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London County Council 1897

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

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The following table shows the number of deaths1 occurring at several age-periods in each of the sanitary districts of the administrative county during the year 1897 (365 days). All causes.

Age-period.0-1-2-3-4-Total under 5.5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-All ages.
Paddingrton457763834236286217224098142177205229155481,823
Kensington61616175452492179264462154252249295307228752,692
Hammersmith5371093929227362623354189115155156179152561,763
Fulham66914367391893664363138121193181159147107262,039
Chelsea415973437176003921283998144183188185149391,713
St. George, Hanover square1815114108264221021235799120148157119241,064
Westminster2076819131832524109236611411512511478221,025
St. James75261354123831192244515138256391
Marylebone56414242241178358213465160243292294326229592,564
Hampstead190432213122801611121557738410011611832914
Pancras1,18233010578511,7461106154105242446466467429319834,528
Islington1,336372141101682,0181435897134293468499558583447955,393
Stoke Newington10220125614513571633464549535818488
Hackney93228213272561,474126416274219250303305373300593,586
St. Giles14233201162121210102048708794804411698
St. Martin - in - the -Fields3051014666224241829281410207
Strand942696113615976417561614635499
Holborn14362211032391261512507569751024011706
Clerkenwell385127562930627521328329712112414312586131,461
St. Luke27794551420460221415195284114949762201,053
London, City of62241634109181161851668093838323641
Shoreditch7882439566461,23856323438132218269230216134272,624
Bethnal-green8242549460361,26868305448130219240243239173492,761
Whitechapel4651464530167024516262710115117417413468131,631
St. George-in-the-East398141603725661359162766104861029247141,259
Limehouse384152773116660371622336913114413912278131,464
Mile-end Old-town63219681403097943322648112156191175177115372,091
Poplar99829812376501.545101585555190268291294300181293,367
St. Saviour, Southwark15160261482591091554161615262307612
St. George, Southwark4031567230196803717282277142153132954481,435
Newington7512519851241,17562323958146219223231218149382,590
St. Olave62219349963561720332819124252
Bermondsey607186744642955492534349812915016712490291,884
Rotherhithe2186625158332271918243163687256528770
Lambeth1,42738513994532,09812372771193394124615155424071075,272
Battersea85723211450381,29190405051164227224224220131302,742
Wandsworth67915064403596890294761126200209268317247582,620
Camberwell1,19135114597721,856138665384230289381419400294694,279
Greenwich8702156743441,23977415863175227241283340245633,052
Lewisham335793713154793826282379112112127143142531,362
Woolwich20646191192912210151848597762833914738
Lee116208561551178934323669657320519
Plumstead230541421103292213162162647184924418836
London21,1885,9932,4261,4511,00932,0672,1141,0081,2781,6674,5396,6477,3677,7807,8525,6441,44579,408
London mortality in the seven years 1891-7 compared with the decennium 1881-90.

The following table shows the mean death rates obtaining in London at the several age-periods and for each sex in the decennium 1881-90, and the seven years 1891-97-

Age period.Males.Females.
Mean death rate 1881-90.Mean death rate 1891-97.Differences per cent.Mean death rate 1881-90.Mean death rate 1891-97.Difference per cent.
0-73.0970.47- 3.663.2660.55- 4.3
5-5.935.17-12.85.825.37- 7.7
10-2.922.56-12.32.892.55-11.8
15-4.053.68- 9.13.583.11-131
20-5.444.88-10.34.403.72-15.5
25-8.657.69-11.16.825.97-12.5
35-14.9614.49- 3.111.4211.00- 3.7
45-23.8723.57- 1.317.2316.91- 1.9
55-41.3341.63+ 0.730.7730.83+ 0.2
65-77.9776.28- 2.263.2861.43- 4.5
75-155.93153.81- 1.4134.28133.33- 0.7
85 and upwards297.63275.79- 7.3264.77259.59- 2.0
All ages.22.1020.94- 5.218.8317.88- 5.0

It will be seen from this table that, with the exception of males and females aged 55-65, the
death rates in the period 1891-7 are lower than in the decennium 1881-90.
1 See footnote (1), page 7.
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