Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following table shows the death-rates in 1909, for England and Wales, the 70 Great Towns, the 142 Smaller Towns, England and Wales less these 218 Towns, London, and Harnpstead:—
Death-rate per 1,000 of the population. | |
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England and Wales | 14.5 |
76 Great Towns | 14.7 |
142 Smaller Towns England and Wales, less the 218 | 13.9 |
Towns | 14.5 |
London | 14.0 |
Hampstead | 8.9 |
The following are the death-rates for each of the wards:—
WARD. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the population. |
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No. 1 (Town) | 9.6 |
No. 2 (Belsize) | 8.7 |
No. 3 (Adelaide) | 8.0 |
No. 4 (Central) | 5.9 |
No. 5 (West End) | 8.0 |
No. 6 (Kilburn) | 10.7 |
No. 7 (Priory) | 9.8 |
In the table on page 127, the death-rates of Harnpstead may be
compared with those of England and Wales since 1875.
The following table, which is issued by the Registrar-General, shows
the death-rate of Hampstead as compared with the rates of the County
of London, the City of London,, and the other Metropolitan Boroughs:—