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London County Council 1912

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30Annual Report of the London County Council,1912.

Metropolitan borough.Notified Cases, 1913 (52 weeks).Case-rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths, 1912 (52 weeks).Death-rate per 1,000 persons living.
1907-11.1912.1907-11.1912.
Stoke Newington551.351.09-0.06-
Hackney2521.531.13120.130.05
Holborn891.131.8670.100.15
Finsbury1441.811.68130.190.15
London, City of171.130.9110.070.05
Shoreditch1391.641.26190.170.17
Bethnal Green2201.761.72120.160.09
Stepney3632.051.31260.190.09
Poplar2531.641.57170.200.11
Southwark2831.561.49270.170.14
Bermondsey2181.941.75160.130.13
Lambeth3361.191.13290.150.01
Battersea2321.741.39150.140.09
Wandsworth4281.611.33190.100.06
Camberwell3181.381.22210.130.08
Deptford1691.851.55110.140.10
Greenwich2542.352.65150.140.16
Lewisham4362.222.65270.170.16
Woolwich4242.193.49200.130.16
Port of London2
London7,1011.601.584520.140.10

It will be seen from the foregoing table that in the period 1907-11 the diphtheria death-rate
was highest in Fulham and Poplar (0.20) and lowest in Stoke Newington (0.06); in the year 1912,
Hampstead (0.20) had the highest death-rate, and Paddington and Kensington (0.04) the lowest. The
diphtheria death-rates in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1912 were as follows: first
quarter, 0.12; second quarter, 0.09 third quarter, 0.09; and fourth quarter, 0.10.
To enable the variations in diphtheria prevalence in the several sanitary districts to be more
clearly appreciated, the following table has been prepared. This table shows the comparative case-rates
of each district in each of the years 1891-1912 inclusive, i.e., the case-rates of each district are shown
in relation to the London case-rate of the same year, the London rate being taken as 100.

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

Metropolitan borough.Diphtheria.—Comparative case-rate (London case-rate taken as 100).
1891189218931894189518961897189818991900190119021903190419051906190719081909191019111912
Paddington10477731177466919868448865616347726159876973114
Kensington78606863867067495174535460675257747869747867
Hammersmith195164877277674958588575688511114613494971081129991
Fulham6158781261399910914513517817513012213213915621215214513912595
Chelsea138110831071431841077961745477805451130118117981027787
Westminster, City of58915753615359675059526761524869446493765665
St. Marylebone708188786466536447597376103587263535563887082
Hampstead10596735361844765487470506143556769433849108119
St. Panoras89951038390647678799314915213295886980789899119162
Islington15211986103701067360687010211281667475759189119111101
Stoke Newington8311397777070525934111105824675110521207237869569
Hackney1311471351089389122152106107167139145163122991279981708672
Holborn5289796166611041024670105865351586962546274106118
Finsbury1188213081861121701639374110101779410311886105125139124106
London, City of59130604951747160688995158631024744657662827258
Shoreditch1248913195809710380103111103847710111071101105112969680
Bethnal Green154230181168143114144100891151331051102061651101161229711796109
Stepney106132112123157150128938910710611110817615411813513113911811383
Poplar19114821415917913314110583141137118149252207851131098888107100
Southwark7172116113861061021512071411011111028810611411078891219495
Bermondsey686084126809997901771339492799491147129112105137124111
Lambeth889791838874831031211046568676810579566586908372
Battersea14412313212297811251781167059741098580921101231161118188
Wandsworth7483847960511001149974761321259892114117115847710085
Camberwell69656711214018015410215613012511382656677808697868277
Deptford72688615322511314113212111114410324311194156150107121989298
Greenwich6043848513718982105122897381127100107240138132115144203168
Lewisham487482705712285127170126871291215977101105176170117130168
Woolwich326866668196918610011569919185161182120173 150117119221
London100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100

Diphtheria
case rates,
London
boroughs,
1891-1912.