Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Sub-Districts. | Number. | Per 1000 Population. | Per cent. of Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
West | 94 | 1.52 | 10.6 |
South | 44 | 0.79 | 6.5 |
East | 132 | 2.21 | 14.2 |
North | 57 | 0.95 | 7.3 |
St. Pancras . | 327 | 0.96 | 10.0 |
London | 5559 | 1.14 | 9.0 |
COMPARATI VE MORTALITY. Throwing the Birth and Death Rates of the Sub-Districts in the foregoing tables into one table, we obtain this result:β
Sub-Districts. | Birth Rate | Total Death Rate from all causes. | Death Rates from | Death Rates per 1000 Births. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia. Pleurisy. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Under 1 Year. | Under 5 Years. | |||
West | 22.7 | 14.3 | 1.32 | 2.94 | 0.32 | 1 .52 | 108.4 | 181.2 |
South | 18.5 | 12.0 | 1.59 | 2.15 | 0.10 | 0 79 | 108.4 | 167.3 |
East | 25.5 | 15.5 | 1.04 | 3.06 | 0.33 | 2.21 | 128.0 | 206 0 |
North | 23.9 | 13 .1 | 1.07 | 2 44 | 0.24 | 0.95 | 84.9 | 139.0 |
St. Pancras | 22.7 | 13.8 | 1.25 | 2.66 | 0.26 | 0.96 | 107.8 | 174.4 |
ANNUAL BIRTH RATES AND DEATH RATES DURING 1910*
Localities. | Annual rates per 1000 living. | Infant Mortality :β Annual Death Rate of Infants under one year per 1000 births. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths from all causes. | Deaths from seven chief epidemic diseases | ||
England and Wales | 24.8 | 13.4 | 0.99 | 106 |
77 great towns | 25. 0 | 14.3 | 1.23 | 115 |
136 smaller towns , | 23.7 | 12.9 | 0.88 | 104 |
Rural England and Wales | 25.0 | 12.8 | 0.74 | 96 |
* These rates are subject to revision.