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London County Council 1912

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

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42
Annual Report of the London County Council, 1912.
Enteric
fever—
diagnosis
not confirmed.

Table: Cases certified to be enteric fever admitted into the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, but in which the diagnosis was not subsequently confirmed, constituted the following percentage of total cases admitted in successive years:—

Cases certified to be enteric fever admitted into the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, but in which the diagnosis was not subsequently confirmed, constituted the following percentage of total cases admitted in successive years:—

Year.Percentage.Year.Percentage.
190018.3190729.1
190125.4190828.1
190221.2190937.9
190324.2191024.8
190426.3191134.2
190529.7191240.8
190625.2

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Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
The deaths at all ages from diarrhoea and enteritis in the administrative County of London
during 1912 (52 weeks) numbered 1,774, as compared with 6,162 in 1911. Of these, 1,190 occurred
during the first year of life, and 181 in the second year. In each quarter the deaths numbered 305,
314, 748 and 407 respectively.
In diagram V the death-rate from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of
age in each year since 1861 is shown in relation to the mean death-rate for the period 1862-1912.
Diarrhœa
and
Enteritis
deaths and
death-rates
in large
English
towns.

Table: The following table shows that the London death-rate in 1912 from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age per 1,000 births was higher than the death-rate of any of the undermentioned large English towns, except Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Salford.

The following table shows that the London death-rate in 1912 from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age per 1,000 births was higher than the death-rate of any of the undermentioned large English towns, except Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Salford.

Town.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 births.Town.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 births.
London1,37112.42Bradford254.47
Greater London1,86510.58Hull8310.60
Liverpool45420.42Newcastle-on-Tyne486.65
Manchester26014.18Nottingham7612.25
Birmingham23010.36Stoke-on-Trent12617.02
Sheffield13710.72Portsmouth569.99
Leeds1029.84Salford9114.84
Bristol567.30Leicester458.89
West Ham10111.79

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Diarrhœa
deaths in
London
boroughs.

Table: The deaths and death-rates from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age for the year 1912 in each of the sanitary districts of London, are shown in the following table :—

The deaths and death-rates from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age for the year 1912 in each of the sanitary districts of London, are shown in the following table :—

Metropolitan borough.Deaths 1912 (52 weeks).Death-rate 1912 per 1,000 births.
Paddington4314.23
Kensington3711.12
Hammersmith2910.07
Fulham337.83
Chelsea86.51
Westminster, City of3816.18
St. Marylebone2611.59
Hampstead10.78
St Pancras376.89
Islington9010.96
Stoke Newington32.90
Hackney6011.39
Holborn88.87
Finsbury4417.09
London, City of421.62
Shoreditch9426.39
Bethnal Green4812.30
Stepney15317.93
Poplar6813.48
Southwark10418.61
Bermondsey6717.30
Lambeth9814.10
Battersea5011.74
Wandsworth7310.80
Camberwell6510.12
Deptford2910.01
Greenwich2510.46
Lewisham267.75
Woolwich103.65
London1,37112.42