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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1913.
Whooping-cough.
The deaths from whooping-cough in the Administrative County of London during the year 1913
(53 weeks) numbered 800, as compared with 970 in 1912 (52 weeks).
Whooping
cough—
death-rates.
The death-rates from this disease in 1913 and preceding periods have been as follows:—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1841-1850 | 0.87 | 1904 | 0.33a |
| 1851-1860 | 0.88 | 1905 | 0.33a |
| 1861-1870 | 0.88 | 1906 | 0.27a |
| 1871-1880 | 0.81 | 1907 | 0.40a |
| 1881-1890 | 0.69 | 1908 | 0.21a |
| 1891-1900 | 0.50a | 1909 | 0.28a |
| 1901-1910 | 0.32a | 1910 | 0.30a |
| 1901 | 0.35a | 1911 | 0.23a . |
| 1902 | 0.41a | 1912 | 0.21a |
| 1903 | 0.36a | 1913 | 0.17a |
Whoopingcough
death
rates—
children
0-5 years.
The following table shows the death-rates from whooping-cough in London per 1,000 children living at ages 0-5 years. The rates are shown for each decennium from 1851 and for the several years from 1901 to 1913.
| 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 | 6.56 | 1904 | 3.01b |
| 1861-1870 | 6.53 | 1905 | 3.01b |
| 1871-1880 | 6.02 | 1906 | 2.47b |
| 1881-1890 | 5.34 | 1907 | 3.64b |
| 1891-1900 | 4.21b | 1908 | 2.00b |
| 1901-1910 | 2.95b | 1909 | 2.56b |
| 1910 | 2.83b | ||
| 1901 | 3.14b | 1911 | 2.15b |
| 1902 | 3.64b | 1912 | 2.02b |
| 1903 | 3.23b | 1913 | 1.63b |
The death-rate in each year since 1840 in relation to the mean of the period 1841-1913 is shown
in diagram (N), while the deaths in each month since 1890 in relation to the mean monthly deaths of
the period 1891-1913 are shown in diagram (6), facing page 21.
Whoopingcough
deathrates
in
large
English
towns.
It will be seen from the following table that in the quinquennium 1908-12 the London whooping-cough death-rate was exceeded by that of all the undermentioned towns except Bradford, Hull, Nottingham, Portsmouth and Leicester; while in the year 1913 it exceeded that of Sheffield, Bristol, Bradford, Nottingham, Portsmouth and Leicester.
| Town. | 1908-12. | 1913. | Town. | 1908-12. | 1913. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.25a | 0.17a | Bradford | 0.18 | -0.07 |
| Greater London | 0.23 | 0.15 | Hull | 0.22 | 0.27 |
| Liverpool | 0.41 | 0.31 | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 0.34 | 0.34 |
| Manchester | 0.34 | 0.19 | Nottingham | 0.23 | 0.16 |
| Birmingham | 0.37 | 0.19 | Stoke-on-Trent | 0.32 | 0.49 |
| Sheffield | 0.33 | 0.14 | Portsmouth | 0.20 | 0.07 |
| Leeds | 0.26 | 0.20 | Salford | 0.36 | 0.17 |
| Bristol | 0.26 | 0.14 | Leicester | 0.20 | 0.05 |
| West Ham | 0.38 | 0.18 |
(a) See footnote (c), page 6. (b) Including deaths of Londoners in the Metropolitan Workhouses,
Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums outside the County, but excluding those of non-Londoners in the London Fever Hospital,
the West Ham Union Workhouse at Hackney, the Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals and the Middlesex County Asylum,
within the County of London.