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Battersea 1899

Report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea during the year1899

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Deaths which cannot be absolutely apportioned to any
particular parish are distributed pro rata among the various
Metropolitan Districts, hence the slight difference between the
rates given by Medical Officers, i.e., in this table 16.7 is given
as the death-rate for Battersea, it will be found that I have
estimated it as 16.6, which latter is absolutely correct if these
added cases of which no knowledge can be obtained be deleted.

Table: TABLE V. RECORDED AND CORRECTED DEATH-RATES PER 1,000 LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND ALSO IN 33 GREAT TOWNS IN 1899.

TABLE V.

RECORDED AND CORRECTED DEATH-RATES PER 1,000 LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND ALSO IN 33 GREAT TOWNS IN 1899.

Recorded Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate. tRecorded Death-rateCorrected Death-rate.‡
England & Wales18.318.3London19.821.0
England & Wales less the 33 towns17.317.0Plymouth21.721.1
33 Towns20.221.8Bradford18.421.1
Croydon15.015.6Leeds19.121.2
Norwich17.316.5Blackburn19.121.4
Cardiff15.417.2Nottingham20.021.4
West Ham16.718.0Newcastle20.622.3
Derby16.918.6Sunderland21.422.5
Huddersfield16.218.8Bolton19.922.5
Bristol18.218.9Burnley19.622.5
Brighton18.919.1Wolverhampton21.822.8
Leicester17.719.2Birmingham20.823.0
Swansea18.119.8Oldham20.523.4
Portsmouth19.720.1Sheffield22.124.6
Gateshead18.820.1Preston22.825.1
Hull19 .320.2Salford23.826.7
Halifax18.220.3Manchester24.627.8
Birkenhead19.221.0Liverpool26.423.9

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‡The corrected death-rate here is the Recorded Death-Rate multiplied by the Factor as
calculated by the Registrar-General.