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London County Council 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912.
The death-rate in each year since 1840 in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1841-1912,
calculated on the population at all ages, is shown in diagram (G). The monthly deaths from measles
in relation to the mean of the period 1891-1912 is shown in diagram (H).
Deaths and
death-rates
from measles
in London
boroughs.
The following table shows the deaths in 1912 (52 weeks) and the death-rates from measles, in 1907-11 and 1912 in each of the sanitary districts of the County:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Deaths, 1912 (52 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-11. | 1912. | ||
| Paddington | 31 | 0.32 | 0.22 |
| Kensington | 27 | 0.31 | 0.16 |
| Hammersmith | 29 | 0.43 | 0.24 |
| Fulham | 65 | 0.46 | 0.42 |
| Chelsea | 22 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
| Westminster, City of | 37 | 0.13 | 0.24 |
| St. Marylebone | 40 | 0.28 | 0.35 |
| Hampstead | 11 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| St. Pancras | 95 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Islington | 151 | 0.43 | 0.46 |
| Stoke Newington | 5 | 0.26 | 0.10 |
| Hackney | 19 | 0.37 | 0.09 |
| Holborn | 25 | 0.26 | 0.52 |
| Finsbury | 129 | 0.72 | 1.50 |
| London, City of | 2 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Shoreditch | 116 | 0.91 | 1.05 |
| Bethnal Green | 91 | 0.69 | 0.71 |
| Stepney | 170 | 0.75 | 0.61 |
| Poplar | 112 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| Southwark | 139 | 0.68 | 0.73 |
| Bermondsey | 102 | 0.88 | 0.82 |
| Lambeth | 97 | 0.37 | 0.33 |
| Battersea | 55 | 0.47 | 0.33 |
| Wandsworth | 50 | 0.33 | 0.16 |
| Camberwell | 81 | 0.40 | 0.31 |
| Deptford | 28 | 0.51 | 0.26 |
| Greenwich | 28 | 0.42 | 0.29 |
| Lewisham | 11 | 0.13 | 0.07 |
| Woolwich | 31 | 0.31 | 0.25 |
In the distribution of measles mortality throughout the year 1912, the highest death-rates obtained
in Finsbury (1.50) and the lowest in Lewisham (0.07). For the period of 1907-11, Shoreditch (0.91)
had the highest measles death-rate, and the City of London (0.10) the lowest. The death-rates for this
disease in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1912 were as follows: first quarter, 0.18;
second quarter, 0.38; third quarter, 0.33; and fourth quarter, 0.70 per 1,000 persons living.
If the London measles death-rate be compared with the death-rates of the following large
English towns, it will be seen that in the quinquennium 1907-11, the London death-rate was exceeded
by the death-rates of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, West Ham, Stoke on-Trent,
and Salford and in the year 1912 was exceeded by all except Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Stoke-on-Trent,
and Portsmouth.
Measles
death-rates
in large
English
towns.
Town.
1907-11.
1912.
Town.
1907-11.
1912.
London 045 0.40 Bradford 0.21 0.17
Greater London 0.39 0.32 Hull 0.39 0.53
Liverpool 0.48 1.15 Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.36 0.61
Manchester 0.49 0.68 Nottingham 0.41 0.62
Birmingham. 0.47 0.67 Stoke-on-Trent 0.56 0.23
Sheffield 0.81 0.39 Portsmouth 0.34 0.40
Leeds 0.27 0.36 Salford 0.56 1.06
Bristol 0.23 0.44 Leicester 0.38 0.42
West Ham 0.65 0.85