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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Sanitary area. | Standard death rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death rate, 1889-98. | Corrected death rate, 1889-98. | Comparative mortality figure, 1889-98. (London 1,000.) | Crude death rate, 1899. | Corrected death rate, 1899. | Comparative mortality figure, 1899, (London 1,000.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| London | 17.96 | 1.06626 | 19.22 | 20.5 | 1.000 | 19.32 | 20.6 | 1,000 |
| Battersea | 17.80 | 1.07584 | 17.6 | 18.9 | 922 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 874 |
| Bermondsey | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 22.1 | 23.4 | 1,141 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 1,288 |
| Bethnal.green | 18.39 | 1.01133 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 1,156 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 1,150 |
| Camber well | 18.10 | 1.05801 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 922 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 893 |
| Chelsea | 17.95 | 1.06685 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 1,010 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 1,015 |
| Clerkenwell | 17.28 | 1.10822 | 22.8 | 25.3 | 1.234 | 22.6 | 25.0 | 1,214 |
| Fulham | 18.27 | 1.04817 | 18.9 | 19.8 | 966 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 976 |
| Greenwich | 18.68 | 1.02791 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 946 | 18.8 | 19.8 | 987 |
| Hackney | 18.30 | 1.04645 | - | - | - | 16.9 | 17.7 | 859 |
| Hammersmith | 18.05 | 1.06094 | 18.3 | 19.4 | 946 | 190 | 20.2 | 981 |
| Hampstead | 16.63 | 1.15153 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 683 | 11.6 | 18.4 | 650 |
| Holborn | 17.62 | 1 08683 | 25.5 | 27.7 | 1,351 | 24.9 | 27.1 | 1,316 |
| Islington | 17.90 | 1.06983 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 922 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 942 |
| Kensington | 17.38 | 1.10184 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 898 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 947 |
| Lambeth | 18.24 | 1.04989 | 18.9 | 19.8 | 966 | 19.2 | 20.2 | 981 |
| Lee | 17.67 | 1.08376 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 780 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 796 |
| Lewisham | 17.92 | 1.06864 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 717 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 816 |
| Limehouse | 17.59 | 1.08869 | 25.2 | 27.4 | 1,387 | 25.6 | 27.9 | 1,854 |
| London, City of | 16.65 | 1.15015 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 1,234 | 21.5 | 24.7 | 1,199 |
| Mile-end Old-town | 18.58 | 1.03068 | 211 | 21.7 | 1,059 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 1,068 |
| Newington | 18.32 | 1.04531 | 22.4 | 23.4 | 1,141 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 1,218 |
| Paddington | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 859 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 845 |
| Plumstead | 19.09 | 1.00314 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 766 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 694 |
| Poplar | 18.49 | 1 03569 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 1,073 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 1,112 |
| Rotherhithe | 18.49 | 1.03569 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 1,044 | 21.1 | 21.9 | 1,068 |
| St. George, Hanover.square | 17.34 | 1.10438 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 810 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 762 |
| St. George-in-the.East | 18.43 | 1.03907 | 278 | 28.9 | 1,410 | 271 | 28.2 | 1,869 |
| St. George, Southwark | 17.35 | 1.10375 | 25.2 | 27.8 | 1,356 | 27.7 | 80.6 | 1,485 |
| St. Giles | 17.27 | 1.10886 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 1,205 | 19.9 | 221 | 1,073 |
| St. James | 17.16 | 1.11597 | 18.5 | 20.6 | 1,005 | 17.9 | 20.0 | 971 |
| St. Luke | 17.72 | 1.08070 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 1,420 | 28.4 | 80.7 | 1,490 |
| St. Martin-in-the.Fields | 15.74 | 1.21665 | 19.8 | 24.1 | 1,176 | 15.6 | 19.0 | 922 |
| St. Marylebone | 17.82 | 1.07464 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 1,073 | 18.6 | 200 | 971 |
| St. Olave | 18.42 | 1.03963 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 1,244 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 1,257 |
| St. Pancras | 17.89 | 1.07043 | 20.0 | 21.4 | 1,044 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 1,058 |
| St. Saviour | 18.29 | 1.04702 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 1,283 | 25.1 | 26.8 | 1,277 |
| Shoreditch | 18.45 | 1.03794 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 1,151 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 1,199 |
| Stoke Newington | 17.85 | 1 07283 | - | - | - | 12.7 | 13.6 | 660 |
| Strand | 16.24 | 1.17919 | 25.2 | 29.7 | 1,449 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 1,301 |
| Wandsworth | 17.93 | 1.06804 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 756 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 791 |
| Westminster | 16.94 | 1.13046 | 21.6 | 24.4 | 1,190 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 1,223 |
| Whitechapel | 17.74 | 1.07948 | 22.7 | 24.5 | 1,195 | 21.1 | 22.8 | 1,107 |
| Woolwich | 16.99 | 1.12713 | 19.6 | 22.1 | 1,078 | 21.2 | 28.9 | 1,160 |
The death rates of Stoke Newington and Hackney cannot be given for the period 1889-98, as during some portion of this period Stoke Newington was combined with Hackney; the death rates of the combined area for this period, however, are shown in the following table—
| Sanitary area. | Standard death rate. | Factor for correction for age and sex distribution. | Crude death rate, 1889-98. | Corrected death rate, 1889-98. | Comparative mortality figure, 1889-98. [ London 1,000.] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney (combined with Stoke Newington) | 18.23 | 1.05047 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 859 |
It will be seen that all the eastern districts and all the central districts, with the
exception of St. Martin-in-the-Fields had in the year 1899 death rates above the average of
London. The district of St. Luke had the highest death rate (30.7) and the district of Hampstead
the lowest (13.4).
1 All death rates in this report relating to London sanitary districts are fully corrected for institutions (see footnote ('),
page 3).
1 See footnote (1) page 3.