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Islington 1900
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table XIV. Recorded and Corrected Death-rates per 1,000 Persons living in Metropolitan Sanitary Districts, arranged in order of their Corrected Death-rates.
| Metropolitan Areas in the order of their Corrected Death rates. | Standard Death-rates. | Factor for Correction for Sex and age Distribution. | Crude or Recorded Death-rates. 1900. | Corrected Death-rates. 1900. | Comparative Mortality Figure, 1900. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cols. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| England and Wales | 19.15 | 1.0000 | 18.31 | 18.31 | 1,000 |
| England and Wales, less the 33 Towns ..} | 19.45 | 0.9840 | 17.61 | 17.33 | 946 |
| 33 Towns | 17.72 | 1.0806 | 19.54 | 21.11 | 1,153 |
| London | 17.97 | 1.0656 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 1,065 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 710 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.85 | 1.07283 | 12. 6 | 13.5 | 738 |
| St. George, Hanover Sq. | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 13. 8 | 15.2 | 830 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 863 |
| Lee | 17.67 | 1.08376 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 896 |
| Lewisham | 17.92 | 1.06864 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 918 |
| Hackney | 18.30 | 1.04645 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 918 |
| Plumstead | 19.09 | 1.03458 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 923 |
| Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 940 |
| Camberwell | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 940 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 945 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 950 |
| St. James, Westminster | 17.16 | 1.11597 | 16.1 | 18.0 | 983 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 989 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 989 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 994 |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 994 |
| Greenwich | 18.63 | 1.02791 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 1,010 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 1,049 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 18.9 | 20.2 | 1,103 |
| St. Giles | 17.27 | 1.10886 | 18.2 | 20.2 | 1,103 |
| Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 1,109 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 19.4 | 20.9 | 1,142 |
| Mile End Old Town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 1,147 |
| St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 | 17.7 | 21.5 | 1,174 |
| St. Olave, Southwark | 18.42 | 1.03963 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 1,202 |
| Rotherhithe | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 21.5 | 22.3 | 1,218 |
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 1,223 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.39 | 1.04133 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 1,251 |
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 21.9 | 22.9 | 1,251 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 22.3 | 23.1 | 1,262 |
| Westminster | 16.94 | 1.13046 | 20.6 | 23.3 | 1,273 |
| Clerkenwell | 17.28 | 1.10822 | 21.5 | 23.8 | 1,300 |
| Bermondsey | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 22.7 | 24.0 | 1,311 |
| Strand | 16.24 | 1.17919 | 20.5 | 24.2 | 1,322 |
| Woolwich | 16.99 | 1.12713 | 22.1 | 24.9 | 1,360 |
| City of London | 16.65 | 1.15015 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 1,382 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 24.4 | 25.3 | 1,382 |
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 18.29 | 1.04702 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 1,442 |
| Limehouse | 17.59 | 1.08869 | 26.1 | 28.4 | 1,551 |
| Holborn | 17.62 | 1.08683 | 26.5 | 28.8 | 1,573 |
| St. Luke | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 26.8 | 29.0 | 1,584 |
| St. George, Southwark | 17.35 | 1.10375 | 27.3 | 30.1 | 1,644 |