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London County Council 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The death-rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown
in the following table :—
Table 15.
| Area | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0 .02 | 0 .02 | 0.01 | |||||
| England and Wales | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Diphtheria.
Notifications of diphtheria numbered 7,030 in 1936 (53 weeks), compared with
9,294 in 1935. This gives an attack-rate of 1.7 per thousand as against 2.2 in the
preceding year. There were 226 deaths, giving a death-rate of .05 per thousand
living. The case-mortality was 3.2 per cent., compared with 2.9 per cent. in 1935.
The seasonal incidence, as shown by the notifications (uncorrected for errors of
diagnosis) received in successive four-weekly periods during the year, was as follows:—
Table l6.
| l- | 5- | 9- | 13- | 17- | 21- | 25- | 29- | 33- | 37- | 41- | 45- | 49-53 (5 weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620 | 573 | 549 | 496 | 440 | 442 | 403 | 453 | 400 | 528 | 668 | 669 | 789 |
The notifications (uncorrected for errors in diagnosis), deaths and crude casemortality
during 1936 were as follows:—
Table 17.
| Year 1936 | Age-period | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 15 + | ||
| 10 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5.31 | 4.71 | ||||||||||||
The death-rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown
in the following table:—
Table 18.
| Area | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | 0.1l | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| England and Wales | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0 .08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
Diarrhœa and
enteritis.
Diarrhœa and enteritis caused 814 deaths among children under two years of
age, or 14.47 per thousand live births. The corresponding rate in 1935 was 11.31.
Puerperal
fever and
pyrexia :
maternal
mortality.
There were 175 notifications of puerperal fever and 635 notifications of puerperal
pyrexia in 1936 (53 weeks) compared with 241 and 652 respectively in 1935 (52 weeks).
The deaths from puerperal fever numbered 42 and from other puerperal causes
69, the deaths per thousand live-births being 0.75 and 1.23 respectively, giving a
total maternal mortality rate of 1.98 compared with 2.58 in 1935.
The maternal mortality rate in 1936 was the lowest hitherto recorded for
London residents, the previous lowest being 2.58 in 1935. The lowest previous