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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.
In diagram (S) 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 1862-1913.
Diarrhoea
and
Enteritis
deaths and
death-rates
in large
English
towns.

Table: The following table shows that the London death-rate in 1913 from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age per 1,000 births was lower than the death-rate of all the undermentioned large English towns, except Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Portsmouth.

The following table shows that the London death-rate in 1913 from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age per 1,000 births was lower than the death-rate of all the undermentioned large English towns, except Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Portsmouth.

Town.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 births.Town.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 births.
London3,098a27.50aBradford16929.12
Greater London4,36124.22Hull33741.22
Liverpool88138.15Newcastle-on-Tyne12616.85
Manchester. 62132.22Nottingham20132.90
Birmingham84335.31Stoke-on-Trent29338.33
Sheffield41230.49Portsmouth11218.70
Leeds33130.24Salford19731.09
Bristol15618.88Leicester15228.61
West Ham35137.82

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Diarrhoea
deaths in
London
boroughs.

Table: The deaths and death-rates from diarrhoea and enteritis among infants under two years of age for the year 1913 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 1913 in each of the sanitary districts of London, are shown in the following table:—

Metropolitan borough.Deaths 1913 (53 weeks).Death-rate 1913 per 1,000 births.
Paddington7123.24
Kensington8023.83
Hammersmith6421.03
Fulham9822.78
Chelsea2419.09
Westminster, City of5223.35
St. Marylebone3716.66
Hampstead1813.57
St. Pancras11420.68
Islington22126.44
Stoke Newington1613.99
Hackney14125.53
Holborn1518.80
Finsbury9738.08
London, City of211.98
Shoreditch20758.92
Bethnal Green15137.77
Stepney28735.06
Poplar15930.40
South wark18230.66
Bermondsey16542.35
Lambeth20227.93
Battersea12529.49
Wandsworth14821.64
Camberwell17926.83
Deptford9329.97
Greenwich5220.46
Lewisham5014.20
Woolwich4816.59
London3,09827.50

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It will be seen from the foregoing table that the death-rate in 1913 from diarrhoea and enteritis
per 1.000 births was highest in Shoreditch (58.92) and lowest in the City of London (11.98). The deathrates
in London in each of the four quarters of the year 1913 were as follows : first quarter, 10.40; second
quarter, 9.73; third quarter, 54.62 ; and fourth quarter, 37.37.
Erysipelas.
The deaths(a) from erysipelas in the Administrative County of London during 1913 (53 weeks)
numbered 131, as compared with 152 in 1912 (52 weeks).
Erysipelas—
Age distribution
of
deaths,
London.

Table: The age-distribution of these deaths was as follows:—

The age-distribution of these deaths was as follows:—

Under 1 Year.1—5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—75 +All ages.
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(a) See footnote (c), page 6.