London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
This page requires JavaScript
21
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1911 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Births, | Total | Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in. Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Sett De ath at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Age3. | ||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1894 | 34,831 | 520 | 14.9 | 82 | 157 | 993 | 28'5 | 570 | 562 | 169 | 600 | 17.2 |
| 1895 | 33,823 | 552 | 16.3 | 81 | 147 | 1,057 | 31.2 | 629 | 627 | 189 | 619 | 18.3 |
| 1896 | 31,412 | 534 | 17.0 | 72 | 133 | 1,066 | 33.9 | 677 | 672 | 164 | 558 | 17.8 |
| 1897 | 30,245 | 491 | 16.2 | 58 | 118 | 1,046 | 34.6 | 615 | 608 | 146 | 584 | 19.3 |
| 1898 | 29,121 | 468 | 16.1 | 55 | 118 | 957 | 32.9 | 620 | 615 | 132 | 474 | 16.3 |
| 1899 | 28,039 | 416 | 14.8 | 56 | 135 | 1,011 | 36.0 | 649 | 642 | 149 | 518 | 18.5 |
| 1900 | 26,998 | 403 | 14.9 | 72 | 179 | 987 | 36.6 | 625 | 609 | 146 | 524 | 19.4 |
| 1901 | 27,411 | 377 | 13.7 | 60 | 160 | 974 | 35.5 | 644 | 633 | 115 | 456 | 16.6 |
| 1902 | 26,546 | 339 | 12.7 | 42 | 124 | 910 | 34.3 | 643 | 610 | 136 | 436 | 16.4 |
| 1903 | 24,958 | 338 | 13.6 | 39 | 115 | 839 | 33.6 | 647 | 631 | 91 | 299 | 12.0 |
| 1904 | 23,565 | 353 | 150 | 34 | 96 | 865 | 36.8 | 662 | 644 | 85 | 306 | 12.9 |
| 1905 | 22,425 | 302 | 13.4 | 42 | 139 | 896 | 39.5 | 701 | 675 | 92 | 313 | 13.9 |
| 1906 | 21,368 | 341 | 15.9 | 30 | 88 | 901 | 42.1 | 691 | 658 | 36 | 279 | 130 |
| 1907 | 20,310 | 268 | 13.1 | 23 | 86 | 853 | 41.9 | 715 | 692 | 97 | 258 | 12.7 |
| 1908 | 19,252 | 277 | 14.4 | 18 | 65 | 899 | 46.7 | 736 | 712 | 56 | 243 | 12.6 |
| 1909 | 18,193 | 244 | 13.4 | 26 | 106 | 912 | 501 | 756 | 725 | 105 | 292 | 160 |
| 1910 | 17,132 | 262 | 15.3 | 14 | 53.4 | 768 | 44.8 | 645 | 629 | 69 | 208 | 12.1 |
| Averages for years 1894.1910 | 25,625 | 381 | 14.7 | 47 | 118.7 | 937 | 37.6 | 660 | 643 | 116 | 409 | 15.5 |
| 1911 | 19,475 | 410 | 210 | 19 | 46.3 | 842 | 43*2 | 728 | 711 | 82 | 213 | 10.9 |
* The notification of this disease was voluntary during a portion of the year.
† The notification of cases of Phthisis (other than those included under the Tuberculosis Regulations,
1908, and the Tuberculosis in Hospitals Regulations, 1911) was voluntary in the City of London during the
year 1911.
It will be seen from the foregoing that during the year, excluding Chicken.pox and
Phthisis, 84 Certificates were received, including 14 "duplicates," and 3 in which the
diagnosis was subsequently found to be incorrect.
The total number of cases of " notifiable infectious disease " was, therefore, 67, as
compared with 54 for the previous year. The total number of cases of Scarlet Fever
reported was 22, compared with 18 of last year.
The following is a Return of infectious disease notified, exclusive of Chicken.pox and
Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentages of such cases
removed for treatment to hospitals or nursed at home during 1911, compared
with the figures for the previous five years :—
Year.
Number of
cases reported.
Per cent, of
cases reported.
Removed to
Hospital.
Treated at
Home.
1906
149
91.9
81
1907
140
84.3
15.7
1908
90
91.0
9.0
1909
67
821
17.9
1910
54
79.6
20.4
Average for previous
five years.
100
85.8
14.2
1911
67
83.6
16.4