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London County Council 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Crude and corrected death rates1 per 1,000 persons living in sanitary districts of London.

Crude and corrected death rates1 per 1,000 persons living in sanitary districts of London.

Sanitary area.Standard death rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude death rate, 1887-96.Corrected death rate, 1887-96.Comparative mortality figure, 1887-96. (London 1,000.)Crude death rate, 1897.Corrected death rate, 1897.Comparative mortality figure, 1897. (London 1,000.)
England and Wales19.15-------
London17.961.0662619.620.91,00017.718.91,000
Battersea17.801.07584---16.217.4921
Bermondsey18.101.0580122.323.61,12922.123.41,238
Bethnal-green18.391.0413323.024.01,14821.422.31,180
Camberwell18.101.0580118.319.492816.617.6931
Chelsea17.951.0668520.021.31,01917.819.01,005
Clerkenwell17.281.1082223.025.51,22022.124.51,296
Fulham18.271.04817---17.017.8942
Greenwich18.631.0279119.219.794317.217.7937
Hackney18.301.04645---16.517.3915
Hammersmith18.051.06094---16.717.7937
Hampstead16.631.1515312.314.267911.813.6720
Holborn17.621.0868325.427.61,32123.125.11,828
Islington17.901.0698318.019.892315.816.9894
Kensington17.881.1018417.018.789515.717.3915
Lambeth18.241.0498919.220.296717.518.4974
Lee17.671.08376---18.214.3757
Lewisham17.921.0686414.015.071812.413.3704
Limehouse17.591.0886925.527.81,33025.127.81,444
City of London16.651.1501522.225.51,22021.324.51,296
Mile-end Old-town18.581.0306821.322.01,05318.719.31,021
Newington18.321.0453122.323.81,11521.222.21,175
Paddington17.721.0807016.517.885214.415.6825
Plumstead19.091.00314--.-13.713.7725
Poplar18.491.0856921.222.01,05319.820.51,085
Rotherhithe18.491.0356921.322.11,05718.919.61,037
St. George, Hanover-square17.341.1043815.917.684218.214.6772
St. George-in-the-East18.431.0390728.329.41,40726.427.41,450
St. George, Southwark17.351.1037525.528.11,34423.726.21,386
St. Giles17.271.1088623.025.51,22018.420.41,079
St. James17.61.1159718.620.899517.519.51,032
St. Luke17.721.0807026.929.11,89225.727.81,471
St. Martin-in-the-Fields15.741.2166520.625.11,20116.819.81,048
St. Marylebone17.821.0746420.822.41,07218.319.71,042
St. Olave18.421.0396324.425.41,21522.123.01,217
St. Pancras17.891.0704320.221.61,08318.720.01,058
St. Saviour18.291.0470225.626.81,28224.625.81,365
Shoreditch18.451.0379422.923.81,13921.622.41,185
Stoke Newington17.851 07283---14.315.3810
Strand16.241.1791925.430.01,43521.825.11,328
Wandsworth17.931.06804---13.414.3757
Westminster16.941.1304621.724.51,17219.021.51,138
Whitechapel17.741.0794823.024.81,18720.422.01,164
Woolwich16.991.1271320.322.91,09617.820.11,068

Table: The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Fulham, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Lee and Plumstead cannot be given for the period 1887-96, as during some portion of this period Battersea was combined with Wandsworth, Hammersmith with Fulham, Stoke Newington with Hackney, and Lee with Plumstead; the death rates of the combined areas for this period, however, are shown in the following table-

The death rates of Battersea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Fulham, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Lee and Plumstead cannot be given for the period 1887-96, as during some portion of this period Battersea was combined with Wandsworth, Hammersmith with Fulham, Stoke Newington with Hackney, and Lee with Plumstead; the death rates of the combined areas for this period, however, are shown in the following table-

Sanitary area.Standard death rate.Factor for correction for age and sex distribution.Crude deatb rate, 1887-36.Corrected death rate, 1887-96.Comparative mortality figure, 1887-96. [London 1,000.]
Wandsworth(combined with Battersea)17.861.0722316.317.5837
Fulham(combined with Hammersmith)18151.0551019.120.2967
Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington)18.231.0504716.917.8852
Plumstead(combined with Lee)18.511.0345815.015.5742

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All the eastern and central districts had, therefore, in the year 1897 corrected death rates
above the average of London. The district of St. Luke, as in the preceding year, had the highest
death rate (27.8), and the district of Lewisham the lowest (13.3).
1 All death rates in this report relating to London sanitary districts are fully corrected for institutions. (See footnote (1), page 7.)