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London County Council 1899

[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 ages in each of the sanitary districts of the administrative county during the year 1899 (365 days)—

All causes.

Age-period.0-1-2-3-AUnder 5.5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-All ages.
Paddington444993218176103228333398185200242297249582,065
Kensington645159584429935553235491832473603743573191033,049
Hammersmith55913649282679844263843126162191184201196522,061
Fulham8661777054391,20671353949138205207198199128382,513
Chelsea.3941153820145814219233893176212221244194501,893
St. George, Hanover-sq.17544211010260161014207598141169167128421,140
Westminster23044161693151612183582127153132119118261,153
St. James621521181725923445261494312388
Marylebone49311650281770446252248149246335346366243752,605
Hampstead2033316962672211101760669710812910830925
Panceras1,18135112277511,7821194480112312422491564536391994,952
Islington1,542365178131872,303136751061473604906126997145361216,299
Stoke Newington82218641218461220383655686811447
Hackney9832359452401,40476577687222309327379413318793,747
St. Giles12740127519179397281117106824911737
St,. Martin-in-the-F'lds306.........3631231231332326203193
Strand90227651306712183659698050515523
Holborn15835131032199101612576910292825213733
Clerkenwell398102522815595371818318314615515015691141,494
St. Luke277100321811438221020166210913411114081161,159
London, City of601912439856161643698187896326599
Shoreditch8462439360401,282593344561512262955273295136282,878
Bethnal-green8282369661411,26268305558159260266267266202472,940
Whitechapel4421365925136754514192612216317219917184231,713
St. George-in-the-East41014729331163020141332999710411611654101,305
Limehouse421124533917654361634308314615813411573201,499
Mile-end Old-town67117677403499840303657130189224235255166442,404
Poplar1,03730211869431,569103525683205291340401365253443,762
St. Saviour, Southw'rk13856228923321510143458685164449611
St. George, Southwark439167624110719501629358716616819213067161,675
Newington7972539575401,25075333762167240275288303185432,968
St. Olave5325145410141421634334030102277
Bermondsey57518284443291761262145117154186201186125192,058
Rot.herhithe215623820113463115151858688392726510873
Lambeth1,487387140108732,19514272911333224975346196505131315,899
Battersea8431996246361,18686535566174222238328257201532,919
Wandsworth8451946539301,17378356552158253265345339342993,204
Camberwell1,17633612888801,8081376581103251326416463499379754,603
Greenwich9522297058361,34596475971178264303334356278843,415
Lewisham457764118166084427304483139146164223214591,781
Woolwich204552314103061711242160103868697637881
Lee138301514420123881030195369876727602
Plumstead2444013141132225191520526696113906925912
London22.2175.8892.2791.48699332.8642,0401.0531,3931,8425,0427.3608,6143,3919,4507,0361,75987,854

London mortality in the nine years, 1891-99, 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 nine years 1891-99-

Age period.Males.Females.
Mean death rate 1881-90.Mean death rate 1891-99.Differences per cent.Mean death rate 1881-90.Mean death rate 1891-99.Differences per cent.
0-73.0969.83- 4.563.2659.78-5.5
5-5934.94-16.75.825.11-12.2
10-2.922.49-14.72.892.49-13.8
15-4.053.61-10.93.583.04-151
20-5.444.90- 9.94.403.61-18.0
25-8.657.66-11.46.825.84-14.4
35-14.9614.51- 3 011.4210.92- 4.4
45-23.8723.63- 1.017.2317.10- 0.8
55-41.3342.10+ 1.930.7730.94+ 0.6
65-77.9775.71- 2.963.2860.93- 3.7
75-155.93156.56+0.4134.28135.72+ 1.1
85 and upwards297.63281.88- 5.3264.77264.06- 0.3
All ages.22.1020.86-5.618.8317.75-5.7

It will be seen from this table that, with the exception of males and females aged 55-65 and
75-85, the death rates in the period 1891-99 are lower than the corresponding death rates in the
decennium 1881-90.
1 See footnote (1), page 3.