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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
Measles.
The deaths from measles in the Administrative County of London during 1913 (53 weeks)
numbered 1,570, as compared with 1,799 in 1912 (52 weeks).
The death-rates from this disease per 1,000 persons living in 1913 and preceding period have been as follows:—
Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. |
---|---|---|---|
1841-1850 | 0.62 | 1904 | 4 0.50a |
1851-1860 | 0.53 | 1905 | 0.38a |
1861-1870 | 0.58 | 1906 | 0.42a |
1871-1880 | 0.51 | 1907 | 0.40a |
1881-1890 | 0.64 | 1908 | 0.33a |
1891-1900 | 0.58a | 1909 | 0.51a |
1901-1910 | 0.44a | 1910 | 0.44a |
1911 | 0.57a | ||
1901 | 0.43a | 1912 | 0.40a |
1902 | 0.51a | 1913 | 0.34a |
1903 | 0.45a |
Measles
death -rates
in London
Inasmuch as the birth-rate has not been constant during these periods and the proportion of
population in the early years of life has probably diminished in recent years, the death-rate of
children under five years of age has also been worked out.
The following table shows the death-rate from measles of children at this age in successive periods:—
Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 children living at ages 0—5. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 children living at ages 0—5. |
---|---|---|---|
1851-1860 | 3.89 | 1904 | 4.49a |
1861-1870 | 4.18 | 1905 | 3.38a |
1871-1880 | 3.65 | 1906 | 3.83a |
1881-1890 | 4.74 | 1907 | 3.58a |
1891-1900 | 4.82a | 1908 | 3.00a |
1901-1910 | 3.92 a | 1909 | 4.73a |
1910 | 4.00a | ||
1901 | 3.71a | 1911 | 5.18a |
1902 | 4.49a | 1912 | 3.68a |
1903 | 4.02a | 1913 | 3.08a |
Mortality
among
children at
ages 0-5.
The death-rate in each year since 1840 in relation to the mean death-rate of the period 1841-1913,
calculated on the population at all ages, is shown in diagram (F). The monthly deaths from measles
in relation to the mean of the period 1891-1913 is shown in diagram (G).
The following table shows the deaths from measles, in 1913 (53 weeks) and the death-rates in 1908-12 and 1913 in each o£ the sanitary districts of the County:—
Metropolitan borough. | Deaths, 1913 (53 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | |
---|---|---|---|
1908-12. | 1913. | ||
Paddington | 55 | 0.31 | 0.38 |
Kensington | 84 | 0.31 | 0.48 |
Hammersmith | 47 | 0.38 | 0.37 |
Fulham | 50 | 0.44 | 0.31 |
Chelsea | 18 | 0.32 | 0.27 |
Westminster, City of | 22 | 0.16 | 0.14 |
St. Marylebone | 33 | 0.32 | 0.28 |
Hampstead | 21 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
St. Pancras | 41 | 0.45 | 0.19 |
Islington | 107 | 0.44 | 0.32 |
Stoke Newington | 11 | 0.25 | 0.21 |
Hackney | 68 | 0.33 | 0.30 |
Holborn | 10 | 0.31 | 0.21 |
Deaths and
death-rates
from measles
in London
boroughs.
(Continued on next page.)
(a) See footnote (c), page 6.