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London County Council 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan Borough. | Notified, cases, 1913 (53 weeks). | Case-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Deaths, 1913 (53 weeks). | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908-12. | 1913. | 1908-12. | 1913. | |||
| Lambeth | 39 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 8 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Battersea | 20 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 6 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Wandsworth | 52 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 5 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Camberwell | 23 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 5 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Deptford | 17 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Greenwich | 8 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Lewisham | 34 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 8 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Woolwich | 14 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Port of London | 2 | |||||
| London | 758 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 114 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
It will be seen that among the several sanitary districts in the period 1908-12 the typhoid fever
death-rate was highest in Poplar (0.07), and lowest in Woolwich (0.01); in the year 1913 the City of
London (0.11) had the highest typhoid fever death-rate, while four districts had a death-rate of 0.01
only and in Hammersmith, Holborn and Finsbury there were no deaths. The death-rates from typhoid
fever in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1913 were as follows : first quarter, 0.03 ;
second cfuarter, 0.02 ; third quarter, 0.02 ; and fourth quarter, 0.03.
The following table shows the notified cases, deaths, case-rates, death-rates and fatality of typhoid
fever at the several ages and for each sex in London during the year 1913. The case-rate, death-rate
and fatality were, at " all ages," higher among males than among females.
In the age groups adopted for the purposes of this table the greatest incidence of attack was upon males aged 15-20 and females aged 10-15 ; the greatest incidence of death was upon males aged 35-55 and females 35-45 ; and the fatality was greatest among males aged 45-55 and females over 55 years of age.
| Age-period. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified Cases. 53 weeks. | Deaths. 365 days. | Case-mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | Notified Cases. 53 weeks. | Deaths. 365 days. | Case-mortality per cent. | Rates per 100,000 living. | |||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| All Ages— | 393 | 63 | 16.3 | 18 | 3 | 365 | 51 | 14.2 | 15 | 2 |
| 0— | 2 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 16.1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1— | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2— | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 3— | 2 | - | 6 | - | ||||||
| 4— | 4 | - | 9 | 1 | ||||||
| 5— | 58 | 6 | 10.5 | 26 | 3 | 32 | - | - | 14 | — |
| 10— | 51 | 4 | 8.0 | 25 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 11.3 | 22 | 2 |
| 15— | 59 | 4 | 6.9 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 10.1 | 19 | 2 |
| 20— | 48 | 7 | 14.8 | 25 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 12.2 | 21 | 3 |
| 25— | 68 | 11 | 16.4 | 18 | 3 | 86 | 14 | 16.5 | 20 | 3 |
| 35— | 53 | 15 | 28.8 | 18 | 5 | 59 | 12 | 20.7 | 17 | 4 |
| 45— | 28 | 11 | 39.9 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 13.9 | 9 | 1 |
| 55 & upwards | 16 | 5 | 31.7 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 33.8 | 4 | 1 |
Typhoid
fever
cases and
deaths by
age and sex,
London.
Cases certified to be typhoid 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 18.3 | 1907 | 29.1 |
| 1901 | 25.4 | 1908 | 28.1 |
| 1902 | 21.2 | 1909 | 37.9 |
| 1903 | 24.2 | 1910 | 24.8 |
| 1904 | 26.3 | 1911 | 34.2 |
| 1905 | 29.7 | 1912 | 40.8 |
| 1906 | 25.2 | 1913 | 40.4 |
Typhoid
fever—
diagnosis
not confirmed.
Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
The deaths at all ages from diarrhoea and enteritis in the administrative County of London
during 1913 (53 weeks) numbered 3,598, as compared with 1,774 in 1912. Of the total of 3,598 deaths
2,528 occurred during the first year of life, and 570 in the second year. In each quarter the deaths
numbered 376, 365, 687 and 1,170 respectively.
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