 2 | - | Bethnal Green | 16 | 3 |
| Ful ham | 347 | 67 | Stepney | 340 | 139 |
| Chelsea | 5 | 1 | Southwark | 209 | 53 |
| Westminster, City of | 65 | 15 | Bermondsey | 239 | 46 |
| St. Marylebone | 112 | 28 | Lambeth | 173 | 77 |
| Hampstead | 14 | 4 | Battersea | 183 | 46 |
| St. Pancras | 74 | 16 | Wandsworth | 143 | 42 |
| Islington | 220 | 63 | Camberwell | 225 | 46 |
| Stoke Newington | 78 | 32 | Greenwich | 69 | 19 |
| Hackney | 128 | 26 | Lewisham | 112 | 38 |
| Holborn | 10 | 3 | Woolwich | 210 | 64 |
| Finsbury | 33 | 10 |
Cancer.
The deaths from cancer, fully corrected for institutions, in the Administrative County of
London during 1910 (365 days),numbered 4,654, as compared with 4,706 for the 365 davs of 1909,
The death-rates from this disease in successive periods have been as follows:—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1851-1860 | 0.42 | 1903 | 0.97a |
| 1861-1870 | 0.48 | 1904 | 0.94a |
| 1871-1880 | 0.55 | 1905 | 0.95a |
| 1881-1890 | 0.68 | 1906 | 1.01a |
| 1891-1900 | 0.85a | 1907 | 0.98 a |
| 1901-1910 | 0.97a | 1908 | 1.01a |
| 1909 | 1.04a | ||
| 1901 | 0.88a | 1910 | 1.03a |
| 1902 | 0.93a |
For the purpose of enabling the incidence of cancer on the several populations of the sanitary
districts to be more precisely stated, factors have been calculated for correcting the death-rates, as far
as possible, for differences in the age and sex constitution of the several populations concerned.
These factors are shown in the following table, together with the death-rates tor each sanitary district, corrected by their application.
| Metropolitan borough. | Standard death-rate. (c) | Factor for correction % for age and sex distribution. | Crude death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Corrected death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Comparative mortality figure (London 1,000). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905-9 | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | |||
| London | 0.87 | 1.00000 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Paddington | 0.98 | 0.89478 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1,051 | 1,022 |
| Kensington | 1.02 | 0.85622 | 1.11 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.87 | 951 | |
| Hammersmith | 0.90 | 0.96811 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1,041 | 1,022 |
| Fulham | 0.77 | 1.13828 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 1.13 | 1,071 | 1,100 |
| Chelsea | 1.03 | 0.84874 | 1.13 | 1.42 | 0.96 | 1.20 | 961 | 1,168 |
| Westminster, City of | 0.96 | 0.91348 | 1.10 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1,001 | 1,003 |
| St. Marylebone | 0.99 | 0.88571 | 1.27 | 1.35 | 1.12 | 1.19 | 1,121 | 1,159 |
| Hamnstead.. | 0.92 | 0.94816 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 911 | 954 |
| St. Pancras | 0.92 | 0.95229 | 1.09 | 1.26 | 1.04 | 1.20 | 1,041 | 1,168 |
| Islington | 0.90 | 0.96704 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 1,041 | 1,071 |
| Stoke Newington | 0.98 | 0.89387 | 1.19 | 1.12 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 1,061 | 974 |