[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 13

London County Council 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years have been as follows:– Table 11

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The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years have been as follows:– Table 11

Area.	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
London	0.20	004	0.30	0. 05	0.23	0. 03	0.19	0. 02	0.20	0. 00	0.14
England and Wales	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.09	0.11	0.08	0. 08	0. 05	0. 09	0. 03	0. 07

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Whooping.
cough
There were 247 deaths from whooping.cough in London during 1937 compared
with 278 in 1936. The death.rate was .06 per thousand.

Table: The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown in the following table:– Table 12

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The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown in the following table:– Table 12

Area	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
London	0. 05	0.12	0.09	0.26	0. 03	0.07	0.08	0.07	0. 07	0. 04	0. 07
England and Wales	0.11	0.09	0.08	0. 16	0. 05	0.06	0.07	0. 06	0. 05	0.04	0.05

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Scarlet fever
There were 8,455 notifications of scarlet fever in 1937 (52 weeks), the corre. i
sponding figure for 1936 (53lweeks) being 10,705. The attack.rate was 2.1 per
thousand, compared with 2.6 for 1936. The deaths numbered 33, giving a death.
rate of .01 per thousand of the population at all ages and a case.mortality of .4 per
cent.

Table: 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 13 Weeks of the year

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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 13 Weeks of the year

1.	5.	9.	13.	17.	21.	25.	29.	33.	37.	41.	45.	49.52
624	695	690	712	604	588	735	502	470	708	763	742	622

Table: The notifications (uncorrected for errors in diagnosis), deaths and crude case. mortality during 1937 were as follows:– Table 14

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The notifications (uncorrected for errors in diagnosis), deaths and crude case. mortality during 1937 were as follows:– Table 14

Year 1937	Age.period												Total
Year 1937	0.	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	15 +	Total
Notifications (52 weeks)	76	376	578	679	826	977	879	634	497	363	1,194	1,376	8,455
Deaths (365 days)	1	4	1	5	3	–	4	–	2	–	4	9	33
Crude case . mortality percentage	1.32	1.06	0.17	0.74	0.36	–	0.46	–	0.40	–	0.34	0.65	0.39

Table: The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown in the following table:– Table 15

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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	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
London	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
England and Wales	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01

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London County Council 1937

Table: The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years have been as follows:– Table 11

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Table: The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown in the following table:– Table 12

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Table: 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 13 Weeks of the year

Table: The notifications (uncorrected for errors in diagnosis), deaths and crude case. mortality during 1937 were as follows:– Table 14

Table: The death.rates in London and England and Wales in recent years are shown in the following table:– Table 15