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London County Council 1899

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

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Table:

Sanitary district.Deaths under one year of age.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
1889-98.1899.
Stoke Newington82139103
Hackney985153
St. Giles127149112
St. Martin-in-the-Fields30191203
Strand89196189
Holborn163202226
Clerkenwell395177193
St. Luke270150149
London, City of60148144
Shoreditch844177204
Bethnal-green827164174
Whitechapel442155147
St. George-in-the-East413191200
Limehouse418186216
Mile-end Old-town673154158
Poplar1,039165176
St. Saviour, Southwark141186203
St. George, Southwark437189205
Newington798176391
St. Olave53159147
Bermondsey574161187
Rotherhithe215158170
Lambeth1,487146158
Battersea837162162
Wandsworth846134153
Camberwell1,178154158
Greenwich950154167
Lewisham452140148
Woolwich206156163
Lee138125141
Plumstead244124
London22,2091571661

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During the year 1899 the eastern group of districts had the highest infant mortality (179),
the northern the lowest (154), the infant mortality of the southern, central, and western groups
being 1G4, 168, and 173 respectively. Of the districts, Holborn had the highest (226) and Stoke
Newington the lowest infant mortality (103).
Deaths from several classes of disease.
Deaths from the several classes of disease registered in the Registration County of London
(including the lunatic asylums and hospitals for infectious disease belonging to the county) are
given by the Registrar-General in the Annual Summary of Births, Deaths and Causes of Death, and

Table: the following table has been prepared from the figures contained in the summary relating to the year 1899—

the following table has been prepared from the figures contained in the summary relating to the year 1899—

Causes of death.Corrected annual average 1889-98.1899.
Zymotic diseases14,96614,228
Parasitic „7044
Dietetic ,,625851
Constitutional diseases17,28017,400
Developmental „5,7416,194
Nervous „9,2688,247
Diseases of organs of special sense173189
Diseases of the circulatory system7,2447,699
Respiratory diseases18,27417,611
Diseases of the Digestive system5,2186,917
„ „ Lymphatic „119109
Urinary2,3532,632
„ „ Generative „553511
„ „ Locomotive „311245
„ „ Integumentary system315305
Violence (accident)2,9193,220
Violence (other than accident)525545
Other causes3,0082,742
All Causes88,96289,6892

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1 See footnote ('), page 3.
* See footnote (2), page 3.