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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
The following table shows the whooping-cough deaths and death-rates for the year 1913 and the death-rates for the period 1908-12 in the several sanitary districts:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Deaths, 191-3 (53 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908-12. | 1913. | ||
| Paddington | 37 | 0.20 | 0.26 |
| Kensington | 29 | 0.18 | 0.17 |
| Hammersmith | 47 | 0.24 | 0.37 |
| Fulham | 27 | 0.28 | 0.17 |
| Chelsea | 5 | 0.20 | 0.08 |
| Westminster, City of | 7 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
| St. Marylebone | 10 | 0.22 | 0.09 |
| Hampstead | 11 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
| St. Pancras | 31 | 0.27. | 0.14 |
| Islington | 61 | 0.24 | 0.18 |
| Stoke Newington | 6 | 0.19 | 0.12 |
| Hackney | 23 | 0.22 | 0.10 |
| Holborn | 6 | 0.20 | 0.13 |
| Finsbury | 31 | 0.37 | 0.36 |
| Loudon, City of | 2 | 0.09 | 0.11 |
| Shoreditch | 29 | 0.39 | 0.26 |
| Bethnal Green | 34 | 0.31 | 0.26 |
| Stepney | 26 | 0.32 | 0.09 |
| Poplar | 38 | 0.43 | 0.23 |
| Southwark | 38 | 0.29 | 0.20 |
| Bermondsey | 47 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Lambeth | 47 | 0.21 | 0.16 |
| Battersea | 28 | 0.27 | 0.16 |
| Wandsworth | 23 | 0.22 | 0.07 |
| Camberwell | 54 | 0.21 | 0.20 |
| Deptford | 46 | 0.33 | 0.41 |
| Greenwich | 24 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
| Lewisham | 23 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
| Woolwich | 10 | 0.17 | 0.08 |
| London | 800 | 0.25 | 0.17 |
Whooping
Cough in
London
boroughs
It will be seen from the foregoing table that in the period 1908-12 the highest whoopi.ng-cough
death-rate was that of Poplar (0.43), and the lowest was that of the City of London (0.09) ; in the
year 1913, Deptford (0.41) had the highest death-rate and Westminster (0.04) the lowest. The
whooping-cough death-rates in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1913 were as follows :
first quarter, 0.27 ; second quarter, 0.23 ; third quarter, 0.11 ; and the fourth quarter, 0.10.
There were no deaths from typhus in the Administrative County of London during the year 1913. The death-rates from this disease in successive periods have been as follows:—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. |
|---|---|
| 1871-1880 | .055 |
| 1881-1890 | .008 |
| 1891-1900 | .001a |
| 1901-1910 | .000a |
| 1901 | .001a |
| 1902 | - |
| 1903 | .001a |
| 1904 | - |
| 1903 | - |
| 1906 | - |
| 1907 | - |
| 1908 | - |
| 1909 | - |
| 1910 | - |
| 1911 | - |
| 1912 | - |
| 1913 | - |
Typhus
death rates,
London,
(a) See footnote (c), page 6.